The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-17
United States Troops Ordered Out Of
the Court Room at Sacramento by
an Excited State Judge.
RAIL FISH-PLATES REMOVED
Grand Trunk Train Wrecked,
Causing Death and Injury.
Strikers or Sympathizers Charged with
the Crime-Fireman Killed and
Thirteen Persons Wounded.

SAN FRANCISCO. July i6-The South
ern Pacific Railway Company, backed by
the combined military forces of the federal
and State governments. continues to main-
tain fairly satisfactory passenger service
in northern California. But, notwithstand-
ing this formidable military array. the rail-
road officials have been unable to retrieve
the lost management of their freight bus-
ness. The passenger service. too. is by no
means restored, for trains still side
tracked at night as a precautionary meas
ure against train wrecxers. In Oakland
this morning the strikers formed into sew
eral riotous mobs of two three hun
dred men each. All incoming and out.
going passenger trains were SO strongly
guarded that they were not interfered
with, but the fury of these mobs fell upon
such luckless nonunion men s the strik-
ers were able to waylay going to and from
their work. Several times the troops were
called out to disperse the rioters and rescue
nonunion men.
Shortly after noon a freight train was
started from the yards on the mole. At
the Seventh-street crossing the nonunion
men in charge of the train found them
selves at the mercy of a mob Of strikers.
a striker had managed TO climb aboard
and cut the airbrake. The train was
stalled and the rioters. who swarmed about,
had drawn all the coupling pins. Then a
! troop of cavalry and a company OF in
fantry came down upon the mob The cav
airy men used their sabres and dubbed
with their pistols and the foot soldiers
prodded freely with their bayonets. In the
struggle two shots were fired by the sol
diers though no one was hit The strik-
ers were finally put to fight. A number
of the rioters sought refuge in the cot
tage of a striker. The soldiers afterward
raided the house and arrested twenty-one
men. Several OF the rioters were severely
cut and bruised. The freight train was
to a side track and abandoned After
this occurrence the soldiers were given
orders to shoot any one who attempted TO
interfere with any train. Finally freight
train was sent out guarded by six hundred
militia
Out of Sacramento trains are running with
less interference Several freight trains
have been dispatched from that point. The
railway company announces that several
fruit trains will be dispatched from Sacra-
mento tomorrow night or Wednesday
morning. Owing TO the recent burning Of
a trestle in the Siskyou region trains
have been sent out on the oregon branch.
A train will probably be dispatched for
Portland tomorrow. Passenger trains from
the East are now arriving in San Fran
cisco. Eight days Eastern mail re-
ceived here to-day.
The Southern Pacific officials claim that
many OF the strikers are applying to be
taken back. At Sacramento several hun
dred men returned to work i'm the railroad
shops this morning. They were compelled
to sign agreement to withdraw from the
A. r. u.
There was considerable excitement at
Dunsmuir this afternoon. Captain Boulson
commanding a company of militia, serving
as guard a passenger train, arrested a
citizen who crossed the track and ap-
preached the train. The captain fOurished
revolver and arreste, him At DunsrNIiir
the sympathy is largely with the strikers
and Captain Boulson promptly arrest
ed by the civil authorities