▁They ' ve ▁asked ▁for ▁things ▁we ▁can ' t ▁grant ▁them ▁at ▁all ." ▁ ▁July ▁ 2 1 ▁ ▁Sho oting ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁Saturday ▁the ▁ 2 1 st , ▁it ▁had ▁become ▁clear ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁Pitts burgh ▁police ▁and ▁local ▁milit ia ▁had ▁s ided ▁with ▁the ▁strik ers ▁and ▁they ▁refused ▁to ▁take ▁action ▁against ▁them . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁troops ▁ordered ▁to ▁must er ▁at ▁the ▁rail ▁yards ▁never ▁arrived . ▁Some ▁had ▁relatives ▁among ▁the ▁crowd , ▁and ▁many ▁held ▁sympathy ▁for ▁the ▁workers . ▁ ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁J . ▁W . ▁Lat ta ▁ordered ▁General ▁Br inton ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁First ▁Division , ▁Pennsylvania ▁National ▁Guard , ▁to ▁report ▁to ▁Pitts burgh . ▁At ▁ 3 : 0 0 am ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 1 st , ▁some ▁ 6 0 0 ▁of ▁their ▁men ▁set ▁off ▁from ▁Philadelphia . ▁They ▁arrived ▁between ▁ 1 : 0 0 pm ▁and ▁ 1 : 4 5 pm , ▁bringing ▁two ▁G at ling ▁guns ▁with ▁them . ▁It ▁was ▁hoped ▁that ▁these ▁troops ▁from ▁the ▁compet ing ▁industrial ▁city ▁of ▁Philadelphia , ▁would ▁be ▁less ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁strik ers . ▁Tw enty ▁r ounds ▁of ▁am mun ition ▁were ▁distributed ▁to ▁each ▁man . ▁ ▁At ▁ 3 : 3 0 pm ▁the ▁order ▁was ▁given ▁for ▁the ▁sh er iff ▁and ▁his ▁deput ies , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁National ▁Guard ▁troops , ▁to ▁move