The morning call., 1894-07-04
CALLED FOR THE MILITIA.

seized by Jack Harris, son OF the late
! Detective Len Harris His arms were
piniOned. thus preventing him, even IL he
desired, TO use his weapons, and he was
carried on the shoulders of the strikers for
a considerable distance and finally de-
posted at the foot of the stairs leading 10
! the railroad Office. Realizing his help
lessness TO cope with the strikers Baldwin
darted into the office of Division Superin-
tendent Wright, where he was safe from
the fury of the mob.
In the meantime the strikers had sue
ceeded in uncoupling the Pullmans and
then, with as much ease as it would have
been for one of the great compound en-
glnes, the crowd sent the cars spinning
back out OF the depot and into the yards.
Chief Of Police Drew and Officer Ash
jumped upon one end of the train and
Sheriff O'Neil upon the other and began
twisting the brakes, and the coaches were
stopped just in time to prevent them
crashing into another line of cars Just be-
yond. AS they came to a standstill the
crowd began cheering.
Sheriff O'Neil then mounted a pile OF
baggage and addressed the crowd. He
said that in the name of the State, In the
name of the law and in the name of good
order he commanded the Gro wd to disperse
1t was his sworn duty to enforce the law
and preserve the peace. and he proposed
to do his duty regardless of consequences.
The Sheriff was repeatedly cheered. and
at the conclusion of his remarks Harry
Knox. the chairman of the strikers COM
mittee, mounted the platform vacated by
ONeil and addressed the crowd. He
cOunseled the men to remain quiet and not
to do anything which would lnjure their
cause. The committee, he said, and In
| fact all the men, were perfectly willing to
permit the mail coaches to 60 out. They
would not be interfered with in any
manner. The American Railway Union
would assist in sending out the United
States mails. but they would draw the line
at Pullmans.
The speaker was frequently interrupted
by wild cheering. He said that the Ameri-
can Railway Union had employed as one
of its attorneys Colonel Robert G. Inger-
soil, one Of the most eminent lawyers in
the country. Ingersoll had taken issue
with Attorney General Oney. and had
said that mail train was train made up
exclusively of mailcars. They were will
ing to follow the sound advice and judg-
ment of such brilliant jurist as Colonel
Ingersoll. The crowd cheered again and
again.
Shortly after Knox left the platform
yells were heard in another part of the
yard. and he rushed over to see what the
trouble was. A crowd had surrounded
one of the locomotives which had been
fred uD. 1t was then letting off steam at
lively rate and the water was running
from the boiler. Some one had entered
the cab and attempted to disable the en-
gine by shutting off the steam. Knox
sprang into the cab, and after some diff
Guilty repaired the damage
After the excitement had partially SUBJ
sided, Deputy United States District At
torney Knight drafted the following.
which was signed by the Marshal and tele-
graphed to Governor Markham at Pasa-
dena:
CITY OF SACRAMENTO,
COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
STATE AND NORTHERN DISTRICT Z
OF CALIFORNIA, July 3, 1895
To his EIcellency. II. II. Markham, Governor
Of the state Of CalJornto-SIR: Whereas. it
has become necessary for me to properly pro.
tect the mails Of the United States from OBJ.