R. H. FIFE,
_Sheriff of Allegheny county_.
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Following is the dispatch above alluded to:
PITTSBURGH, _July 19, 1878_.
HON. JOHN F. HARTRANFT,
_Governor of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg_:
A tumult, riot, and mob exist on the Pennsylvania railroad at East
Liberty and in the Twelfth ward of Pittsburgh. Large assemblages of
people are upon the railroad, and the movement of freight trains,
either east or west, is prevented by intimidation and violence,
molesting and obstructing the engineers and other employés of the
railroad company in the discharge of their duties. As the sheriff
of the county, I have endeavored to suppress the riot, and have not
adequate means at my command to do so, and I, therefore, request
you to exercise your authority in calling out the military to
suppress the same.
R. H. FIFE, (Copy.)
_Sheriff of Allegheny county_.
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