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The Strike In Other Places

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
July
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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Irom tlio dispatohes of the 22d of JuJywe gléap the Eoflowing : At Gumberland, lid.', tbc lialtimore and Olno rond was till blockaded, the strikers having overythin;,' their (in v. ;,v. Freight cars were broken opi n ,y tin; mul, aiid a large quantity of provisión and qther tilinga wure carried away. Women and children, with hags aud baskets, assisted in tbc depredations. The authorities were uiiable to guara the própr erty. At Baltimore there were several colüsions between the pólice and (lio rioters, reatütiug in a few brokcn heada. The Governor of Msr.yland called on tbc President for military assfcfe anee, and tbc lattcr issued the oustomary proclamation commanding " all persons cngaged in or connected with Baid domestio violericü and obsinictiou of the l&ws to diipersa and retire peaoeably to tbeir respectivo abodes." Nearly all the troops and marines at Fortress M and Norfolk were ordered to procoed at once to Baltimore, and Gen. W. S. Hancock was üirected to go from Nrw Sfark and assume commahq of the forees. The striko on tbc Erie was spreading, and BéfiodB truuble was anticipated at Buffaio aud otber places. The Fittsburgh, Fort Wayno and Chicago train men iuauguraled a stritp at Fort Waync, and reSolutely declared that they would allow 110 truiiiK to move from tbat point. At Yincenues freight trams were tstopped on the Obio and Mississippi road, and a general strike was thonght to be imminent all along the line. At Indianapolis hand-bills were posted, calling a public meeting of all "in favor of ernshmg tbc railroad monopoly." The strikers bogan operatíons at Heading. Pa. They tore up the tracks, burncd the l,ebunou Valley bridge and e, nnmberof froighl cars. Buffaio and othèr points in New York the üremen and brakemen on the Laki.' Sh"oré road strrek, and all freight tratiic was stapped. Tbo üovernor of New ïork Bsued a proclamation waruiug strikers against acts of violence, and calling upou all good citizens to nid in suppressing disorder. SéyeraJ togimeuffi of New York militia were called out and dispatched to Buffalo, Hornellsville, and other tbieattiied poiuts, Iueendiary atrikers burned a toiu of tbirty-five oil cars Baltimore. The dispatches on the mormng of tho 21th give the following in regard to the great railway war : The strike had extended to St. Louis, inyolving the freight trains of tho Ohio and Mississippi, the Vandalia, the Chicago aud Alton and other Unes centering at East St. Louis. The Union l'acific was saved fróm a tlneateiujd strike by a reconsideration of the order cedaciag jwges. At Balthnore tvriTthiQg was quiet, and no more tiouhk' anticipated : 2,000 soldier were under arma, and 1.000 pohoemrn were patrolliög {ho tie:ts. SboVe was some disorder at Jfailadelphia ; the Bbfears buined au oil train on the l'eunsvlvauia road, near South street bridge. A party oí (ftrlkeru stopped a train containing a body of militia uear Buffaio, entered tho cars and söeceeded in forcing from some of the soldiers their mnskets, when a general flght ensued. One of the Btrikera was killed, and several wouudod on both tides, including the commander of the militia. The soldiers tinally abandoned their arms to the mob and A Hecond collision oceurred between aaout 2,000 strikers and 200 soldiers who wcèe gua-rdiug the Lake Shore round-houso. The militia were foreed to abandon tho building aud beatahasty retreat, amid pelting Bhower of stones. The brakomen :. :id aromen pp tte Northern Central railvoad of New York, uid öri the Susimehauna división of the Erie road, Lad ioiuod in the strike. The employés of the New York Ceuti'al road had demauded a general increaso of 25 per cent. on tin ir wal'..:. The strikern uu the Lebauön Yalley road, between üeading and Hariisburg, Pa., woro buining bridges and ears and tearing up tbc rails. The One bridge aoross tlu: HclmvJkill, costing $150,000, was deslroycd. TIn: Fourth regiment of Pennsylvania ïiniiiia ftredupoua mob that was tearing up the trark al. Rcading, killiiig four ar.d wounding several othcr?. At IlaiTishutv, an armcd mob tooit posuóssión of the Western Union Telegraph office, and drove uut the ojiuratoi's. Subsequently thu OÜerin, at the head of 1,1(10 citizens, Ttiostated the operators, proniised thcni plófcetion, aad commuuieation was re.stored. 'J'iie sliiUr,.; at Coiuuibus, Ohio, visited mauy of tue factori!3 and eompeiled the employoa to Bufar pend worK and join them. Tlie entirë mob, numberiiig about 2,000, then marohed tb the Union Depot and placed tal embargo won trafile on all throuli line.-. Al Zanesviile, large crpwds of strikers and idle workmên marebed to the different manufaeturiiig places in the city, compelliug the men to m ■■:■■ work. About fifty factoiies wer thus rendered die. Tlie mob also compelled the ownera of the strei t railway to baul off the Streel cars. At Indianapolis tho strike had as.-umed formidable proportions. but uo violenoe was beiug ooóuntUed. The traokmé i employed at the Michigan Central áfljMt, in ObÜDagOi uit. vork, and there were feara oí a geneiai strike. As pieeautionaryiueasure all the gun stores in the city vrere ( üti-'tied of tbeir contenta and tho anus stuied in places ol saf:y.

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Michigan Argus