Major General JAMES W. LATTA,
_Adjutant General_, (_on Fast Line west_:)
Matters are getting worse. The Fourteenth regiment, up to this
time, four o'clock, have not reported a man. The Nineteenth has but
fifty (50) men. The Eighteenth regiment has had one hundred and
fifty (150) on duty since morning. Captain Breck has his battery
horsed and ready for duty. Is now at Union depot. I fear the
majority of the troops sympathize with the strikers. Mr. Cassatt is
most anxious to have other troops, and as it will take a long time
to get country troops together, the Philadelphia troops could be
brought here in less time than any others, and would not be in
sympathy with the strikers. Mr. Cassatt suggests that you have a
good regiment under arms, and if I fail with what I have got, they
can be ordered here by special train, and would arrive early in the
morning. I will make the attempt to run the trains through in less
than an hour, and will notify you of the result.
A. L. PEARSON,
_Major General_.
To which I replied, as follows.