New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-14
SHOT BY THE REGULARS.
TWO STRIKERS MORTALITY WOUNDED AT
SACRAMENTO.
BATTERY r. 9TH ARTILLERY, FIRES INTO MOB
IN THE RAILROAD YARrs-A TRAIN Al
Tackled AT los ANGEr.Es-RoADs
RESVMING BUSINESS.
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San Francisco July lathe first two victims
Of the regulars desire for revenge for their MUIR
dered comrades fell wounded In the streets Of
Sacramento today. whom Battery l.. of the oth
Artillery. fired on mob Of strikers. Without an
official investigation It win be impossible TO say
whether the troops were justified. bat even the
strikers admit that the mob stoned and jeered
the soldiers. while the latter declare that they
were fired upon by some one In the crowd
According to the soldiers story. they were on
an engine which was switching cars in the rail
road yards when shots wcre fired at them from
big crowd OF strikers They at once returned the
fire and clearei the yards. Two wounded men
were picked ND They are James Stuar:. who
saws he is a fireman or the United States steamer
Alliance and Frank Buckley a ranchman from
Butte COUNT Both are fatally hurt They as
sert that they were not encouraging the strikers.
The ugly spirit of the mob was shown by many
OF them drawing revolvers and swearing that
they would have revenge. but their leaders in
duced them not To fire on the troops. The strik-
crs say that the soldiers fired first and that they
were not justified in shooting into crowd when
had already turned TO run. The incident Is de-
plorable as Il has stirred up bad blood. Many
Of the strikers are armed and 1t Is feared that
they may ambush the troops In revenge for this
killing
From present appearance. the Central Pacihc
between Sacramento and Ogden. will be clear by
tomorrow a freight train, largely made up OF
fruit; cars was sent out to-day under guard Of
regulars, and the delayed westbound overland
train which has been at Winnemucca, NeVr Tor
fourteen days. was started for the coast. me
railroad company expects trouble at lruckee
which is a rendezvous for umbernen ana rough
characters and troops with Gatlngs VIII he sent
there tonight 90
The Oakland railroad terminal swarns with
marines and militia to-day and everything Is be-
ing put In readiness FOR opening the eastern ana
southern lincS tomorrow morning. To-day local
trains wer. sent out under guards. Conservative
men among the strikers admit they are beaten.
and that no terms can be exacted from IN" rail-
road company. which will not again employ any
striker who has fomented trouble or damaged the
cOmpanys property.
The "a Regiment Of the National Guard of cal
ifornia numbering go men. Lieuienant-COlonei
C;eary In command left here for Oakland on tn"
steamer Piedmont about o'clock this morning.
Twenty men from the Naval Reserve. with
Hotchkiss gun. accompanied them. The munic-
ipaL State and National authorities are actlv"
and uneasy in Oakland Wild runors are ah1a'
and trouble is expected a. any moment
West Oakland Cal. July i3.-Thc southern
Pacific raised the blockade last night without
the aid Of the marines from areisand' who re-
NAMED on the Mole The main track ana yards
clear OF all Instructions.
Los Angeles car July l3.-When the train
from Santa Barbara las, night three miles
from this city two shots were fired into the loco
motive cab from a lonely spot The bullets
struck the cab lights narrowly missing tho eng =
necrs head. mounted police officer cap'uIea
a man who was driving rapidly from IN" seen"
in a buggy. The would be assassin proved 70 b"
Henry Patterson. a Southern Pacific engineer
and a membe- Of the American Railway Union
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC OPEN.
Washington. July l3--Generai schoneld tonight
received a dispatch from General Kruger. command
ing :he Depa rtuent OF California, stating that
Colonel Poland. who is engaged In opening Inc
Central Pacific had reached carin. New with MS
force on a special train. TWO small bridges which
had been burned were repaired. tolonel Ioiahp
however saws that there United states mar
shals 20 make necessary arrests ing was COM
rnuncaied 10 the Attorney-GeneraL VINO VIII Scc
that narghals are ordered 10 the scene.
General Brooks forces from ogden are onIy d
few miles east Of Carlin, 50 tha the 'e'"d IA
cfc is now open across the continent