The herald., 1894-04-20
WNETTE STILL IN JAIL.
He and His Pals Held fer
Inciting to Riot.
Industrial Armies Having a
Rocky Time.
Rough Is the Road That Leads 30
Washington.
KelIy's Army Breaks Camp at OouurA
Bluffs-Workingmen Extending
Much sympathy to the
Common " callers.
By the Associated Pros.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN BERNARDINo. April l9.-'Colongl~
Vinette, James S. Bernard, I. j. Coai.
AL Thorn pson, f. Peterson,C II .O' BriGN,
George H. Blanchard and Frank KarD,
leaders of the army OF unemployed,
were taken to Cotton from the county
Jail this morning, for preliminary exam
ination before Justice Bingham, on The
charge of melting to riot. Before pro-
ceeding with the hearing Vinette was
sentenced to pay fne of $40 or spend
20 days in Jail upon his conviction Of
attempting to delrsud the railroad odt
of fare.
On the charge OF melting TO riot. L. IL.
Sprecher. assistant district attorney, ap-
pesred for the state, assisted by R. r.
Bedsoe of this city and W. A. Harris OF
Los Angeles, special attorney for the
Southern Pacific railroad. The defend.
ants were represented by Louis Lucksl
of Los Angeles.
Deputy Sheriff Reeves was tho frst
witness sworn for the prosecution, aAd
testified he was in Cotton on the morn
ing of the 14th instant and saw defend
ants and 200 other men on top of South
ern Pacific cars. He testified that Vim
cite said it would take 300 men to arrest
the men who were there. He stated
also that there WAS no trouble in effect
ing the arrests, Rs the men came along
very peaceably.
The city marshal of Cotton, J. W.
| ~ kH.k A.
in Cotton when they boarded the cars,
and requested the army not to stay near
the depot, but to take q camp about
half mile out of town, which they re.
fused to do. He also ordered them to
get off the platform OF the freight depot,
I v,@aEse- t-;l~A--A-i ~Ao.--hOwut tiiu
time freight train pulled into the de-
pot, and the marshal told the army
they could not get on the train there.
Members OF the army told the marshal
they would zee about that. As soon as
the train stopped the whole gang of 200
men made rush for it and
piled themselves on top OF the
cars, although the marshal had
told them not to get on. The train
wae then sidetrRcked by orders OF the
company, and the men remained on top
OF the cars all night. Ia the morning
the marshal and Special Detective
Doley, in the employ of the Southern
Pacific. played hose of the city water
works on the men, drenching many Of
them to the skin. No one offered re-
sistance but allowed the officers 70 play
water on them, and the men still re-
fused to get off the cars. Sheriff Booth
also ordered the men of the cara. Citi-
zens armed with shotguns and rifles
then put in an appearance and the
sheriff arrested the leaders, the defend
ants in this proceeding, and the balance
of the army were surrounded and
! guarded for the next "A hours.
NJ. T. Bowler. special officer OF the
Southern Pacific. gave substantially the
same statement OF the case.
+. Il. Bright, Southern Pacific local
! agent at Cotton. testified that he was
ordered to sidstrack the train if tho
men refused to get off; thGt in the
morning three special officersof the road
ordered the men TO get off the cars, and
they refused. The men were boisterous
during the night, making a great deal of
noise. He stayed up all night aud re-
ported the state OF affairs to tho head
officers of the company.
With the testimony OF these witnesses
the prosecution rested.
Vinette was sworn in his own behalf
and testified that there was no riotoua
conduct and no complaints from people
living near there. and no one was dis
turbed.
Bernard, another defendant, testified
that there was no riotous conduct.
Some of the other defendants testified
to substantially the same facts.
Mrs. L. Pence, woman living in Col
ton, an open sympathizer Of the army,
testified that she lived near the place
where the men got on the cars, and she
heard no riotous conduct and SAW notl-
ing disorderly.
Mrs Rosella Cotton, s. NJ. Stobie. Miss
Berthe Pence and T. w. Wickes, resi-
dents of Cotton, testified to simiIar
state OF affaira.
About O'Clock the case was submit.
ted to the court for his decision who
promptly held the defendants to answer
the charge and fixed their bail at $500
each, in default of which they were re-
manded to the custody OF the sheriff and
returned to the county Jail, where they
now lie awaiting tfial before the superior
court
The army still remains in camp near
the railroad depot, but is frons day to
day diminishing in numbers. The ofi-
GERS OF the law at Cotton state il the
men violate the law in the least degree
they intend to punish them to the fur
thest limit, as the men reiuee to movo
on unless supplied with food and rail-
road fares to Deming.
The army this morning received q
wagon load of provisions from the Farm.
ers' alliance at Highlands. Foragers
are soliciting food from families on the
If al fla
merchants, who have given considerable
aid. The army attended Baptist prayer
meeting last night. The pastor iRvited
them to attend special meetings every
night, saying be would not talk Oh army
subjects, but give them straight gospel
sermons. The men accepted
Part of the army are very aullen oVee