The morning call., 1894-07-13
MORE RIOTING.
Some Free Fighting
in Oakland.
POLICE STOPPED IT.
The Military Was Not
-. Needed.
BLUEJAcKETs CALLED OUT.
They Arrived at the Mole, but
..=... Did Not Land.
STRIKERS ARE STILL CONFIDENT.
STRIKERS ARE STILL CONFIDENT.
General Dimond Establishes Head
quarters Across the Bay.
All Quiet Last Night.

Despite the desperate efforts Of the
strikers the blockade at Oakland was
Ealsed yesterday. For the first time since
the night of the 4th OF July, narrow-gauge
trains and ferry-bOats were running, ana
ON the broad gauge switcu-englnes were
Tired Up and tracks cleared.
: This was not accomplished without diff
feGlty and danger. The naTTOw-gauge
trains were started up early in the morn
ing, but it required the presence Of $50 of
=11ncle Sans buejackets and four quick
firing guns to lend the Deputy SbefIffs
ana the railroad officials courage enough
. =fdrun their SWitch-engines and clear the
local tracks. Even then the job was not
accomplished without collision between
t!.e=. strikers ana the police and deputies,
which. at one time threatened to result
p: gszL0usly.
S5. far as the local branches are con-
.Cerned, therefore, the blockade is practi-
CGflY raised. To-day may sea the start
: ing. out of an overland train; but the
-. SIT keFs, while admitting that the local
e.. trains must run, claim that no overlands
!. stla<l 50 out, and especially no freight
trains. The state of affairs then is that
: locals will be run with little or no molesta-
ten from strikers. but that the strike is 10
ne. tTictIy enforced as regards the over
-; lands. Leaders Of the A. R. z. il Oakland
.:ldst-right refused to believe that Debs mad
GATED eli the strike and expressed the
wish that it would not be declared off yet.
We have the railroad in a hole" said
20
out of it without our winning" That
seemed to be the sentiment Of the strikers
e.. generally.
: As to the bluejackets they were not even
landed from the ferry boat Alameda in
the afternoon. Their arrival put some
Beeded stiffenng in the backs of the dep
ntles, however, and armed as they were
With hickory sledge-handles they were
very brave and expressed an ardent desire
10 meet the strikers and use their weapons
of ofense. The only riot of the afternoon
was at the head of the mole when the at
tempt was made to pull the deraiied engine
and cars of the SeYenth-street local which
had been lying there for days down to the
depot. 4 crowd of Deputy ShRriffs and
police we're gathered at this spot. Some
200 strikers gathered round and jeered and
h0gted some, but when Superintendent
Wilder gave Sheriff McKiliican and Cap
tain Wilson Of the police orders to clear
the company's property the men backed up
Seventh street dOggedly. but they went
While the engine was being coupled to
the. cars an attempt was made to upset one
of the detached coaches further I'D the
street. Chief Schatfer frustrated the OBJ
ject Of the strikers right at the critical mo-
meQt and a cObble-stone few past his head
and went through q car window. Then a
crowd Of the strikers headed by Charley
Hall started on a run down Cedar street
fOE. the Peralta yards. Captain Wilson
3. and his police headed them off by rushing
round the block. They met the strikers
ia full force inside the headlines at the
yards and dubbed few of the men, while
c}la4f a.dozen police and deputies tumbed
Han. who has but one arm. around in a
Inerfhess fas hlOn for few moments, es-
. C9rted him cut Of the lines and turned him
loose, but arrested him later. Then the
strfEers. after the stalled train had been
pulled Gown the mole, tried to turn fat
car over al Cedar and Seventh streets, but
We're prevented by Sheriff McK1lican.
They then, at the call OF CTandall, moved
~ I'D tbeH headquarters az hansen Han
and that ended The incident Thus the
bloody riot, which was confidently looked
2 Tor whenever trains should be moved, did
not materalize. It had been planned,
Though, and if the strikers had known that
tha sailors could not land until orders were
received from General Ruger the deputies
aud police would have been given lively
tight. 1t had been planned. in fact, to pre-
Went the authorities clearing the tracks.
bat whenit was known that tie naval de-
tachment was at the mole it was generally
believed by the strikers that the Federal
force would be thrown upon them. When
they beard later that they had been fooled
the strikers felt very sore.