The morning call., 1894-07-09

located the landing Of troops and marines
at,Oa kland, and before the Inhabitants of
.that ira teeic railroad point will have fin
-IsEed tbs mornings breakfast it is more
THIN probable that the available forces of
the bay will have landed at the mole and
: h8ye stationed their artillery so as to COM
maud the approaches to the railroad prop
erty which has been threatened with de-
~stFhction ever since the beginning of the
=: s3rike.
Tie Information of the invasion of our
neighboring city by a force Of United
States troops and marines comes from
:: headquarters through source perfectly
feliable and entitled to be regarded as
absolutely authentic, and the probabili-
ties of a military occupation OF one of
~the great termiui of the Southern Pacific
: spStem where a state Of siege has existed
fQr:sO long is supported by so many COLA
teraF circumstances as to render it almost
. a certainty.
If, as the dispatches from Sacramento
stare, the intention was to transport the
troops to that city it would have
shown want of capacity on
.eval TO make an attempt to move
.f- buA5 VI LIUOpa LldL Ni6bdEC6 LlIUuRu d
country containing hundreds Of sympa-
tajzsrs of the strikers and liable to an at
tack and destruction from unseen and un-
anticipated dangers, besides leaving
behind them the active hostile force which
now exists in the city of Oakland Our
nelghbOr can be approached by the largest
vessels in the United States navy. and the
landing facilities are so great and extended
that an armed force Of much greater num-
8 beTs than General Ruger can possibly pro-
vide could be placed upon the docks within
half an hour and no force that their oppo-
nentS~ could possibly get together could
successfully prevent it.
The suggestion to General Ruger by the
commander of the Mare Island Navv-
yard that the Monterey be employed only
adds othe pro bability that Oakland is the
intended point selected for landing the
- battalions. The Monterey draws nineteen
feet and to navigate her in the waters of
the bay beyond Port Costa would be an
undertaking that would not be considered
= fora single moment 1t would not be
possible to do it. There are other consid-
-eTatloDs also that might be added to the
FOREGOING which renders 1t certain that
Oakland is to be the scene of the opening
chapters Of an undertaking to open rail
communications with the East as before the
strike.
The campaign is attended with Difficult
ties, and stirring times may be in store for
tte:clty across the bay. To-day will bring
e. anxiety and serious apprehension to many
mlRds; 1t is the hope of ali that the cam
Ialgn to be inaugurated at Oakland may
he.ended in peace, and finally put an end
= TO. distraction and terror.
f is not known to what extent the
naval forces of the bay may take part in
the movement. The suggestion Of a lack
q OF. tugs to convey the marines and the
necessity Of employing the Monterey may
J: be diplomatic move to bring that i'm
pregn able vessel to aid and assist Her
\ terrible 12-inch rifles would spread awful
destruction II once fired upon an open
town. Supported by the Monterey. the
. landing Of any body of troops coula not be
prevented.
. Tine available force at the disposition of
% General Ruger consists of two batteries of
light artillery with 60 men each. whose
armament includes three breech-loading
rifes. Of diameter of 3& inches, two
Calling guns, which FIRE 1200 shots per
minute, and one Hotchkiss revolving can
non. There are also four batteries of
hsavy artillery. whose armament is un-
known outside of military headquarters, |
but is much greater than that of the iigh
batteries both in caliher and size. AT least
one. Battery will be left for the defense of |
-the.post, which will probably be REINFORCED |