The record-union., 1894-07-12
Arrest Of S. D. Worden, a Leading
Railway Union Man.
The Community Shocked by the Dastardly
Crine-Capture Of Arms from
The Strikers.

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sent out from this city for San Francisco,
causing the murder of five men and the
injury of several others so severely that
some of them will probably die.
1t was an act so infamous as to warrant
every decent citizen who may have SYM
pathized with the strikers to desert them
now.
1t may be that the dastardly outrage
was not committed by members OF the
American Railway Union, but it is GER
tain that members of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers have been threat
ened with death by members of the
American Railway Union. who have told
them that they would never live to haul a
Pullman car ten miles. This informa-
ton comes from engineers who have been
thus threatened.
The train that was wrecked was over
land No. t. the one which was killed here
two weeks ago to-day on its arrival from
the East Ii was made up and sent out
under guard of the Federal troops that
arrived from San francisco early in the
morning.
The train was composed of loeomo-
tive, two mail. three express and one
baggage car, three day cOaches the three
Pullman sleepers and Pullman dining
car that came in with the train originally.
Samuel B. Clark, one of the oldest and
most popular engineers In the southern
Pacific COmpany's employ, was ln charge
of the locomotive, with }. ). Denekamp p
as fireman. The train was in charge OF
Conductor Sam Reynolds.
Lieutenant SkerretL OF Battery l., Fifth
United States Artillery, was detailed with
tWenty-one men OF the same battery to
10 tn
assault that might be made upon 1t. Six
OF these men were perched on the loco
motive and the others scattered through
out the train, occupying positions on The
platforms of the cars. Their rifles were
all loaded, and they were ready to ire
upon the enemy at a moments notice.
Thus equipped, the train pulled slowly
out of the depot at 1906 O'Clock and
headed for the Yolo bridge, amid the
mingled cheers and derisive yells of the
great crowd of citizens and strikers who
had gathered in a dense mass along the
sentry line about 100 feet from the depot.
The troops in and about the depot were
all drawn up ready for action in case any
attempt should be made by the strikers
TO interfere with the train as it pulled out.
but no demonstration of that sort was at
tempted. General Superintendent Fill
more occupied a prominent position in
the open space between the depot and the
sentry line. while Division Superintend-
ent Wright and other local officers of the
Southern Pacific Company and Colonel
Graham were by the side Of the train as it
moved out. All wore smiles of satisfac-
tion as the long train of cars began TO
move.
'The blockade is broken at lastp' was
heard from dozen lips as the last coach
disappeared beyond the bridge, and the
officers turned away to resume the work
of clearing the tracks and making up the
local train for Redding. Little did they
realize then-desperate as they knew
some of the strikers to be-that brave
Engineer Clark and several of the boys
in blue were doomed to meet their deaths
few minutes later in the most shocking
manner-tne victims of plot so helliSh
in its nature as to cause shudder of hor-
ror to run through the community and
blanch the faces of the people as the story
OF the wreck was carried far and wide.
FIRST NEWS OF THE CRIME.
The place where the train was wrecked
and four brave men met their doom is
about two miles from the city, where the
track runs over quite long trestle, be-
meath which the water is about six feet
deep being portion of the great Y olo
tule basin.
1t was nearly an hour after the train
had left the depot, and while the officials
were INDIVIDUALITY 6A p6CbInS W b6 dD-
prised of its having passed Davlsville,
when one of the colored porters of the
Pullman cars came running into the de-
pot and hastened to superintendent
Wrights office with message from Con-
ductor Reynolds stating that the train
had been wrecked on the trestle and En-
gineer Clark and several Of the United
States soldiers killed.
SENT TO THE RESCUE.
In few minutes the wrecking train
was got in readiness, with couple OF
coaches, and dispatched to the scene ol
the wreck, carrying several army sur
geons and men with stretchers, also a
contingent of soldiers. whose bayonets
bristled from every platform.
AS the wreck occurred on the trestle, il
was difficult matter to get to the front
of the wrecked train, and it was nearly
Q o'clock when the relief train returned
to the city.
In the meantime the large dining room
in the rear of the depot restaurant hao
been prepared with mattresses and bed
ding for the wounded men, and there
thew were borne from one of the com
Portable Pullman coaches. Their inju-
ries. which had already been partially
dressed by the surgeons, were properly
attended to.
STORY OF THE WRECK.
A UdO a
with Conductor Reynolds concerning the
wreck as soon as he reached the city.
u don't think we were running over
twelve miles an hour,n he said, '.wheu
we struck the treStle, about two miles
from town. Just as soon as the head o
the train went onto the bridge the crasf
came. | was in the last of the mail car.
at the time, and got out as soon as possi
BILE.
1.-The locomotive had gone over anC
Law bottom side up in six feet of wate
and a considerable depth of mud, witt
two express cars piled on top of it. On.
mail car was partially off the trestle
We found some OF the soldiers who haC
been riding on the engine and first ex
press car foundering in the water ano
got them out.
zone was a poor fellow named Dugan
who had his right arm cut off above The
elbow as cleanly as if done with an ak
He was caught between the locomotive
and the edge OF one OF the trestle beams
His other arm was crushed TO a jelly al
most. Engineer Clark and three soldier:
could not be found, and are supposed tC
be buried in the mud beneath the loco
motive.
''It was a terrible sight to see those
poor, mangled boys brought out and laiC
on the ground"
THE FIREMAN's STORY.
J. S. Denekamp, the fireman on tht
locomotive, told the reporter that Just a.
soon as be felt the engine topping ovel
the side Of the trestle he jumped out O
the cab door on the opposite side anC
landed safely on the track.
'sPoor Sam Clark, the engineer sale
Denekamp, could not get ont, and wa.
carried down to his death by the engine
together with three of the soldier boys.
saw Dugan, another soldier, about tx
drown, and got in and pulled him out il