The herald., 1894-07-11
The A. R. us Armory Well Stocked
With Rifles.
Safety Guaranteed to the Hospital
Corps.
As the Troops Approach tho Strikers
Weaken-Thsy Again Offer to
Move All Trains Except
Pullmans.


SAN FRANoIsco. July 10.-There are
many conservative men OF affairs here
who fear and believe that tomorrow will
develop desperate conflict between
federal soldiers and the striking A. r.
u. men and their allies. Sacramento
il the threatening point. The seriouo-
ness of the situation is shown in the
warliks precautions that the army au-
thorities have taken. Up to II O'Clock
thia morning the federal authorities
had made every move in secret. At
about that hour the big ferry steamer
Alameda steamed out from the Oakland
mole and steered directly across the bay
to the Prssidio wharf. At IL :45 the
steamer had effected a landing, and
there was all the noise and bustle OF
hasty embarkation of horses and in
fantry. Two troops of cavalry and
five batteries of light artillery were
rushed on board. Gatling guns and
two Hotchkies cannon we're in evidence,
and Colonel Graham, commandant at
the Preside, was personally in COM
mand OF the expedition. The Alameda,
with her formidable looking cargo,
steamed direct toward the mouth of the
Sacramento river. but so guarded had
the army authorities been that it was
not known until she entered the river
channel whether her destination was the
state capital or Oakland. 1t is not pos
eibe that the troops can be landed al
Sacramento before midnight.
STRIKERS WILDLY ENRAGED.
The publication OF President Cleve-
lands proclamation extending the con.
ditions of martial law to California
caused iutense excitement in Sacra.
mento, but this afternoon when it be-
came positively known that Colonel
Graham and his soldiers to the number
OF over 800 were already en- route to rein
force the state troops at the state capital,
the excitement there became wild and
ominous. The strikers grew louder in
their threats to resist any further at
tempt of the troops TO clear the railroad
Yards and depot, and their leaders loudly
proclaimed that the Southern Pacific
company would not be permitted to
move its trains. Nor were their hostile
demonstrations confined to talk alone.
Armed men soon appeared in the streets.
AS il in preparation for battle, they
transferred their guns and ammunition
from their store house on j street to
their headquarters nearer the railroad
wards. No attempt at concealment was
made. The strikers marched boldly
through the streets bearing their weap-
ons on their shoulders, and they were
loudly cheered by hundreds OF sympa-
thzere.
THE A, n. U. ARSENAL.
1t is claimed thai the A. n. U. arsenal
holds at least 1900 rifles and ehotguns
and quantities OF ammunition. The
strikers who came into the city on
train seized at Dunsmuir brought in
ovsr 200 which they had collected at
Dunsmuir, Red Bluff and Sissons. An.
other train from Truckee ALEC brought
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This afternoon number OF strikers
were practicing with their rifles on the
Yoo eide of the river. Thsre are now
over 5000 OF these strikers in Sacramento
to resist the federal and state troops.
Flushed with their victory over the
United States marehsls and police on
Tuesday last and complete victory
over more tha, thousand state milf