. Strikers, communists, tramps and detectives . was somethino more important to be looked after than these,for, piled up in different places about the little building,were seen mysteriously marked boxes, whicii were soon con-veyed to the Court-house with great caution and secrecy. When the members of the Yigilance Committee reportedthe next morning they were astonished to find that five hun-dred breech-loading rifles were on hand, besides sixteen thou-sand rounds of ammunition. Sheriff Moores move was made none too soon, for thesefive hundred rifles and ammunition, which had been pur-chased fo
. Strikers, communists, tramps and detectives . was somethino more important to be looked after than these,for, piled up in different places about the little building,were seen mysteriously marked boxes, whicii were soon con-veyed to the Court-house with great caution and secrecy. When the members of the Yigilance Committee reportedthe next morning they were astonished to find that five hun-dred breech-loading rifles were on hand, besides sixteen thou-sand rounds of ammunition. Sheriff Moores move was made none too soon, for thesefive hundred rifles and ammunition, which had been pur-chased for the use of the Fenians several years before, andstored away in this Irishmans hen-roost, would have beencaptured by the rioters, who had planned to honor this novelarsenal with a visit at eight oclock in the moi-ning. With a proper nse of the police, aided by the local mili-tary and this splendidly armed Vigilance Committee, riotand bloodshed were prevented in Toledo; but it was notuntil August 2d that the embargo upon railroad business vvaa. 374 PITTSBURO FT, WATNE & C. TROUBLES. removed, and it was only then effected by the police andmilitia moving in large force upon the strikers holding therailroad tracks, shops, and depots, and taking possession ofthese places by a free use of the club, and at the point ofthe bayonet, which had the effect of removing all railroadobstructions between Buffalo and the West. CHAPTER XXXI. PITTSBUEa, FOET WAYNE AND CHICAGO RAILROAD TROUBLES,AND THE big SCARE AT LOUISVILLE. From Allegheny City, back along the Pittsburg, FortWayne and Chicago road, the strike held the firmest andmost secure sway that reigned upon any railway line in thecountry; but, as has already been explained, through theuniversal respect held for the General Manager of the road,J. D. Layng, Esq., the moderation and good judguient usedby him in the treatment of strikers, and from the noticeableeffect of the excellent discipline in force among all em-ployees of the compan
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