The record-union., 1894-07-07

has made an application to have the city
put under martial law. Troops are ex-
pected here from Fort Sherman inside OF
twenty-four hours. The American Rail-
way Union held a meeting this morning,
deprecating the violence of last night. 1t
Is not at all likely that there will be any
fnrther trouble. The train attacked by
the mob last night is still here, aud no at
tempt las been made to move 1t.
AN ENGINEER SEVERELY BEATEN.
TACOMA, July 6.-Fifty or sixty strik-
ers this afternoon attacked and severely
beat A. B. Todd, one of the best known
citizens of Tacoma, this making the fifth
citizen that has been so far assaulted since
Wednesday noon. Todd was founder of
the Todd Foundry and Machine Com
pany, but business being slack accepted
position with the railroad. He was an
old engineer, and Tor several days has
been pulling a train to and from Port
land. He arrived back at 4 P. NJ. and
walked up Pacific avenue. By prear-
rangement. evidently. several dozen
strikers. wearing white ribbons, sur
rounded him, and when near Thirteenth
street he was attacked on all sides, sand
bags being freely used. He was pounded
and kicked besides. He caught one of
the sand bags in his hand. pulled his re-
volyer, but being dazed, shot into the air
insead of into the mob, as he intended.
He ran into a bank building. The
strikers yelled Murder him" Kill
him. The mob hung around the build
ing for two hours. awaiting his appear
ance. Instead a surgeon was called, his
injuries dressed, and he was sent home in
hack. II. A. Fairfield, striker, was
arrested tonight on suspicion OF being
implicated in the assault.
PASSENGER TRAIN FIRED AT.
TACOMA, July 6.-Twenty shots were
nred by ambushed men at the Carbonate
passenger train which left this city at 8
P. NJ, as it passed through the Pullyup
Indian reservation, three miles from the
depot. The men in ambush are supposed
to have peen strikers. The bullets
whizzed about the head of Engineer AL
ford, a non-union engineer, who was ap-
parently the chief object of attack, and
embedded themselves in the cab wood
work. Others struck the passenger
coaches, and one went through it. Sheriff
Matthews, who was aboard the train.
thinks there were three men, one armed
with a Winchester rifle, one with shot
gun and third with revolver. Mar
shal Drake was notified, and is endeav-
oriDg to ascertain who composed the at
lacking party. Many of the strikers are
in an ugly mood, and thirty additional
Deputy Marshals and Sheritfs have been
placed on guard at the roundhouse. Coal
inspector Anles. an ex-employe, who has
been teaching non-union tiremen their
duties, was followed by dozen strikers
this evening. He entered saloon and
called for police protection by telephone.
STRIKING MINERS.
SPOKANE, July 6.-Crummer, West
and Higgins, three of the men marched
out of Canyon Creek by masked mob
on Tuesday, arrived here tonight. They
were overtaken on their way to Thomp-
son Falls by Deputy Sheriffs and taken
back to Murray, on the North Fork.
They left there at o'clock this morning.
Other blacklisted men came out with
them. They were made to swear ne YER
to return to the Ceur d'Alenes. The sit
uation in the mines is critical. Newsp "a
per correspondents dare not send out de-
tailed specials. Wallace is filling up
with union miners from the surrounding
camps and they are carousing. drinking
and threatening violence. Twelve spe-
eiaI officers were sworn in last night.