The record-union., 1894-07-30

TSnecial Correspondence of REcoRD-UNIoS.l
WOODLAND, July 29.-Upon the open
ING of court yesterday morning Judge
Fisher stated that he had been informed
that persons in the audience had been
furnishing the defendants whisky. Inc
Judge warned them that If the onense
was repeated they would be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law. bis honor
then requested defendant Worden to take
an isolated seat at his right and maintain
better order than he did yesterday.
The day was without excitement,
large part of the morning session being
taken up in the reading OF the telegrams
produced by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company which had been sent Dy
the leaders OF the American halfway
Union during the strike.
The whole of the afternoon session was
devoted to argument on the part OF at
torneys for the prosecution and Attorney
Wood of the Postal Telegraph Company
as to the production in evidence OF the
kilograms sent through that company.
AT the close of the afternoon session
General Hart made his usual lmpas-
stoned application for bail tor delendahts
Knox. Mullin and Compton.
The first witness put upon the stand
was Alex Brown, resident OF Walnut
Grove, Sacramento County. In answer
to Attorney Bruner, witness testlhed !:
Am a merchant; saw defendant w orden
at Walnut Grove on July lth; saw nm
oct off of steamer Modoc at 5:30 P. NJ, and
IN company with another man asked Ior
a team 10 90 TO Calf.
Witness refused to let him have team,
He went 10 store and engaged team
from man by the name of Dubec. While
in the store he used the telephone.
Witness did not hear who he called.
Heard him say, Hello, Harry, is that
you? Everything is all right here.
No cattle OH this boat The number that
he called was either 225 or 235, IN Sacra-
mento."
W. Harland of Oakland, colored Pull
man porter was the next witness. ION
the 9th and 10th of July was in Lathrop.
Was ordered by the Superintendent To
stay with the car. Had been there since
the I'd of july"
Witness saw Worden there. "At 10
o'clock on the next morning saw de-
1endant Hatch; saw Worden and five
othere go to the telegraph Office; four OF
them had guns; they then went to the
engine and removed the bnXcar aud the
Pullman; Worden, seeing someone on
the platform, ran his hand into his hip
pocket, anu. ulSpldy lbB q PlSe0Ai SoAN ~
YOU want to go with us, young manT L
said Yes, SIR He handed me his valise,
and said Take care OF this.' Said they
were going to Sacramento.
"They stopped about a mile and half
this side of Stockton and took on forty or
fifty men. Next stopped at Lodi.
Stopped at place in Sacramento said to
be fourteenth street. The men went up
town. Worden told myself and five other
men to run. Worden came back In about
an hour saw Hatch in Sacramento about
five minutes after Worden left"
Witness and the engineer were escorted
by Hatch and others to the American
Hallway Union headquarters. Two of
these were armed.
The cross-examination by Hart of the
witness did not develop anything OF
consequence. Witness wasn't much
frightened, but thought it best TO obey.
n. j. Crosby. foreman and engineer of
motive power, was the next witness
sworn. In answer TO Attorney Cook wit
ness stated that he lived at Stockton. Was
in Stockton in daytime of July 9Th. Went
to Merced and returned on the 10th, and
found an engine gone; was very angry.
A gentleman came and asked me if nay
name was Crosby. l replied that it was.
He introduced himself as Worden. He
said he wished to state that the American
Railway Union had nothing to do with
taking the engine; said he was an organ
izer OF the American Railway Union. l
told him there were great many idle
Young men there, and thought it crime
Tor him to do as he was doing in trying To
induce more idleness; that whatever
snow they might have had TO win the
strike they had none, as the matter was
now in the hands of the Government.
He said: ''If the worst comes to the worst
we can fight. We can make bombs OF the
best material if necessary"
mir. Worden told me he was going to
San Francisco that night, and would see
me the next day. He then went down
the track toward the depot. Mr.. Wor-
den claimed that he was IN perfect ignor-
ance of how the engine was taken out"
In answer to crOSs-eXamination by At
torney Gaddis, witness stated that the
conversation concerning bombs took
place in the office. "N orden told me in
The ward that ne came to assure me that
the American Railway Union had moth
ing to do with taking the engine"
Witness swore positively that Worden
mentioned the making of bombs and
using OF bombs.
George b. Clark, sworn: Reside in
Alameda; am locomotive engineer for
the Southern Pacific Company; was i'll
Stockton about the 9Th and 10th of July;
saw Worden there in saloon near the
roundhouse; had an engine in Stockton;
had the throttle lever taken Oft and bur-
led. and the pin taken out of the valve
sten."
Witness disabled his engine to prevent
its being taken. First saw Worden with
a man named Kelley; did not have any
conversation with them at that time; on
the morning OF the 10th saw Worden i'll
Mr. Crosby's office; the conversation be-
tween the two was about the strike; Mr..
Crosby demonstrated with Norden as TO
the manner in which they were trying to
win the strike; Crosby told Worden that
it was reasonable for them to oppose the
Government, and that the matter was III
the hands OF the Government. Worden
asked what the Government was. Crosby
replied. The people, Worden said, we
al the people, and if the worst comes to
the worst, we can throw bombs as well
as any one. We have plenty of them,
and, by C., we will use them'D
j. z. Gallagher, telegraph operator of
the Southern Pacific Railroad at Lathrop,
in answer to Carroll Cook, stated that on
the night the train was taken ssthree or
four men ran along toward my office. |
thought they were officers. / snranp
through the window into my office. A
man covered me with a revolver and
said. Young man, don't dare to touch en-
instrument there, or you'll suffer the con-
Witness saw among this crowd defend
ant Werden. "Worden, when he came
along, said, Have you got 'em?' The
others replied, Yes He said, I guess
Won know who we are.' / said, Yes.
sir, The other man said he was not
going to touch the instruments. Wor-
den said, Wen leave some one to see
that you do not. Unpleasant things hap
pen sometimes, but hope nothing of the