Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Times - Philadelphia
Wednesday, September 30, 1896
Shotguns and Clubs in a Riot
.Pitched Battle Over a Much-Disputed Tract of Land
Many Participants Wounded
The General Manager of the Ligonier Valley Railroad Shot
His Assailants Badly Used Up
Manager George Senft Orders a Repair Gang on His Line to Tear Away a Dam Built by Farmer Huston The Latter, Backed Up by His Wife and Two Stalwart Sons, Objects and a Small Sized Row is Precipitated When the Smoke of Battle Clears Away It is Found That John W. Ray, A Railway Employe, is Probably Fatally Hurt and That Senft and Others Are Badly Wounded.
Special Telegram to The Times.
Greensburg, Pa., September 29.
A riot occurred at Ligonier, this county, to-day in which General Manager George Senft, of the Ligonier Valley Railroad Company, was shot and badly wounded. The trouble arose through Mr. Senft ordering his repair gang, composed of a dozen or more men, to tear away a dam near the tracks of the company, which had been built by Dixon Huston, a farmer, and which it was claimed was damaging the railroad property.
The Huston family, composed of father, mother and two stalwart sons, made an attack on the railroad men with a Winchester rifle, shotgun and clubs. A desperate fight ensued. A load of buckshot was fired into Mr. Senfts lower limbs. John W. Ray, a railroader, was probably fatally hurt and three others were badly used up. Old man Huston was struck with a club and seriously hurt. Others of the Hustons were crippled. The farmer and his family were arrested and held for court.