The morning call., 1894-07-10
BURNING BRIDGES.
RiotOus Work on the Line of the
Northern Pacific.


HELENA. Mont, July 4.-The Northern
Pacific train, westbOund, that left St.
Paul on Saturday, and due here to-day.
is not expected IN until tomorrow. 1t got
| across the line this morning at 5:15 O'Clock
and has been all day coming up the yell
lowstone United States troops are on
guard all along the line In the State. but
no attempt TO interfere with the train is
looked for. American Railway Union
men here say they will not go near the
depot. They say the officials may run
a train OF so, but they cannot get enough
men to operate the road. Rumors of
bridges burning west of here are current,
but cannot be verified.
SPRAGTE, Wash. July 9.-Rioting broke
out here at l O'Clock this morning. The
train bringing home the militia company
from encampment at Olympia was assailed
By the mob, which threw sticks and stones
The train dashed through the mob and ran
into some ditched cars, battering the en-
CINE and derailing the baggage-car. About
the same time the long trestle one mile
east of town was fred. Fifteen deputies
went out on an engine and extinguished
the flames after considerable damage had
car loaded with kerosene upon a culvert
a mile west of town and fired it. Thus the
train was cut off and could neither ad-
vance nor return. The train is still tied up
at Sprague, but the company and deputies
are working hard to repair the damage
Chief Deputy Vinson has left Spokane for
this point with a special train, having on
board several deputies and a number OF
carpenters.
SPOKANE, Wash, July 9.-Twelve pris-
Oners, arrested for rioting in the Northern
Pacific yards here and ordered taken to
Seattle by the United States court, were
secretly taken from the County Jail last
night by deputies and conveyed In car
riages outside the city. They hailed the
westbound Great Northern this morning
and vent west. The train which left here
Yesterday for the East with troops aboard
is tied up at Hope, Idaho, where several
cars and engines have been derailed.
TACOMA, Wash, July 9.-This morning
more troops arrived in the city, and to-
morrow Troop E, Fourth Cavalry, fully
equipped, with Captain Fred Wheeler in
command, will leave Vancouver Barracks
for Tacoma, The two companies of in
Il,
Fourteenth Regiment, stationed at Port
Townsend, and battery of light artillery
from Fort Candy. Lieutenant Me Clelland
10 command. The battery went right on
TO Seattle to quell the impending riot there
among strikers. The regulars and Deputy
Marshals are guarding all the bridges on
this division. No trouble has occurred
thus far and none is feared.
With the troops which arrived yesterday
there are 800 regulars on duty on this
division of the Northern Pacific, as we'll
as $50 deputy marshals and dozen deputy
sheriffs. Thirty extra policemen are still
on duty. The strikers remain very quiet
The strike here is broken. All passenger
trains are running regularly and move
ment OF freight trains began to-day.
MANDAN, n. D., July Six deputy
marshals were subjected to indiguites by
a mob in which an Alderman was con-
spicuous. 1t was supposed they had with
them the non-union engineer who took
out the first Northern Pacific Coast train
since the blockade. Marshal Daggett has
arrived with posse to arrest the Of
tenders.
TACOMA, Wash, July 9-Strlkers as
saulted Northern Pacific employe for the
sixth time within week tonight. The
victim was Henry Kirchner. 1anitor of
the superintendent office, at the
Seventeenth-street depot. He was fol-
lowed by several strikers when be
went home TO supper and waited until he
supposed they had disappeared. Just
after he left the house eight or nine men
fell upon him, apparently with knives.
Eight bad gashes were made on his head,
and when he reached the depot he was
weak from the loss of blood. Outside of
this attack everything is quiet here to-
night.
PORTLAND. Or. July 9.-The Union
Pacific will establish through passenger
service between the East and this city to-
morrow. The road has been repaired as
far west as Arlington, Or, and between
that point and Bonneville the passage will
be made by boat, except around the port
ages at The Dalles and Cascades.