The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-13
TRAINS MOVING FREELY
BlOckadeS Raised i'm Nearly All
the Western States.
General Scramble Of Strikers to Get
Back Their Old PositiOns-Action
of Various Labor Meetings.

SAN FRANCISCO July 12-Since yes
terday's horrible work at the trestle west
of Sacramento the strike situation IN Cal
ifornia has been less alarming. In Oakland,
however, there has been rioting OF a most
serious nature. The trouble began at day
break when a mob of several hundred
strikers rushed into the yards on the mole.
They killed" all the locomotives that had
been fired up and, in order to further block
the tracks, derailed one locomotive and a
long lire of coaches. Later a crowd OF
strikers ran to the yards and wrecked
turntable by showing heavy freight car
into the pit. Damage was also done at the
roundhouse. The railroad deputy sherifs
and United States marshals offered very
little resistance to the riotous strikers.
Trouble on the mole came to an end this
evening, when a force of $50 marines from
Mare island were landed there by the Ala
media, which transported them from tie
navy yards. This force Of marines is un-
der command Of Lieutenant Commander
William II. Reeder, executive officer OF the
cruiser Charleston, and is drawn from the
crews of the Charleston. Monterey. Thetis
and independence. Their equipment in
cludes five Gatling guns and several HOtch-
kiss cannons. The marines are TO act un-
der the direction Of General Ruger aud Will
be supported by a company OF artillery
from the Preside. Tomorrow, under the
shelter of these fighting blue jackets, the
railroad officials hope TO resume traffic into
and out of Oakland
At Sacramento the conditions Of martial
law prevails. No trains are running there,
however. and Superintendent Fillmore
stated, this evening, that no more regular
trains would be run before Saturday, by
which time he hoped to have repaired the
trestle. AT a late hour this afternoon the
wreckers had not recovered the bodies Of
engineer Clark and the three soldiers which
lie in the water beneath the wreck. The
people of Sacramento are practically living
under military government. Colonel GTa-
ham has thrown a Gordon Of troops around
the railroad property and citizens are not
allowed through the lines. Along the rail-
road in the vicinity of yesterdays disaster
cavalrymen and squads OF infantry are
securing the tules and underbrush. Several
suspicious characters found in hiding there
have been arrested and placed in a military
guard house at Sacramento.
This morning it was reported that strik-
preparing 10 demolish the rail-
road bridge across the American river. A
dispatched, and, to avoid disaster ike
yesterdays, two freight cars were pushed
ahead Of the locomotive. At i O'Clock this
afternoon the regulars returned with six
prisoners. The men had been found on the
bridge. Though they were not strikers.
they have been thrown into the guard
house. During the day several citizens
were arrested and also thrown into the
guard house. One was a striker who
grossly insulted a private on picket duty.
Another was a striker who forced his way
through the picket lines. Other citizens
were arrested for trivial Offenses under the
military law as laid down by the federal
and State commanders. The militiamen
on guard at the water front had several
skirmishes with citizens.
Spurred on by the heavy rewards offered
for the apprehension OF the men response
ble for yesterdays disaster at the trestle
the peace officers at Sacramento are un-
usually active The railroad company has
offered a reward OF 5000. Attorney-sen-
eral OIney has offered S20O0 and Governor
Markham has offered a reward OF SO The
sheriffs men are confident that they have
evidence TO convict one OF the men now
i'm custody a striker named WOrden. \
boy has been found who drove Worden
and several other men TO the bridge where
the train was wrecked. The boy declared
that these men carried wrenches and a
crowbar and that they were heavily armed.
He says that when the men left his wagon
before walking TO the trestle they shut
him in a car on side track and warned
him 10 stay there until they returned II
was not until the lad returned 10 the scene
after the wreck that he realized what had
been done he positively Identified Worden.
Other arrests win be made. The trains
are running regularly out OF san Francisco
on the coast division. In southern Cali
fornla the strike is broken. though very
few trains are run there without a military
guard.
The United States authorities say that
the wires between Sacramento ana san
Francisco have been tapped ana instruc-
tons from Washington 10 federal officials
here given 10 the leaders OF the strike.
Hereafter all government messages by tel
graph viii be IN cipher.
The Southern Paciic raised the blocked
at Oakland tonight without the aid - fhs
sailors from Mare island. Who renla ala,l 4
| on the mole and toO5 no part IN me pro