The morning call., 1894-07-12

beritfS were not kept so strictly 10 duty
! BID even the police details were reduced.
50 -day all is different. guards are doubled
erywhere and after dark fully $50 meu
ell be stationed at the San Fernando
street yards aud the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe depots.
The first acts of violence proved to have
been worse than was imagined last night.
Out al Aurant station, nearly three miles
from town, five freight cars were run off a
siding upon the main track and two were
deraled. This happened about midnight.
and early this morning the blockade was
discovered and word was sent to town by
telephone. The Monrova local was first
at the blockade at A. NJ, but as no wreck
ing crew appeared until after O'Clock the
passengers walked to the city. The de-
rallied cars were replaced by the crew of
the local train, which then moved into the
blockade at the Alhambra-avenue bend.
Two other locals came up shortly after
and all the passengers left the cars and
walked few blocks to the cable-cars
The wreck was cleared by 10 o'clock by
a crew working under the protection o.
strong guard of police and soldiers. The
road was then clear for trains and
patrol was placed on the tracks. Cars were
transferred to the backward siding TO the
yards where they can be watched. The
arrival of the train from Santa Barbara
excited gang at station outside Of town
to throw rocks, one of which crashed
through a car window and terrified the
passengers within.
Officers OF the A. r. U. say that the
order expressly dsc0unteDances acts of
violence or interference with railroad
pro perty, and assert that the strikers had
nothing to do with the accidents of last
| night. The matter was taken up by rail-
road detectives, police detectives and the
! United States Grand Jury, bat so far no
| arrests have been made. A railroad de-
tective stated this afternoon that some of
the parties implicated in blocking the line
were known and that arrests would be
NJ ade Immediately the chain of evidence
was closed around them. The police say
they could not succeed in getting informa-
ton of the character desired, but they
knew that large number of eye-witnesses
have refused to inform on the culprits.
| All day the Grand Jury was in session
devoting its energies to the detection Of
the awless gang that so UNEXPECTEDLY
GiUho tue peace OF tll6 CltJ' SoStIdl ldil-
road employees we're examined, but though
indictments were expected an adjourn ment
| was taken until tomorrow. when the in
vestigation will be continued.
Judge Ross gave instructions TO the
Grand Jury to-day covering fully every
question that arises in the legal aspect of
the strike. They 20 deeply iuto the SUBJ
| ject and by many are viewed as decision
of the Judge. as they are an opinion from
that fearless jurist. The events of last
night are also reviewed. AS q thoughtful
view of both sides of the situation these
opinions are given.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: You
have already been informed by the court
that under and by virtue of the provisions
! of the statutes of the United States all
railroads. or parts of railroads now in
operation. are post roads. and every rail-
road company in the United States whose
road is operated by steam is authorized to
carry upon and over its road. boats,
| bridges. ferries, all passengers troops,
Government supplies. mails, freight and
property on their way from any State to
another State and connect with roads of
| other States so as to form continuous
lines for transportation of the same to
place of destination. The railroad which
is link in a through line of road by which
| passengers and freight are carried into
| State from other States and from that
state to other States Is engaged in the