The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-07-20
BOYS DAMAGING STORY.
Tells Of Taking Certain Men 10
the Tres.le Which Was
Weakened.
And Which Gave Way Whom n
Southern Pacific Train
Came Along.
Resulting In the saoTlDos Of rive namau
Livss-Knsv One of Them
suiEo news.

WOODLAND. Cal. Jolly IO-rhs prsliml-
nary examination Of the five strikers
charged with mu der as result Of the re-
cent horror at ,hs railroad tfeatle. was re-
sumsd to-day. The case Of Worden. how
ever, was permitted TO 40 over until Mon.
day The hearing Of evidence aaains,
Knox. Mnllsn. Hatch and Compton, all
members Of tbs strikers mediation com
nittee. was then begun. Johnny shsr-
burns was fTat called aud proved telling
witness for the prosecution. He 10 a IL
year-old boy, who 10 in the employ OF a
sacrsnsnso livsrymsn. The lad says that
on ,hs forenoon OF the daT OF the wreck he
drove WoTdsp into the oatskitts Of Haora-
mento. and took into his sagon a crov-bhr,
some wrenches and other tools. Latsr
Worden was Joined by i've other men whom
the boy did not know. Then they sci out
for the trestls AZ which train was subss-
qusn,iy wrecked and nvs men killed.
When within few rods Of the trsstie. all
the men left the wagon. taking their tools
With them. The lad testified that be was
then orierel 10 drive a short distance
toward the city. He did a. instructed, and
while waiting heard q loud explosion.
Soon afterwsrd wordsn came up and the
boy drove him back 10 the oIty. As they
were entering Sacramento they we're told
that train had just been wrecked. When
told that Engineer Clarke had been killed.
Wordon applied q vile epithet and declared
that be Was glad OF N.
This o. ightforwsrd testimony lsft little
doubt In the minds Of most OF the hearers
that the men whom the boy had taken 10
the b. sstle we're responsible fo' the wreck.
A sensational climax came. however, when
young Sherburne testified that on the day
following the wreck his employer sent him
TO worden with bill for the rig. Wordeu
went with him 10 the offcs Of the A. X. T..
mediation com mmittee In Sacramento. and
there the bill was paid.
SAN Francisco. July 1.-The strikers ai
Oakland were excited Tonight over q TO
port that Roberts. their local president. had
in his possession a telegram from Debs in
struoting him 70 sdset q settlement with
the Southern Paeifie. provided the com.
psny sgress to take back tae strikers with
out preludioe. II was also reported that
Debs tsleQraphsd that he has coma 20 an
understanding with Pullman.
Beside this announcement there has been
little excitement in California to-day.
This morning she 6outhern Pacific dis
patched train for Portland, ths hrst thai
has been sent out ou that line sincs the
strike began. and tonight the rail DAD OIL
cials declare that they have men enouRh
aud ere conducting business without hin
drhnce.
strikers. on the other hand insist that
train service 10 slill badly crippled. Mill
tafy guards still 40 upon all impotani
trains, and trouble is by no means over.
Al Oakland. relying upon the militia. the
company has reduced the numbe, OF dep.
uty shsrifs from 300 TO nfty. company
OF state militia was to-day ordered from
Nevada City to Port Costa. where strikers
have caused considers BILE trouble. At Sac a.
mento many strikers are returning TO work.
Later repofts from Oakland are Ia the
effect that tho dispatch received from Debs
did not state that tho strike had been de-
olAred of. but merely Informed the strikers
that the strike in California could be ended
by majority vote Of the unions concerned
In II.
OAKLAND. Cal. July l9.-Prssident Rob
erts, OF the local A. Il. IT,, denies ths report
circulated this afternoon that he had re-
eeivsd notice from President Debs shat ths
strike had been settled. He says that
he has nos received single telegram from
Debs to-day.