The herald., 1894-07-06
TIED TIGHTER THAN EVER
The Railroad Blockade in
California.
Sacramento Still the Center Of
Interest.
No Improvement in the Situation
Yesterday.
No Further Attempt VIII Be Made to
Move Trains Until Federal
Troops Arrive-Milttia
Dismissed.
BY the Associated Press.


day of the great railroad strike closes
with the blockade more complete in
Northern California than il has been at
any time since Debs ordered the A. r.
u. men to tie up the Southern Pacific.
At Sacramento and Oakland the en-
barge enforced by the strikers is abso-
lutte, not wheel being allowed to turn,
and at no other point in the state is the
Southern Pacific doing any business.
Sacramento continues to be the center
of interest. After the conflicts there on
Tuesday between the strikers and strong
forces under the United States marshal
and the chief of police, and on Wednes-
day between the strikers and the state
militia. it was feared there would be a
serious outbreak there today.
THE CONFLICT DELAYED.
The conflict that seems to be una
voidable has been delayed, however, for
at least another day. Early this morn
ing the strikers were reinforced by 150
men from Truckee, who rolled into Sac
ramento or a special train. Soon after
ward another train from Dunsmuir.
bearing over 100 heavily armed strikers
was cheered into the yards by the hun
dreds of strikers assembled there.
These men have created no trouble,
however. They quietly joined the local
strikers and as quietly expressed their
determination to aid the Sacramento
men in preventing the railroad company
from breaking the blockade under cover
of the militia. No attempt to bring
out the militia was made, and tonight
the determined American Railway union
men are still in possession Of the Sacra-
mento depot.
STATE TROOPS DIsGRACED.
Gen. Dimond, chagrined at the action
Of his troops yesterday in refusing to
move upon the strikers, this morning
left Sacramento and returned to San
Francisco. Before doing so, however,
he sent the two companies from Stock
ton home in disgrace and issued an
order depriving the Sacramento COM
panies of their arms and uniforms.
During the day the strikers established
headquarters in the vicinity OF the rail-
road yards and settled down for q long
seige. 1t is now believed the railroad
company will make no further move
at Sacramento until federal troops can
be had there.
At Oakland the strikers are in abso-
lutte control. There, too, the state
militia proved OF no avail, for the sym.
psthy of the militiamen is with the
strikers. Companies from Petaluma,
San Rafael and Santa Rosa have been
ordered to Oakland, but they were sent
home without being ordered against the
strikers.
A RIOT AT OAKLAND MOLE.
This morning the company fred up
two switch engines on the Oakland
mole. No sooner had this been done
bhnh AhOO "a OOO cbilhoib OOtO 0oW II
upon the yards, pushed past the unre.
sistlng deputy. sherifs and captured the
locomotives. They ran the engines on to
switches, blew off the steNm, raked out
the fires and let out the water. The
railroad officials made no further at
tempt to turn wheel.
FERRY TRAFFIC STOPPED.
While this riot was in progress on the
Oakland mole, thousands of people who
live on the Oakland side OF the bay and
do business in San Francisco, stood on
the shores waiting for transportation.
All the regular ferry boats had been
stopped, and to make the blockade more
complete, three big ferry boats that
we're temporarily running up Oakland
creek grounded at low tide and tuck
fast in tbs creek. From before o'clock
until after 10 o'clock, there was no com.
munication. The first Oaklanders to
reach San Francisco arrived at 80.
LIVING INSTRUCTIONS.
Traffic on the coast divisions running
out of San Francisco is also obstructed.
At San Jose large force of strikers
stopped the passage of trains by throw
ing themselves on the track.
Many interior towns are already run
ming short OF supplies and are COM
planning bitterly.
Fireman Wing, who was accidentally
ehot by a militiaman at Sacramento
yesterday, died today.
MAIL BY STEAMSHIP.
Coaatwise and even eastern mail is
now coming into and going out Of San
Francisco on ocean steamers. The
postal authorities no longer hope for
speedy resumption of railroad traffic.
The steamer Walla Walla sailed for
Puget sound this morning with tons
of general mails tor Washington,
Idaho. British Columbia and letter mail
for the east. The letter pouches will 20
east over the Great Northern. Mails for
Southern California were taken out on
the steamer Santa Rosa. Oregon mail
was taken to Portland on the steamer
Truckee. Mails also arrived by steamer
from the north and south. There is
talk of sending the incoming Australian
steamer Monowai to Puget Sound. there
IN ItoohorUa hor