Identifier: strikerscommunis00pink (find matches)
Title: Strikers, communists, tramps and detectives
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877 Tramps
Publisher: New York, G. W. Carleton & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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closing of the sahx)ns, though every mannerof threat against his life was being continually made. Thetroubles continued at this place and vicinity for severalweeks, breaking out with lessening degrees of intensity,until finally quieted as much as it seems to be possible t(;quiet this reckless class of workingmen ; but this much wasonly accomplished by the constant menace of large bodiesof militia that were finally followed by the regular troops,whose presence everywhere during these lamentable occur-rences commanded complete respect. By Saturday, July 28th, Wilkesbarre, Pa., was also com-paratively in a state of siege. It was surrounded by thou-sands of miners and railroad strikers, w^ho hung ai>out themines and depots i-eady for partii-.ipation in any fracas thatmight be precipitated, and varied this amusement by in-sulting respectable citizens and ))lundering any and everyplace which was left unguarded. This status of thingsctiutinued until the Wednesday following, when all mail
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TROUBLES IN THE COAL REGIONS. 335 and passenger trains were stopped in a most brutal andriotous manner, general bloodslied onl)^ being preventedfrom the fact that the mob was permitted to wholly haveits own way. In the meantime troops nnder Governor Hartranft hadarrived, but they had no noticeable effect upon the vastcrowds of miners, who went where they liked, and did asthey pleased. Illustrative of this insolence of the mobswas a o^io-antic meeting: of the miners held at Danas Grove,a beautiful piece of woodland, a short distance from thecity. On August 4th, fully six thousand of these daring,reckless fellows proceeded to this grove, where they held ageneral indignation meeting, aired their grievances, andimpudently sent messengers to Mayor Loomis, and SheriffKirkindall, demanding to be informed why the militarywas at Wilkesbarre and vicinity, threatening peaceful work-ingmen like themselves. They then returned to the city,marching through the streets with bands of music, insultinge

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