Wayne men are coming in rapidly and we are receiving and transmitting freight over that road at this end. The Indiana portion of the road is still clogged, the Governor having refused the company the assistance of the troops, referring the matter to the civil authorities, who are acting promptly and with effect, but as both ends of the line are at work this stoppage will be of very short duration. You can say generally, therefore, that there is absolutely no strike on any of the 5,000 miles of road controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The men have come back without any conditions; they simply have resumed. How to deal with those who have been prominent in the strike will be considered duly to-day. No troops whatever have been used on the trains, and an immense quantity of freight and live-stock has been removed. As to rebuilding our works here we begin to-morrow putting up on the foundation of the old Union depot a temporary two-story brick station, with all its necessary rooms for the work of the company and the convenience of the passengers. This will be finished in thirty days. We decided this morning that the project of removing the Centennial building here should be abandoned, as it was too flimsy to transport.

The correspondent of the Philadelphia Times wrote from Pittsburgh on the 30th as follows:

Now as to the poor strikers. I saw McMunn tonight. He is the leader of the Pittsburgh men. He admits that all is over, and he doesn't see what else the men can do but "sign," but already he is so far weakened as to whine about his services to the company in saving property which was in the act of being destroyed. He does not hope to get re-employment, but will seek other avenues of securing bread, a necessity which he says he was unable to make in his old employment as a flagman, reduced from a freighttrain conductor. The old engineers claim that they were

forced to join the strike, and are only too glad to get back. I saw them at the despatcher's office this afternoon, where they were to report according to Pitcairn's proclamation. They flocked in there like tax-payers at the tax office on the last day before penalties begin to run, each man to put his name down on a paper headed simply, "List of loyal men now ready to go to work." Hundreds of train men and engineers had signed during the day.

The following scene was frequently repeated: Enter young fellow, a train man, brakeman, or may be engineer. He says nothing, but walks up and looks. over the long list of names and sees some of them marked with a cross. "What does that black mark mean?" he asks nervously. "That is to indicate that the man is an engineer." "Oh," comes a sigh of relief, his eye runs over the list rapidly, and finally he says, sullenly, "By God, they are all there. Well, put my name down, too," and half a dozen who are waiting outside sidle in and echo him, "Put my name, too."

On the 29th General Hancock telegraphed the government as follows, from Philadelphia:

PHILADELPHIA, July 28th, 12.20 P. M. To the Adjutant-General, United States Army:

Governor Hartranft and Colonel Hamilton, of the 1st United States Artillery, are at Pittsburgh. Colonel Hamilton has about fifty prisoners, rioters taken from Johnstown. They have been reported to the Governor, who has taken possession of them and has directed the attorney-general of the State to prosecute them immediately. The quiet occupation of Pittsburgh and opening of the Pennsylvania Railroad, I think, settles the question of order in this division, and the only trouble that seems to remain is that connected with the miners in certain points in the coal district, such as Scranton.

Possibly that may require similar treatment as that of the railroad.

W. S. HANCOCK, Major-General commanding.

On the 30th the following official announcement was made by the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad :

The Pennsylvania Railroad and its branches are open for freight as well as passengers from Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, to points as far as Altoona on their main line, to Kane on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad, to Buffalo via the Emporium route, and to Elmira and Canandaigua on the Northern Central Railroad. This territory comprises the Clearfield and Broad Top bituminous coal region, and the anthracite region tributary to the Northern Central road. They expect to have their main line open to Pittsburgh, and the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad to Erie, to-morrow, and their lines west of Pittsburgh on Monday. Their men are rapidly recognizing the situation and the fact that the interests of the company and their own are identical.

On the 30th of July the close of the strike on the lines of the Pennsylvania Company was announced in the following despatch from Pittsburgh :

Everything is quiet and the strike is, to all appearances, ended. On the Pittsburgh division of the Baltimore & Ohio road the freights east and west are now arriving and departing on schedule time, and all the freight offices are open. All the passenger trains are also arriving and departing on time. Several extra trains for the east have been placed on the road, including fast fruit trains for the accommodation of shippers. On the Pennsylvania road stock trains are being moved as rapidly as they can be gotten in readiness, and the trains which have been delayed along the

line are arriving. The first three trains sent out on this road were under military guard, but no trouble having occurred, the trains are now running without guards. The company is not receiving freight for shipment yet, but this is owing to the fact that the tracks over the burnt district are not yet completed, and will thus delay local freights a day or two.

On the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago road the efforts are mainly directed to the clearing of the tracks of rolling stock, which is strewn along the line of the road for fifteen miles beyond the city, and having the city freights delivered.

All the workmen in the shops on this road resumed work this morning.

On both the Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne roads the officers have informed the engineers and firemen that they can have their old engines if they report for duty at once.

The Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad men have returned to duty and that line is now fully open. The Western Division of the Pittsburgh & Erie Railroad has also resumed.

On the Allegheny Valley road the passenger trains are arriving and departing on time, and it is expected that freights will be started to-day.

The Pan Handle route is running trains as usual.

The home military are still under arms, and the forces under Governor Hartranft maintain their positions at Twenty-eighth street. The United States troops are encamped on the arsenal grounds, and are comfortably situated in every respect. Arrests of persons charged with being engaged in the riot of Sunday of last week are constantly being made by the mayor's police.

A despatch from Columbus, Ohio, says that the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway officials announce that they will receive freight from shippers to all points.

CHAPTER V.

THE READING RIOTS.

The Strike at Reading-Burning of the Lebanon Valley Bridge by the Strikers -Rioters at Reading Stop the Trains-High-Handed Acts of Violence—Arrival of Troops at Reading-The Rioters Attack the Military-The Soldiers Fire Upon the Mob-A Terrible Volley-Excitement at Reading-Action of the City Authorities-Capture of Arms—Arrival of the 16th, Regiment-The Soldiers Fraternize with the Rioters-Danger of a Conflict Between the Troops -The Military Sent Away from Reading-Arrival of the Regulars--Arrest of Rioters-Character of the Rioters-A Reporter's Adventure-Verdict of the Coroner's Jury-Justice to the Troops.

THE Pennsylvania Railroad was not the only sufferer from the strike in Pennsylvania. The roads extending through the coal regions soon became involved in it.

The first outbreak in this section of the State occurred on the night of the 22d of July. The militia had begun to assemble in obedience to the orders of the Governor, and some companies had started for Harrisburg, at which place they were ordered to report. To prevent them from reaching their destination a party of rioters, on the night of the 22d, set fire to the Lebanon Valley Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill at Reading. The bridge was entirely consumed and the direct communication between Reading and Harrisburg broken. The loss to the Reading Railroad Company by the destruction of this bridge was $150,000.

On the 23d there was great excitement at Reading, and during the day the city was in a state of riot and disorder. The railroad men formed but a part of the