Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-12
WRECKED BY STRIKERS
Fatal Attempt to Run a Train
 Out of Sacramento.
FOUR MEN KILLED, OTHERS HURT.
The Overland Train. Guarded by Regular Troops. Dashed Through n TrsstIe Which Had Been Weakened -sacramcnto In Possession of the Soldiers.

Possession of the Soldiers.
 SACRAMENTO, July Ia.-Thc Overland train. bound for san Francisco, was ditch. cd ? Iz miles west of hcrc. Engineer Clark ! and three soldiers were killed and several soldiers hurt.
 The strikers sawed the supports of the trestlc, but left the rails intact As soon as the train went on the bridge it went through the trcstlo.
 The list of killed Is as follows: Samuel B. Clark, engineer: Private Byrne Pri- Tate Lubbcrrling and Private Clark. Tho wounded arc: Private Daumlcr, injured about the head; Private Wilson, left leg seriously laceratcd; Private Dugan, left arm cut off; Private Ellis, internally in iured.
 The steamers Alameda and Acme, car tying the regular troops, steamed up the river and landed .at the lcvec. They were met by several companies of militia who had been entered to keep the crowd back, | fearing an attack by the strikers and their sympathizers. shortly after this the rcgu- lars and marines marched tO the depot headed by Colonel Graham and staff. Tho usual rush of spectators took place. but | they were quickly dispersed. The strikers had abandoned the situation and were no- where to be seen. ScntriUs wcrc at once detailed to keep the crowd Tt n safe dis l :ancc, and the gatling guns wcrc placed | in position.
 sent Out the Overland.
 General Superintendent Fillmore had a conference with Colonel Graham, and when it was concluded the latter ordered his officers to drive every one out of the depot, including newspaper reporters. Division Superintendent Wright, with the aid of switch engine, then cleared the main track, and orders were issued to | take the Overland, which had been delay cd there since the inauguration of the strike, to San Francisco.
 Samuel Clark, one of the oldest cngi- neers in the employ of the company. took charge of tho engine, acting under in structions of Colonel Graham. Soldiers belonging to Battery D, Fifth United States artillery, accompanied tho train.
 As tho train pulled out of tho depot there was u silence among the strikers, who were evidently not in a happy mood and frequently hintcd that the train would not reach San Francisco.
 Such proved to be the truth. Shortlf after the train left the depot word was re ceived hero that it had been fired upon by strikers and ditched. It was reported that Engineer Clark was killed by bull let and that several regulars had pcrished in the wreck.
 Later adviccs, however, show that not n shot was fired. The strikers had unspikcd the rails for n distance of about loo feet and covered their daStardly work with sand Engineer Clark. notwithstanding that he was on the alert for such coward ly tactics. plunged into the trap. The en- zine was overturned. and several cars were upset. Engineer Cla K was killed. and PrIvatcs ByrnC, Luhlcrding and Clark met with n similar fate. Private Datum Ter, who was als, in the engine when it upset, was seriously injured about tho head. Private Ellis Was hurt internally and Is likely to die
 The train consisted of nine cars-five of them PulImans. On the engine wcro Pri- yates LubbCr,ling. Byrne, Clark, Dugan. Ellis and Wilson. Tho engine plunged through the trcstle, and none of the men had time to jump and save themselves. Those of the men who were instantly killed were weighted down with thcir heavy ac- couterments and sank into tho muddy water. Engineer Clark was pinned un- der the engine, and his body has not been recovered.
 Soldiers Sent After the Strikers. Tho trcstlc was about SO feet long and was completely shattered. Fully unc-hali of the filling was torn out. The engine Is buried in the mud and water with the four cars. Another car is hanging ovel . the edge of tho embankmcnt. They wcr, all mail cars, and none of the Pullman. was injured.
 shortly after the report that tho train had been derailcd Division SupcTintcnd snt Wright ordcrCd tho wrccking crew tC the scene. General Graham also sent [ company of infantry to head off tho strik CTS. Two of the wounded men have beer brought to the city and taken to the hos pital. where their injuries wcro drCsSed
 The regulars are in an ugly mood oI account of the death and injury to thci comrades and seem anxious for skir mish with the strikers. Many of then , claim that General Superintendent Fill | more assured General Graham that thu road had bcen carefully gone over ant further declared that he knew the strik CTS would not resort 10 any desperat | measures to win the strike. It was no until he assured General Graham of tn supposed good condition of the road tha the latter consented to send his men to as sist the train to san Francisco.
 Denies That strikers Did It. |. Harry Knox. the leader of tho strikers has issued the following: Il desire to stat in behalf of tho American Railway unio ( that this order has not tho remutCst con ncction with tho ditching of the train bC tween Sacramento and Davisville, il which several people lost their fires w condemn this act as outrageous and bal barous and entirely contrary to the spiri of the American Railway union, which engaged in an honorable struggle in tn interest of labor and is opposed to vic II lence or the sacrifice of human life. Thi n act was done by sympathizers, and WIG rt e gret it the more as it is calculated to ir ' jure rather than help us. We slncerel ,e trust that this first act of violence will IF the last
 Orders were given to extend tho guar
 lines to F. street. fully block from til
 depot. This is to prevent tho striker D from getting near the company's property
 General Graham has detailed trooI
 Fourth cavalry, to patrol the railroad i
 the vicinity of the wreck and to arrest a
 suspicious characters. The men in tf
 troop are bitter against the strikers sinC
 the derailing of the train, and their con
 rades at the depot predict that they wi ;e deal severely with any of the strikers tn;
 they may encounter.
 The regulars can be heard discussin the affair on all sides, and it is evideI from their conversation that they are e ger for an engagement with the chem
 They say they came here to do fair figh
 tng and not to be killed like rats in n tra ! and they do not propose to submit to u )1 kind of treatment.
 Alleged wreckers Arrested.
 Two men have beon arrested on sus lN cion of being concerned in the wrcC 'N They arc now in the guarihouse. I'll les were arrested near the scene of the wre m. by deputy marshal. Engineer McC' U" who was on tho train, saw the men j' to before the train left the track and point ch them out to the officers They were he; 1e- fly armed when arrested.
 Tho picket line now surrounds the
 pot at a distance of about a block in
 directions Thero have been rumors
 dynamite buried in tho depot, and it Is