Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-12
Biockasie In California.

SAN FEANcIsco, July 1a.-For over q hours United States regulars have hccn on the field in northern California. but tho railruad blockade has not been broken. In fact, the situation is deemed moro scri- ous than it has been at any time hercto- fore.
 Human life has been sacrificed nt Sacra. mento in n horror which the strikers arc accused of having perpctratcd. All of tho victims but one arc soldiers. It is clear that the strikers realize the folly of openly resisting the United States army, as they have resisted all municipal and state nu- thorities, and that the more barbarous and moro deadly tactics of guerrilla war fare arc to be resortcd to.
 Twice during the day troops wcrc ann pushed. The first attack from under cover was early in the morning. when Colonel Graham landed at Sacramento with q force of over 600 regulars. No effort was made to resist their progress. The troops marched direct to the Southern Pacific depot and took possession of the buildings and railroad yards. A few hundred people gathered at the depot and dispersed when ordered to do SO. At tho whnrves a de tachment of state milyia had been left to guard the water front
 The regular troops wero no sooner out of sight than the little band of militiamen was fired upon with rifles by force of some 25 men concealed in tho bushes on the opposite side of the river. The mili- tiamen returned the fire and about goo shots were exchanged acrnss the river be. fore tho attacking party fled 4 Hoy Killed.
 X Japanese boy who stood on the river bank was killed by . bullet from the mili- tin. None of the attacking party was ap- prchended. Under order nf the United states troops the railroad u:hCials went Into the yarIls and resumed work Tnmo- tested. The tracks were cleared, and trains were made up.
 At noon a train was dispatched for Oak land under strong militia guard. Among the. crowds of strikers in the streets there were men who opcnl.' boasted that the train would never reach Oakland, but no ono thought they spoke knowingly. An hour later. when the news came back to Sacramento of n horrible railroad wreck, in which at least four men had perished, these same men were us loudly denying that the men wcrc strikers who had sawed ! away the supports of the railroad bridge. l The disaster at the bridge caused the rail road company to cease its efforts to move trains out of Sacramento. Until the wreckers now at work shall have repaired the damage done to the trcstlc no trains can bc run over that line.
 l At Oakland the outlook was also war like. An extra force of 100 special police men under deputies had been sworn in. The railroad officials werc making prcpar- ations early ip the day to start trains si- ' simultaneously with those sent from Sacra- mento. After the full force of deputies had arrived a band of strikers charged into the yards When more men arrived, the strikers charged again, and this time the deputies gave way.
 After all the engines that had bcen run out wcrc killed the strikers withdrew | Then came the news of tho disaster neal ! Sacramento.
 When Division Superintendent Wilder heard that the train had boon wrecked, hs stopped further preparations.
 We want to know where We stand, . ! he said. before we go ahead. If bush whacking Is now to prevail. We do no propose to send our men out and leopard lze their lives