▁reported ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Her ald ; ▁the ▁area ▁" was ▁actually ▁d otted ▁with ▁the ▁dead ▁and ▁dying ." ▁Within ▁five ▁minutes ▁the ▁mob ▁had ▁reform ed , ▁inf uri ated ▁by ▁the ▁kill ings , ▁although ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁again ▁eng age ▁the ▁soldiers . ▁ ▁Ri oting ▁begins ▁At ▁ 6 : 0 0 pm , ▁the ▁milit ia ▁troops ▁were ▁ordered ▁to ▁retre at . ▁Within ▁two ▁hours ▁the ▁mob ▁was ▁moving ▁about ▁the ▁city , ▁s ack ing ▁sh ops ▁and ▁breaking ▁into ▁arm ories ▁and ▁a ▁local ▁gun ▁factory ▁to ▁proc ure ▁arms . ▁H ear ing ▁what ▁had ▁occurred , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁ 6 0 0 ▁working men ▁from ▁nearby ▁Tem per ance ville ▁began ▁a ▁march ▁toward ▁Pitts burgh . ▁Through out ▁the ▁city , ▁the ▁situation ▁quickly ▁d eter ior ated . ▁As ▁Har per ' s ▁Week ly ▁reported ▁the ▁situation : ▁ ▁The ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁sla ugh ter ▁of ▁the ▁mob ▁spread ▁through ▁the ▁city ▁like ▁wild - fire , ▁and ▁produced ▁the ▁most ▁inten se ▁excitement . ▁The ▁streets ▁were ▁rapidly ▁crow ded , ▁and ▁the ▁wild est ▁rum ors ▁pre va iled . ▁When ▁the ▁news ▁reached ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁rolling - mill ▁hands ▁and ▁work men ▁in ▁the ▁various ▁sh ops ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁they ▁were ▁excited ▁to ▁f ren zy , ▁and ▁by ▁eight ▁o ' clock ▁the ▁streets ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁were ▁alive ▁with ▁them . ▁A ▁large ▁crowd