Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-13
THE GREAT CRUSADE.


riot was in progress at Sprague. Nom
union men have been stoned and an
engine and several cars attacked. The
mob, alter running the cars off the
siding, set the cars on fire. The tres
| ties one mile east and one mile west
of Sprague were destroyed by fire. A
car OF oil was run into the bridge in
! order to make it burn more rapidly.
Major Carpenter, with regular troops
from Fort Spokane, is now at Sprague.
During all this time the militia
and the deputy marshals seemed to
afford but little protection from the
mob. Two trains have left on the
Northern Pacific for the east guarded
by soldiers. A law and order commit
tee has been formed.
1t appears that the militia train
having on board Company G, of the
Second regiment, n. G. W., which re-
fused to go aboard and be taken home
by nonunion crew, was derailed
Monday, a mob of strikers tearing
away trestle and sending lot of
empty Hat and box cars down upon.
the cars in which were seated the SOL
diers.
The information previously sent out
that all members of Troop A, Of
Sprague, had mutinied is not true
Two members of the troop refused to
ride behind non-uniOn engineers.
They were arrested and taken to
Sprague to be court-martialed. The
men are Sergeant Sully and Private
Kennedy, and did not appear at roll
call. They belonged to a railroad or
ganizatiOn at Sprague and were lead
ers of the mutiny.
An order was received from Judge
Hanford at Seattle on 9th ordering Il
company of United States troops to be
sent over there rs precautionary
measure against the strikers, who are
becoming inclined to riot. A battery
OF 60 men from Fort Candy was sent
over
Strikers at Tacoma on the 9th at
tackled and brutality beat man
named kirchman, who is janitor at
the Seventeenth street depot, as he
was returning from supper.
There were on duty at Tacoma on
the night of the 9th 300 regulars, $50
deputy marshals, 30 special policemen
in addition to the regular force, and
eight special deputy sheriffs.
One span of the Northern Pacific
bridge across the Yakima river. seven
miles north OF Ellensburgh, was
burned Tuesday morning. No par
ticulars are obtainable. A repairing
force was Immediately set at work.
Meanwhile transfers will be made and
the running of trains will not be
seriously interfered with.
A dispatch received this morning
states that Debs has declared the
strike at AN end pending negotiations
for an adjustment OF the labor troubles
IN CALIFORNIA.
Locomotive engineers at Sacra-
mento have weakened. Tuesday
morning a committee waited upon
General Superintendent Fillmore, and
announced they were ready to go to
work at a moments notice. They
further offered to provide n full crew
to take out a train tomorrow. Fill
more informed the committee that he
would fet them know if he decided to
accept their services.
The Southern Pacific at San Jose,
Friday, resumed operations. The
Sheriff and eight regular deputies and
so business men as special deputies.
and 90 policemen and 10 deputy
United States Marshals took possession
of the broad gage depot, round house
and yards. They were not molested
by the strikers, who gathered in the
vicinity in large crowds. The railroad
company's local officials then started
a switch engine and cleared the yards.
At IL 80 three trains had been moved
Two were dispatched to San Fran
cisco and one for southern points
Three strikers were arrested when an
attempt was made to pull fireman
from q locomotive.
The strikers at Sacramento Tuesday
moved their guns to their headquart-
ers 80 as to be near them in anticipa.
ton of battle with the regulars.
They are in possession OF at least l.
600 rifles and shot guns. 1t is ex-
pected that a desperate and decisive
struggle will soon ensue.
Legal adviser OF the A. Il. u. Mr..
Hunt, in a report to the Chairman
OF the Mediation Committee, at Sacra-
mento has, in a lengthy opinion in
which he deprecates the act of the
President of the United States in u.s.
ing the power of the government in
protection of life and property, ex
presses the unqualified conclusion
that his action is constitutional and
says at cannot be denied that armed
resistance to the lawful authority OF
the United States is treason against
the government, which would not re-
ceive the support of a large majority
Of citizens who now sympathize with
our cause" He continues: al ad-
wise you, therefore, not to permit
yourselves, in these times of danger,
to allow your ardor and devotion to
your cause to entangle you in con-
flict with the armies of the Federal
government. for such a course would
be fraught with serious consequences
and might result in bringing more or
less odiu,n upon the just cause of the
labOring people"
Harry Knox, chairman of the
Mediation Committee, declares that
the strikers will heed the advice OF
i cir attorney, but this does not seem
no check their preparations for armed
defense. The United States forces
were being massed, Tuesday, at Sacra-
mento, under Col. Graham, whose
command numbers 800. A like num-
Der Of soldiers were sent from the
Preside and company from Benicia,
and with regular accoutrements, bat
teries of Hotchkiss and gatling guns.
Harry Knox. on the 10th, sent an
ultimatum to General Manager TOwne
of the Southern Pacific, STIMULATING
that if the company would restore
all the employees who had walked out,
to their places, and cease to haul Pull
mon cars, hostilities would cease. 1t
is q notable fact that every PROPOSE
ton for a peaceful solution of the
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