The morning call., 1894-07-05

1t was IL :15 o'clock by this time and the
whistle of the Oakland train could be
heard as it started from the Point TO the
mole. She came rapidly on, and Volun-
teers were called for from the American
Railway Union to stop her. Ihey were
all ready, and as the engine swung around
the curve fifty men crawled all over IL ana
the cars il carried There was rush OF
air and a grinding of the brakes, the ell
CINE and coaches coming to dead stop
about ten feet in front of the tower. Ooe
lone deputy. named Culver, made sort OF
| half-hearted stand on the engineers side
of the cab. but the strikers went on over
him for the fireman. and out he came,
gently. hut firmly His name was d, V.
GalIattp. and he was soon making himself
aa agreeable as possible in the crowd. The
messengers clambered ont of the eight
coaches and stood to one side for time
viewing the train that bad carried them.
much as a rider would view his crippled
horse. They didn't have much of kick
coming. or. if they had. they didn't make
it vocaly.
After all this successful work in so short
time it was small wonder that the strik-
ers took a little rest to discuss matters
1HcS ldlhou VI tb6 III lIlc YdTuS
and at the roundhouse; of the drawing of
the fires and the firemen; of grease on the
tracks above the Sixteenth-street crossing
and of the obduraey of the men in the
towers. In some inexpIicable manner the
news that the troops had refused to charge
on the men at Sacramento had reached
them and was soon rolling on everv
| tongue. Most of the men talked softly,
but several outsiders, with oratorical pre-
tensions, shot off their what the railroad
ers call bazoos to a large extent, with no
apparent effect or damage whatever.
| The strikers were under the most a bso-
lutte control. No one made a move unless
| he was asked to. and then ne moved with
| prOmpti,ude. Some one had brought a
! fve-gallon demUOhn of claret down TO the
! stranded train and was about to uncork it
when one of the leaders heard Of It.
Break it to pieces" he said to couple
of men near him, and they promptly did
so. the man who brought it down not even
objecting.
When they had talked matters over for
few minutes a man in a blue suit was
seen to separate himself from the crowd
and mount the ladder on tie semaphore
Charles Edwards, and seemed to be in
charge of the striking forces at this point.
Il want 100 A. R. U. men," he said,
pointing over the pier. on which a narrow
gauge train was running, ito go over right
now and tie up the narrow-gauge.
BE got them in second. and before he
had time to reach the ground the men were
on their mission. and the crowd settled
down to waiting again. The peaceful in
terval lasted but few minutes, when Ed
wards again mounted the ladder.
81 want fifty men-all A. R. U. men-to
kill that enginew and he waved his hand
at the stranded Oakland train just In front
of HIN. where Engineer Shorty" Orth
was calmly chewing the cud in the cab.
while Deputy Sheriff Culver was standing
on the apron.
The fifty men he asked for, and more,
responded. Some jun ped the cab, and
the deputy made another short bluff. which
was just as Intellectual as the first. Oiher
strikers went looking around the machin-
cry for the express purpose of bio wing off
the steam This latter move was too much
for Shorty" Orth. The engineers love
for his machine rebelled at any such pro-
ceeding.
Say" he called out, addressing no one
in particular, but every one in general,
"what do you want to blow her off for?
You ought to know better than that"
And there was a reproachful tone in his
voice.
'If you want to do anything to her why
don't you get into the cab and take out the
fre?"
They took him at his word. and in a few
minutes engine 1904 was as dead as door
nail. while Engineer Ortb. softened some
what by the loan of chew Of tobacco, sat
in his cab fondling his mustache as he
gazed wistfully out on the bounding sea.
Reports of an attem pied attack on the
| depot at the mole reached the officials
about noon and they hastily communicated
with Sheriff McKillican and Chief of
Police Schaeffer. About twenty-five depu-
ties and six policemen were hastened down
10 augment the forces in the sheds just
few moments before the oncoming crowd
got there. There were about $50 men in it,
a number of women and several boys.
While the latter made all the racket neces-
sary to attract the officers. some of the
strikers slipped quietly into the north side
OF the sheds and deadened the Berkeley
Cd RID6. JOIN NUUeI, WuO HAS Charge Oh
the airbrake service, collided with Jerry
Mahoney, one of the striking fremen.
Conner struck Mahoney and The latter hit
him a right-hander on the point of the
Jaw, sending him TO the ground. Brake
man Muir rushed to the old mans assist
ance and a lively scrimmage ensued.
Mahoney was then placed under arrest by
Chief Schaeffer.
The Sheriff, as soon as quiet was re-
stored, marshaled his forces and cleared
the depot and the deputies were formed in
large bodies at the entrance to the mole to
prevent ingress.
II was just II: As when the train from
the mole bound for East Oakland was
seen emerging from the sheds. Again
Edwards climbed his ladder. aud again he
called on the A. r. u. this time TO stop the
oncoming train. AS the train neared the
crowd, the tUwerman gave it the signal to
90 ahead, and the crowd was preparing
for some more juggernaut tactics. when a
brilliant idea struck some one.
Throw a rail across the track" he
shouted. but seemed to get no support. He
evidently wasn't striker. for the strikers
had their plans and they carried them out
Once more they lined up across the track
and, it is probable that for the second time
men were ready tn drop helpless on the
track TO be run over If the engineer saw
fl. But, as it happened. il wasn't neces-