Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-07
STRIKERS IN JAIL.
Deputy Marshal Tucker with Thirty
Armed Men and Twelve Prisoners
Reached Santa Fe from Ration
Last Night.

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Tucker arrived in Santa Fe at 8 O'Clock
last night from Ration with a special
train carrying thirty six deputy marshals,
thirty of them armed, and twelve United
States prisoners. The prisoners were
lodged in the United States Jail at the
penitentiary for safe keeping. Their
names are as follows: R. P. Bland, Fred
Hallowell, W. H. Larkin, D. T. Medill,
Geo. Runyan, Edward Brown, - Trip,
Walters, Bathurst A. p.
Rogers, Bruce Davis, Harry Carr.
The prisoners all reside at Ration. The
charges against them are contempt of
court and obstructing the United States
mails. 1t will probably be ten days be-
fore they have hearing, as that time
will be required to secure the necessary
witnesses. 1t may be added here that the
prisoners emphatically deny having OBJ
structed the mails or done any other act
iustifying their arrest.
DEPUTIES D1sBANDED.
Deputy Tucker received orders this
morning by wire from United States Mar
shall Hall, who is now at Las Vegas, to
iisband his force of deputies in this city
and furnish those who reside elsewhere
transportation to their respective homes.
This order WAS complied with soon after
breakfast. The deputies were really
brought here for the purpose of sending
them home. Their services were not
needed to guard the prisoners.
When Marshal Hall and his force of
about eighty armed deputies reached a
point two or three miles out of Ration, on
Monday afternoon, they found the tracks
obstructed and creased and were obliged
to go into town on foot. They found
Ration in a state of intense confusion and
excitement. Sheriff McCuistion ordered
them to remain on the railroad property
and notified them that they would be ar
rested if they disobeyed his orders. Mar
shall Hall told his deputies to respect this
order.
| WALTERS INTIMIDATED
Efforts were made to prevent the depu-
ties from obtaining food at the railroad
eating house. The cooks and walters of
| the honse, intimidated by threats that the
house would be blown up, refused to feed
the deputies and quit their places. There
upon the marshals took charge of the
house and thereafter had plenty to eat.
The strikers held frequent secret meet
ings at the rink, which they used as head
quarters, and it was believed that they
had arms and ammunition secreted there
Advised of this probability Col. Pearson
promptly upon the arrival of his com
| mand from Santa Fe, ordered a charge
| upon the supposed arsenal at double
quick. One gun and several hundred
rounds of ammunition were secured, but
informed in advance of the approach OF
soldiers, it is thought that the other arms
had been moved away and hidden in the
the neighboring hills.
SITUATION PEACEFUL.
Whom Deputy Marshal Tucker left Rator
the situation was much more satisfactory
than when the deputies first went there
The arrival of U. s. troops had de-
cidedly quieting effect. Forty deputies
and about 100 soldiers are still there
The overwhelming majority of the strik-
ers profess to be peaceably inclined and
indicate willingness to assist the rail
road company in the movement of al
trains, provided Pullmans are not at
tached. The sentiment against moving
Pullmans seems to be well nigh universe
among the people.
Deputy Tucker had no difficulty il
bringing his train through from Ration te
Santa Fe. The train crew consisted OF
regular men with the exception of a new
fireman.