The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-04

| Sacramento, Calf, July 3.-Sacra-
mento was the scene Of a violent dem
onstration on the part of the railroad
strikers this afternoon.
The Southern Pacific company at
tempted to break the blockade here,
and send a west-bound overland train
to San Francisco. Preparations had
been made for this attempt for a day
or two past, but the effort resulted in
complete failure.
As soon as a start was made, MOB
of 5000 strikers, who had been removed
from the immediate vicinity of the
train previously, swept down upon the
train and dragged United States Mar
shall Baldwin from the cab Of the en-
CINE.
The strikers knocked him down and
the deputies and police who tried to
interfere We're powerless. Many in the
mob shouted, Kill the marshal" but
the latter drew his revolver and sew
eral deputies who had forced their way
through the crowd did the same.
The strikers were obliged to fall back.
and the marshal finally escaped to the
railroad offices. The attempt to move
| the train, however, had to be aban-
doned, for the time being.
| The strikers cut the train in two,
and then they commenced to side
track the cars and disable the engines
in the yards. Marshal Baldwin, real
| ling his utter helplessness to cope
with the rioters, sent a dispatch to
Governor Markham, at Pasadena, eX-
planning the situation and recommend
ing that the national guard be called
upon for duty at Sacramento at once.
All day, there has been the greatest
excitement in the vicinity of the
Southern Pacific yards.
Early this morning, people began to
assemble there, and long before there
had been any actual disturbance thou
sands of people were surging with the
strikers through the railroad grounds
and streets.
There are 5000 strikers at this point,
including the men who went out of the
railroad shops, and nearly all of them
were in the excited throng.
Before 10 o'clock in the morning, the
United States marshal ordered the
crowd to leave the yards and the de-
pot. The strikers offered no resistance
near by, Chairman Knox addressed the
strikers, advising moderation.
The powerful force of officers, in
Guiding fifty deputies under United
States Marshal Baldwin, the entire
city police force and the sheriff and all
his deputies, was then thrown into the
yards.
All the gates leading to the railroad
yards were closed and barred.
Then ropes were stretched across the
different entrances to the depot, and
police put there to deny admittance to
every one. When these precautions
had been taken, General Superinten-
dent Fillmore announced that a train
would be made up and dispatched to
San Francisco.
The division master mechanic fired
up a switch engine and moved slowly
up the yards. This was the signal for
a threatening howl from the mob that
surged outside the fences.
The railroad officials inside ran a
Pullman down the yards and proceed
led to make up train for San Fran
cisco.
The strikers began to threaten loudly
that the train should not leave the
yards.
Finally, when several coaches were
in position on the main track, another
locomotive that was to haul the trair
to San Francisco appeared on the
scene.
United States Marshal Baldwin was
in the cab with the engineer. At this
juncture an ominous shout went up
from the strikers and their sympathiz-
ers, and before any resistance could be
offered, a mob came down upon and
passed the police guards stationed
around the depot. The rioters bore
down upon the train in the yards. The
officers and guards made little ATTEMPT
at resistance. In the tumult that fol-
lowed, the police and deputies were
driven from their Positions
Mashal Baldwin was dragged from
the cab. thrown upon the ground and
trampled upon, and the train was cut
and the coaches scattered. With the
greatest effort, Baldwin regained hi !,
feet and drew two revolvers. Though
he was unable to shoot, the rioters be-
ing upon him and having him all but
at their mercy, he managed to force
his way through the angry strikers.
many of whom were loudly demanding
his life, and to escape to the division
superintendent's Office.
This ended the attempt to move a
train out of Sacramento, and the strik-
ers then applied their efforts to dis
aiding the engines and cars.