The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

which arrived last night left On regular
time at $40 this morning Lieutenant S.
l.. Blodget aud ten men of Company G
went as a guard. Captain Miller, COM
m ssary of the Third Brigade. left this
afternoon with supplies for Company F.
row camped at Tehachapi. Deputy sherlifs
guard Kern bridge, Chesteravenue sta
tfon and other dangerous points near by !;
also ear of powder near the roundhouse.
Two crews were sent from here to-day to
haul freight trains from Mendoza. One
freight lett here for Los Angeles to-day.
The special passenger train Ifrom Los
Angeles arrived at $50 p. NJ. with five
United States deputy marshals aboard.
Captain Byrnes. Company Z and strong
guard was detailed TO relieve them and
proceed north with the train. Some talk
was made by few strikers of cutting of
the two Pullmans, but this coming to Cap
lain Byrnes' ears he at once gave COM
mand TO load, and that ended all such
plans.
Your correspondent to-day had con-
versation with group of strikers who
sill persist in holding out. They admit
that General Muller outw tilted them. They
day. When they came to the depot they
thought 1t was a company Of regulars, but
when the train pulled away from the de-
pot they were surprised 10 see Company
E standing there. When Captain Cock
reported with forty-fve men, the general
asked il their guns were loaded. On being
answered in the negative, orders were
given to load with ball cartridges. That
was enough for the strikers. They knew
business was meant and they could not
resist such men. On being asked why they
thought the men were regulars, they said
they did not think the National Guards
would get off in front Of them. They
thought they would hop off some distance
away and march In.
On the arrival of the train from Los
Angeles one little miss of II years, on
seeing the guards, thought their intention
was to shoot the regulars. and pleaded
with an officer not to as her mamma was
sick.
Lieutenant Rice's company. composed
of representative citizens of Bakersfield.
subject to call, is continually on guard at
GS armory. It has roll Of ffty-two, of
which number twenty two have been
sworn IN as Deputy Sher ifs.
The engineer and fireman on the north
bound passenger asked that no guard be
put on the engine. as they were capable
Of taking care of themselves. Superin-
tendent Whitmer says all his men on the
San Joaquin division have reported for
work. The mountain division meu living
at Sumner havesalso reported. The COM
pany is now in position to operate all
mail and passenger trains on schedule
time. He told the men when they reported
that the officers of the road reserved the
right to hire such men as they saw fit.
The militia will be kept here for sons
time. The men who are running trains
requested that they be allowed to 60 out
without guards. but MIR. Whitmer told
them the company reserved the right 10
send guards or not as it deemed best. The
superintendent says that ii the hotheads
and outside sympathZers had kept their
mouths shut there would have bean no
apprehension of danger. Some few have
made serious threats against the company.
but these have been Tepudiated by the
great body Of strikers. ard the committees
in charge of the strike called them down
at once on hearing what had been done.
EMERGED. July 14.-The first train carry
ing a Pullman through MERGED for two
weeks passed here at II: 10 this morning.
1t was accompanied from Bakersfield
here by detachment of the Bakersfield
company of National Guards, who were
relieved here by ten members of Company
II o MERGED. large crowd gathered at
the depot, but nothing was done TO pre-
vent the train from proceeding.
LODI, July 1.-THE first trains which
have come through Lodi since the great
tie-up passed through here this afternoon,
one from the north and one from the
south. Since the opening of the strike
the long bridge over the Mokelumne has
been watched day and night by speria
watchmen, so the trains passed through
without danger. although the United
States marshals thoroughly examined the
bridge before trains were allowed 10 cross.
The narrow gauge has been running right
along to Valley Springs. On the south
bound, the first which passed through,
were three United States deputy mar
shals, who said that threats were made in
Sacramento that no trains would reach
Lodi to-day, and this caused extra precau-
tions when bridges were reached. The
narrOw-gauge men do not expect trouble
although none of them are members of the
A. r U.
BAKERSFIELD STATION, July IA
message just received at headquarters
from Captain Byrnes at Mendoza says:
Two shots were fired into Pullman car
last night below Fowler Fresno County,"