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734 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
Immediately upon receipt of his orders, General Herbert sent for Captain
Zollinger, the commanding officer of the 5th regiment, and directed him to
assemble his men, and be ready to march from his armory at six o'clock.
Colonel Clarence Peters, of the 6th regiment, was also notified to call his
regiment together, and hold it ready for any emergency. As the men were
slow in gathering at their armories, General Herbert, seeing the necessity for
prompt action, about six o'clock gave an order to J. F. Morrison, the Superintendent of the City Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph, to strike the military
call, 1-5-1, on the City Hall and fire bells, and soon after the alarm was
sounded. Merchants and others returning from their offices, and the streams
of workingmen just then being dismissed from factories and warehouses,
knew Avhat it meant; and soon men and boys of all ages and conditions congregated in front of the armories, and their conduct and actions showed
that the majority Avere in sympathy with the strikers, and determined, if
possible, to prevent the soldiers leaving the city for the scene of the disturbance.
General Herbert gave orders that the men should, march from their headquarters direct to Camden Station, the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. These were the 5th regiment, with tAvo hundred and fifty men,
and three companies of the 6th, numbering one hundred and fifty men, with
five thousand rounds of ammunition and one day's rations.
The 5th regiment filed out of their armory over the Richmond market
into Garden street, about 7 o'clock, and thence moved up Madison to EutaAV
street, and proceeded to Camden Station. As they left the armory, they were
received with rounds of applause, but when near Lombard street, they were
met by an excited crowd of several hundred men, who hooted and jeered
them as they passed along. At the intersection of Eutaw and Lombard
streets, great crowds had collected on the sidewalks and at the corners, who
threw volleys of bricks and stones into the ranks, which Avas repeated until
the soldiery reached the corner of Pratt street. Notwithstanding the annoyance of this rain of missiles, Captain Zollinger ordered his men, who were
perfectly cool, collected and resolute, not to fire. At the junction of Camden
and EutaAV streets, a solid mass of rough-looking men blocked the passage of
the soldiers, Avho halted a moment, by order, and fixed their bayonets.
Drawing his sword, Captain Zollinger shouted, to the mob to give way that
his regiment might pass. He was answered with another volley of stones and
bricks, by which a dozen of his men were struck. In an instant, he ordered
his command to charge into the depot, which they did at a double-quick,
amid a storm of flying missiles and the hoots and yells of the mob.
During this exciting march about tAventy-five of the soldiers Avere more or
less injured. As soon as the 5th regiment entered the depot, they proceeded
to get into the cars there in Avaiting for them, Avhile the mob proceeded to-
tear up the tracks leading out of the station, destroying the switches, and
otherwise injuring the company's property.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000773 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 734 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. Immediately upon receipt of his orders, General Herbert sent for Captain Zollinger, the commanding officer of the 5th regiment, and directed him to assemble his men, and be ready to march from his armory at six o'clock. Colonel Clarence Peters, of the 6th regiment, was also notified to call his regiment together, and hold it ready for any emergency. As the men were slow in gathering at their armories, General Herbert, seeing the necessity for prompt action, about six o'clock gave an order to J. F. Morrison, the Superintendent of the City Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph, to strike the military call, 1-5-1, on the City Hall and fire bells, and soon after the alarm was sounded. Merchants and others returning from their offices, and the streams of workingmen just then being dismissed from factories and warehouses, knew Avhat it meant; and soon men and boys of all ages and conditions congregated in front of the armories, and their conduct and actions showed that the majority Avere in sympathy with the strikers, and determined, if possible, to prevent the soldiers leaving the city for the scene of the disturbance. General Herbert gave orders that the men should, march from their headquarters direct to Camden Station, the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. These were the 5th regiment, with tAvo hundred and fifty men, and three companies of the 6th, numbering one hundred and fifty men, with five thousand rounds of ammunition and one day's rations. The 5th regiment filed out of their armory over the Richmond market into Garden street, about 7 o'clock, and thence moved up Madison to EutaAV street, and proceeded to Camden Station. As they left the armory, they were received with rounds of applause, but when near Lombard street, they were met by an excited crowd of several hundred men, who hooted and jeered them as they passed along. At the intersection of Eutaw and Lombard streets, great crowds had collected on the sidewalks and at the corners, who threw volleys of bricks and stones into the ranks, which Avas repeated until the soldiery reached the corner of Pratt street. Notwithstanding the annoyance of this rain of missiles, Captain Zollinger ordered his men, who were perfectly cool, collected and resolute, not to fire. At the junction of Camden and EutaAV streets, a solid mass of rough-looking men blocked the passage of the soldiers, Avho halted a moment, by order, and fixed their bayonets. Drawing his sword, Captain Zollinger shouted, to the mob to give way that his regiment might pass. He was answered with another volley of stones and bricks, by which a dozen of his men were struck. In an instant, he ordered his command to charge into the depot, which they did at a double-quick, amid a storm of flying missiles and the hoots and yells of the mob. During this exciting march about tAventy-five of the soldiers Avere more or less injured. As soon as the 5th regiment entered the depot, they proceeded to get into the cars there in Avaiting for them, Avhile the mob proceeded to- tear up the tracks leading out of the station, destroying the switches, and otherwise injuring the company's property. |
