Daily Republican., 1882-05-06
WOMEV vs.. MUSCLE.
THE GOOD DAAES OF YOLO
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, PUT 4
ROADMASTER TO hUUrE.
Frsn the Sacramento Record U nion.

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There Is . large-sizsd war in progress
over in Washington, the town opposite
this city. The railroad grade cuts
through the town east aud west. At
intervals it is pierced by long open
ing, say 800 feet, and it is spanned by
trestlework. Through this opening
the water from the old levee breaks
above the north of the town would find
its way. People live both above and
south of the grade.
The people on the south procured
some tin ago, an order of the Board of
Supervisors of Yslo county for the erec.
ton of bulknead along the north side
Of the grade, and which closes the
trestle at Fourth street. This most OF
the people on the north resisted, but
they were defeated and the bulkhead
was erected for some Two blocks. The
northendrrs say they were willing to
have the obstruction erected Just be-
lew the breaks in order to turn the
water out iuto the tules, but tie south
enders Objected though thisthey deny
emphatlcally.
The bulkhead's effect is to check the
free passage OF the water and make it
considerably higher ON the north side
than 1t otherwise would be, while on the
south 81 tho lots are dry and the wa
ter runs off through more distant open.
| ings below the town. The people on
| the north are, as a consequence,
"washed out of house and home," to
put it strongly.
| Yesterday says the north-siders, Read
master d. o. Il ,trican appeared on the
ground, aimed with broken shovel
with which TO dig up the b llkhead aud
let the water through AT the same
time there appeared on the grade a
larger numb Der of south side residents
mostly women.
- They surrounded the roadmaster and
babe him deslst. He made a faint sho "
of going oa with tn. work, wnen one
lady stepped out aud took his hand,
whereat all the south enders set up a
cheer. The man then began to scratch
on the ground little with his shovel
when the women again surrounded him
and began to pull him this way AID
that, and in the scrimmage, which to
| the north ender women seemed but a
tarc,, the broken shovel of the road
master struck the ground, and the
blade turned up on the haudle. and SO
the officer, having his guns spiked, ca
| pitulated and marched away amids
the hurrahs of the south-enders.
The porth-s side people aver that the
south-anders have stood guard over the
buIkhead with shot guus night and day
and that one lady went ~ far as to 10 "
a gun and come cut, declaring She'd
spill all her blood and all the precious
fluid of any nor sh-euder who dared tt
touch the bulkhead.
The women on the battle grsrnd yos-
terday were lady-like, respectful, no
loud of speech, seemed TO thoroughly
understand the situation, and were
proud in the realization that they wer'
masters Of the field.
If they had weapons they we're con
cealed. They keep strong guard OF
the bulkhead, aud if any masculine
biped thinks it safe to cut that wori
after looking at the Amazonian guard
he is braver than most men. The bus
bands of these women are mostly EN-
ployed In Sacramento, and hence 1t i
that they take care of the enemy =.
day. The reporte. saw some north
enders who agreed with the south end
ers and said 10 open the pulkhead will
do them more damage than to keep i
closed,