The record-union., 1894-11-01

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Nould XIII him ii he did not obey. We
Ia. out OF Lathrop and proceeded with
out anything OF Importance occurring
oHtii we reached the neighborhood of the
asylum at Stockholm, where we saw a
crowd OF men upon the track. l first
supposed they We're Sheriff Cunningham
aud posse OF deputies, but finally found
they We're American Railway Union
men. We took them on board, and went
on through Lodi and Gait. When we
reached ELK Grove | went to the tele-
phone and telephoned to the American
hallway Union headquarters as follows:
I'm on the road with load of cattle.
nave committee met me on the track.
VIII De In sacramento in forty minutes"
When we reached Twelfth street we
stopped and a committee of two met us.
lney told US the 'regs' had arrived, and
that everybody was being shot down. L
then sent the men down 10 the American
halfway Union restaurant and went to
headquarters. There / met Hatch and
the old man, his father, who is also an
American Railway Union man. After
ward vent back and brought the engine
nearer the depot. borrowed 3S-caliber
Remington revolver from old Hatch,
and started for the engine, with his son.
we then got the engine and Pullman and
look them TO where tho engine was stand
Ing That had previously been stolen from
which he afterward used 10 get The tools
from the house adjoining the oil tanks on
the Gay OF the wreck.
THE DUNsMUIG GUN FIGHTERS.
We then went back to headquarters,
and went to bed and slept until $40.
hen l got up | took breakfast at the
fremont House. | crossed over TO
Washington that morning and went TO
the house of Harry Knox about $40. l
found Dick Parker there, and after lit
lie talk the three Of us started for Sacra
mento.
As we got near the bridge we heard
shooting on the Yolo side of the river.
Knox said he was busy and had 10 go TO
headquarters, and asked me to go down
there. | went down and met Frank
Reed with gun. and he told me that Il
Jap had been killed. He said that the
Dunsmuir men were along the river
banks. and that they were doing the
shooting. Atterward / went back To Sac
mento and into Rhoads saloon, and as |
stepped out Of the saloon man came TO
me and asked me If my name was not
Worden. L told him that it was, and he
then said ought 10 know hun, that his
name was Albert Wheeler; that he used
10 live at Dutch Flat, and that lately he had
been braking out OF Rocklin. We talked
few minutes about the progress of the
strike, and he then took from his pocket
written order for team TO 30 TO
Brighton, which was signed by Harry
Knox. lie told me that they were going
on some expedition; that he had nine
men to go together; that they were most
ly at the Trenont House; that it would
take some time for him TO assemble them;
that he would like me to go to some
livery stable and get conveyance that
would hold nine men besides Il driver
remarklng at the same time that he was
NOT GOING TO BRIGHTON AT ALL.
He requested me to bring the team to
the fremont House. [ consented to do
this, and first went to the Pacific Livery
Stables, but could not get carriage large
enough to hold so many. l then went TO
Wilson's aud arranged for a three-seated
vehicle. for which 1 agreed to pay 80. |
20. KID Knox's order for the man, and
told Wilson to send 10 headquarters ana
collect it. It was i0:40 when l left the
stables. l then drove TO the fremont
House; and just then a man named Bar
rett came out carrying d parcel. He came
up 10 me with the remark, II have got
the fuse" | asked him where Wheeler
was, and he told me he had gone TO the
y olo side, and that be wanted me to drive
over and meet him at the saloon Just
across the bridge. The boy Sherburn,
who had been sent by Wilson with ME as
driver, was handling the team.
Just after we lett the fremont House
and were opposite Gregory's fruit store |
WAS hailed Dy Texas" The question
he asked me was: Are you going with
the Rube gang?" | asked him how many
there were in it, and he replied that he
had got eleven. l made no further re-
marks, but drove on. and when opposite
John Costello's coffee house Costello
called to me aud asked me where | was
going. / told him l was going over to
Z lra nf hpr Si6 nf a riy yar hn
cautioned me to look out, as the soldiers
were drawn up in line there and would
prevent me passing ii possible.
RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.
AT this the boy became much alarmed,
SO took the reiDs from him, and then,
as we approached the soldiers, they called
to Inc to halt. In reply L drew the whip
across the Hanks OF both horses and
dashed on, running man down and run
ming over him as | did so. The soldiers
did not follow me, but shouted toward
the bridge in hopes of stopping me-
When we reached the middle of the
bridge l got out and told the boy to drive
to the hotel on tie olO side anu wait un-
til man who resembled me very much
should come to him and instruct him
where to go. | then walked back to the
Sacramento depot and asked Harris Gins
berg the fellow we called Hash" if
=
He replied that he guessed they were.
l then went back to the Yolo side, but
could not see the buggy, and was told by
either Duffy or Todhunter that the rig
had been driven over to the oil-house. l
went over there and found the rig Hatch
was on the front seat and Wheeler was
standing between the caboose and the
buggy. In the caboose were Conductor
L. w. Hill and Brakeman Robert Teeple,
l asked them how they stood on the
strike question and they said they were
neutral.
Just then Barrett came up. Hatch had
sent the boy into the cab of the engine
and told him to stay there. Barrett had
the parcel with him that he was carrying
when he came out of the fremont House.
1t was about twelve inches in length and
six in diameter, done up in Manila
wrapping paper aud tied with cord Bar
rett'and w heeler then climbed up into
the middle seat OF the carriage and l got
up into the seat with Hatch. The boy
was called out OF the cab and took his
seat between Hatch and myself. We
drove along the north side of the track 20
the first crossing and then over to the
south side OF the track and along to the
second crossing, where / came to a halt
on The track.
THE s'RUBE'' GANG.
There were nine or ten men there.
Among them was "a man named Pack
wood, another named McMahon, brake
man named Grant, fellow named Dryer
and Texas" who ac that time was going
by the name of j. r. King. The others |
did not know. 1 then got out OF the
buggy and Wheeler said: II will take
your place in this rig" 1 asked him
where he was going, and he replied,
Never mind. You don't want 10 know,
do you"
Before leaving the stable the boy had
been cautioned not TO carry more than
eight persons in The vehicle, and when