The morning call., 1894-07-10
SURE TO COME.
Sacramento to Have
the Regulars.
TRAINS TO BE RUN.
But Serious Trouble Is
Expected.
KNOX TALKS AGAINST DEBS.
Not in Favor of Ordering a
General Strike.
NO PULLMANS OR NO TRAINS.
That Is the Position Now Taken by
the Strike Leader at the
Capital.

| SACRAMENTO, July 9.-Almost If not
all doubts have been dspelled tonight
regarding the arrival IF regular troops
without any considerable delay. There
are reports flying about tonight that
these army soldiers will arrive at Sacra-
mento. take possession OF the Southern
Pacific depot and open railway communl-
cation between San Francisco and Omaha
as directors from army headquarters.
There was a private dispatch received
tonight by one of the officers out at Cap
| itol grounds camp that regular troops are
to arrive here before most persons i'm
agine. Operations from the East will
| probably not be interfered with by the
movement of troops from San Francisco or
| vicinity. From the best Information
available it is pretty much assured that
there will be an intelligent cooperation
between the Federal troops from the East
and those from the south.
There was meeting this evening of the
Citizens Protective Association, about the
proceedings Of which ex-Mayor Eugene
Gregory spoke to THE CALL reporter at a
late hour. Mr.. Gregory explained that the
association. of which be and other we'll
known Sacramento resident are prominent
members, has Tor its purpose the pre-
yention Of bloodshed in the settlement of
the Industrial disturbance in this city, and
generally to exert every endeavor to bring
about some arrangement of the difficulty
at once. peaceabe and satisfactory. Chair-
man Knox of the A. r. U. mediation COM
mttee was present at the session of the
association. The situation was talked
over and an endeavor made to bring about
some amicable settlement OF affairs. Since
the beginning of the trouble here Knox
has perslsteDtly explained that the
striking trainmen and others OF the
a. r. U. have been perfectly willing
to take ALE freight. passenger and
other trains with the single proviso that
there should be no Pullman car attached
to the trains. Tonight the important
discussion at the meeting of the associa-
ton centered upon this topic. Members
of the association made an endeavor to re.
ceive some positive statement from Knox in
regard to the generally accepted fact that
trains would be taken ont without Pull
mans. The association men were not
startled but rather surprised to hear from
Knox that trains will not be taken
out. even without PulImans. Knox's
explanation of his stand, which has not
been understood in this way until now,
was that if the A. r. U. should merely
consider the attachment of Pullman cars
and permit the railroad company to run
others. the concession would seriously
initiate against the successful Issue of the
strikers fight. He stated that If trains
were allowed to be run without Pullmans
the blockade would Immediately be raised
and before many days the Southern Pa
ciic Company would contrve to work the
Pullmans into the affair at time when
strikers opportunity for resistance would
have been lost.
News of this proposition has bsen dis
cussed with marked interest all over town.
Every one seems surprised at Knox's new
position. Until tonight it had been
everywhere understood that the Pullman
cars were the only Objectionable element
of the great strike; but this throws a new
and startling light on the affair. Knox
has evidently changed places with him.
self.
The general understanding of this new
stand is that the strikers here have
arrived at a point in the great disturbance
when desperation Is to be their impeling
agent in possible conflict of forces. The
situation changes from one of conserya-
tive stand against what has been consd-
cred pure injustice to a defiant stand in a
national disturbance. which has evidently
outlved the period of its early stages and
become something little less than revou.
ton with master and man in mental and
physical combat
A meeting was held tonight at Fedora
ton Hall on j street. which was largely
attended by an extremely enthusiastic
gathering of the Federated Trades repre-
sentatives. There have been rumors thick
in town tonight about certainty of a gen.
eral strike of all the trades union men in
compliance with an order from Gompers
through President Debs. AS far as Sac
ramento is concerned there will be no 60
ing out of the trades unions. This was
decided at the meeting tonight.
Chairman Knox is against such a propo-
ton anyway. He received over fifty tele-
grams to-day from trades unions in the
country all round here expressing one great
and unanimous objection to any such
move as has been reported here to have
been orde red by Debs. Moreover Chair
man Knox To-day sent two kilograms to
President Debs at Chicago earnestly adj.
vising him not to persist in any purpose to
call out the trades unions. Knox has
openly expressed his disapproval of such
action.
"Such action" he said to-day, "would
result disastrously to many thousands of
wOrkingmen who are depending on their
daily wages to support themselves and
families. / cannot see the wisdom OF re-
sorting to such extreme measures. and
rust that the men will not be ordered ont.
The strikers have the upper hand and cam
not possibly lose. To call out all The
trades unions would, in my Judgment.
throw the whole country into an uproar.
and bloodshed and disorder would surely
follow"
Knox is Of the opinion that the strike
will be settled within the next few DAYS.
lie refused, however, to make known his
reasons for thinking that the settlement of
the trouble is near at hand.
General Superintendent Fillmore this
morning received dispatch from Ogden
informing him OF the arrest of a number
OF the strikers there for interfering with
the company's trains. Later a dispatch