The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-05

under siege. they are absolute masters
of the ferry system. They have stopped
the trains on both lines. and connection
by rail with all the cities across the bay
has been cut of. They have seized the
railroad yards At West Oakland They
are in possession at the Oakland Mole.
| Not a wheel Is moving.
The strikers accomplished their work
| within an hour and n half, and not a
hand was raised against them by the
! authorities.
Several companies OF the National
! Guard are under arms and ready t.
| march ut moments notice. Three
companies VI the Firth Regiment mr.
| rived last night. The city IS III Il state
| of great cxcIt' mCnt. When the rail-
road officials knew that thy could not
run Their trains they stoprci all but the
the blockaio. During II" night the
broad gauge pier was guarded 10y Il few
deputy sh"rins.
strikers seize the Yards.
The day WAS the most sensational in
its events OF any I'm the great strike
The trouble did not begin INT II ~ o'clock!
when the strikers. In obedience to
house at West oakland. Both were
captured, neither officers OF the city nor
officials of the Company iuakiug any
resistance Tho Alameda, Herkeler and
Oakland trains were seized and stalled.
The towers on the Mole were captured
and hold. and the switches so arranged
as to bc useless without repair.
Bands OF strikers went on the run to
the narrow gauge I'm, and al Fourth
and Webster streets signallcd and seized
the train running one of TIE coaches
Il. at sS.I "a
tracks Of the Alameda broad gauge AS
tie Alameda has not been running for
several days. the blockade on the entire
system Is complete. During the after
noon the strikers made another raid on
the round-hDuse and finished small
part OF their work lett undonc In the
morning
nniIroad Relies ON Troops.
The rnllroad IL relying solely on the
assistance of the militia and United
States troops II 1t Is possible to OBJ
Last night the naval battalion was or
dered to Ice ready to march at a mo-
'nent's notice The battalion reported to
headquarters aud the three companies
rema lncd In their armories during the
night.
strikers Ahead in Sacramento.
stephens, when ordered to clear, the
depot II strikers yesterday, asked for
y written ordered to IRE, but unitel
States, Marshal Baldwin. refused 10 give
one. II was then thai the officers de-
c.ined 10 go forward. and the Stockton
companies followed their example. Bald
win ordered the soldiers to return 10 the
armory.
A large number OF soldiers from San
Francisco have been overcome by the
intense heat.
nation commanding the people to keep
away from the scene Of the disturb.
ances. The strikers were masters of
the situation all last night. They had
troops, with the exception OF one com
pany, retired for the night.
When the troops had withdrawn to
their armory yesterday and the strikers
and sympathiZers were loudly celcbrat-
ing their victory new source OF danger
became arr""ent A BODY Of fifty strik-
ers appeared on the scene armed with
r!nes am amun.tlon. !, WAS learned that
the Ciaribaldi Guard had turned the con-
tents Of It's arsenal over to the strikers.
Armed Strikers on the Way.
The authorities and railroad people
became stu further alarmed when adj
Wis Il OF the warlike preparations of the
strikers at various points north OF here
shortly after noon. IA body Of seventy
five strikers. fully armed and equipped
for battle. marched to the southern
Pacific depot, where other A., r. u. men
~
and soon the armed body of excited men
was speeding towards Sacramento A
United States Marshdls' car WAS coupled
behind the coach IN which the strikers
We're riding,
Al Red liluff. demonstration which
also purtends trouble was made by the
strikers. The a. X. e. men there re-
ceived orders early in the day to come
70 sacramento and at once began rus
Ting about the town for arms. Finally
one hundred rifles and plenty OF am
munition We're secured and placed In
raboose at the depot. When the
train from Dunsmuir arrived at Red
Bluft the rolling arsenal and another
band Of strikers were taken aboard.
At $50 the train stopped at Reddng
long enough for the strikers to purchase
all the available ammunition. Soon
they were speeding on again towards
Sacramento.
Arrests Mt Los Angeles.
Los ANGELES. Cal. July Six men.
comprising the strike committee OF the
a, X. IT,, were arrested Yesterday after
roon bv n Deputy United States Mar
shall. Rail Was fixed in each case at
81 go. The men mad not given bail up
10 ate hour last night. but were
searching for bondSmen
The Indictment charges the men with
having obstiucted and melted others TO
obstruct the carrying Of the United
States mails on regular trains Of the
Southern Pacific road.
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