The morning call., 1894-07-02
TREsTLE BRIDGE BURNED.
1t Was the Work of Woodmen and
Not Strikers.

| DUNsMUIR, July 1.-Two hundred feet
! of long and high trestle three miles above
! here is burned and the fire Is still raging.
! This is supposed to be the work of local
woodchoppers. who have been crowded
! out by Sisson, Croker & Co., who control
all the wood contracts here. by the en-
ployment of Portuguese and Chinese.
The local American Railway Union has
! sent out force to fight the fire and has
! placed guards on all other exposed bridges
and trestles.
| The yards and shops here are guarded
| day and night by members of the Ameri-
can Railway Union. They have cleared
! the town of all tramps and suspicious
characters.
Mine hundred feet of bridge burned
and mile and half OF track torn up."
was the telegram received at Southern Pa
cifc headquarters on the mole yesterday,
which made their hair stand up on end.
During the night. the telegram contin-
ued, persons unknown set fire to the big
trestle at Mott station and destroyed it en-
tirely. Above Red Bluff mile and quar-
ter of track was also torn up.
| This was a paralyzer, and General Su-
| perintendent Fillmore, Division Superin-
tendent Wilder and their subordinates
! quickly got together to discuss this serious
| turn of affairs. A few minutes later the
| following bulletin was posted:
! To DtuiSion Superintendents: II it has not
been made clear to them by copies of Mr..
! HuntingtOn's telegram, and by announcement
from this office. let all the men understand thar
the company will in future stand by those who
| stand by it now. A. n. ToWNE.
That's a clear a case OF crawfish as |
ever saw" said railroad man who read
the notice. "It means to my mind thai
| the company would be willing and is anxious
to take every last one of the strikers back
at a moments notice. The officials are
afraid that. right now, the weakness of the
company's position is SO evident that a
| little forgiveness may stand it in good
stead"
| 1t didn't take the railway people long to
| come to some conclusion. In less than five
minutes the wires, telegraph and teIe-
! phone, were hot with burning messages.
| They were piled in on United States Mar
shall Barry Baldwin, United States Dis
! trict Attorney Garter, on the general Off
ces of the company at Fourth and Town
send streets and a dozen other places.
Master Mechanic Mckenzie and Yard
master Dillon were flying down to the
yards. and host of supernumeraries were
running hither and thither in wild effort
to keep up with the excitement.
! A special for Sacramento loaded with
United States Deputy Marsha Deputy
| Sheriffs and deputy anything nd every-
thing to the railroad was the nearest ap-
proach the waiting crowd could make as
to what would come out of the rush.
| They pretty nearly nit il, for along in
short time came the two cars for the special.
big putting engine and the crew to man
it, and along on the first boat that could
get over came the new Marshal, Barry
| Baldwin, Assistant United States District
Attorney Samuel Knight and ten deputies.
| 1twas at first surmised after the appear
ance of the officers that the train would
60 much farther than Sacramento-in fact
! would 20 to Mott station, where the bridge
burners were supposed to be drawn up for
battle, and engage them then aud there.
Marshal Baldwin was visibly excited.
His position was a new and evidently try
| ing one and the way he was kept going
| from pillar to post. first talking to this
one. then to that, and finally to the other
| palpably shook his nerves. He had hard
time of it, but succeeded at last in getting
ten OF his men on the day coach of the
snecial as follows: Deputies Maloney.
Woodruff, johnson. Townsend, Norton,
Davis, Gallard. Howard. Hodgkins and
Wallstein.
United States Marshal Baldwin was
asked by reporter for THE CALL what
lie intended doing with his forces.
MY dear SIR" he said. "how can l tell
am going I'D there 20 do what l can do,
and. above all, to see that the mails are
unobstrueted. Beyond that l can say
nothing, except that am going to do tue
best can. The main thing is to clear the
mails"
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney Samuel knight repeated The assertion
that his Cffice was only concerned about
facilitating the movement of the mails. and
he supposed the Marshal would handle his
forces to that end solely.
1--WE are going to Sacramento" said