The morning call., 1894-07-08
NOT TO YIELD.
Orders Sent Out by
Debs.
TURNS UPON CHICAGO.
Defeat There Will Mean
Anarchy.
INSTRUCTIONS TO KNOX.
If the Strikers Win All Will
Be Well.
DARK SIDE OF THE SITUATION.
Should They Lose, IL Is lntimated
That They Will Destroy All
They Can.

marched back again. At Capital Park
the First and Third Infantry regiments.
with battery detachment and signal corps,
are having a splendid outing. They drill
some, and lie on the Capitol lawn some
more, and thus contrive to spend the days
pleasantly. Doubtless they worry little,
| because rumors are flying thickly nova
days in Sacramento, and some Oh tne
militlamen are young and liable to undue
excitement.
At the railroad yards the strikers are In
possession and growing daily In NUMBERS
Their headquarters on Front street are
thronged at all hours; the street corners
near the depot are thick with unemployed
trainmen, and in the big sheds, where
dozens of idle cars and engines are stand
ing. the strikers stand about and talk and
argue and conjecture.
The situation here Is rather easily and
Interestingly understood. According to
reliable reports and from conversations
held with the strikers they are awaiting
the result of the bloody operations In
Chicago. The lake metropolis is looked
upon as the center of affairs. and the
trouble now going on there as the deter
mining feature of the whole national dis
turbance. If the strikers are successful
in Chicago, and Leader Knox here says
they will be, it is considered certain that
the strike will end within few hours
after that success. In such an event there
will be no trouble here. The trainmen
and others of the A. r. U. will then await
more confidently than ever peaceful set
tlement of the whole question.
But In case of the failure of the strikers
In the fight now going on at Chicago it has
been darkly ana rather reliably hinted
that President Debs will Immediately tele-
graph here and to every other city in the
country, instructng the strikers to make
the best of the thing and start ahead with
the work of destruction. This probability
has come to the knowledge of several per-
sons about town and the whole populace is
on the eager lookout for news OF the situ-
alton at Chicago.
On the other hand, the United States
Marshal here is doing his best TO secure
Federal troops. Reports and requests and
bulletins have been forwarded to the War
Department., and some definite action is
hourly expected. The fear that the culmi-
nation of the trouble in Chicago will set
lie the strike or precipitate trouble has
made it advisable to lose no time in mass
ing as much militia snd troops of the regu.
lar army as possible. 1t is generally real
situation in California. and the town in
which the liveliest times will be had and
the most i'm portant results obtained.
AS the days pass the sympathy OF the
townspeople and Of persons living in the
country roundabout with the cause of the
American Railway Union seems to be in
creasing. Not alone are provisions fur
nished the strikers. but cash comes in as
well. The subscription committees sent
out by the strikers a couple OF days ago
have collected several thousand dollars
The men are still working actively in the
accumulation of coin for the support of
their increasing numbers, and experience
no difficulty In gathering large-sized con-
tributions from business men about town.
At the railroad depot there has been a
free kitchen established, where all a. r.
| u. men are privileged to secure substantial
meals Provisions of every kind have been
| literally donated by leading business peo-
pie, and generally the Spirit of affairs in
dicates that the Sacramento strikers are
doing better than such a time might be
supposed to permit. They are never anx-
ious over results. nor do they worry much
over things likely to happen. Altogether,
the conversation of those unemployed rail-
road men down about the Southern Pacific
depot makes it easily evident that they are
entirely satisfied with their condition and
are in no hurry to have it altered.
The women of Sacramento are entering
fhon hof int fha
A. r. u. fight, and promise not little
amount of assistance. They, too. believe
| that Chicago will furnish the turning-point
| in the great strike. Every one believes
| this, and every one looks for trouble IL the
A. r. u. men in the East are not victori-
ous But Knox says they will be success
full, and Knox has figures and is liable to
be pretty good guesser.
A report was about town this afternoon
that two handcar loads of what were sup
posed to be strikers left town early this
morning and proceeded secretly to
Brighton, a place about five miles from
here. where they tore up considerable
track and demolished the switch appa-
ratus. The report is said to have been
| substantiated by a person who arrived
| from Brighton and was an eyewitness of
the strikers operations. At the head
| quarters of the A. r. U. he report was
laughed at In its connection with train
| mon.
| At the session of the Popuist county
convention this afternoon here addresses
were made commencing the action of the
militia at the railroad yards on Wednesday.
The folio wing resolution was offered and
| adopted:
! Resolved, That our militia In refusing to
charge or fire upon peaceable citizens exhib-
! lied good Judgment and we believe that they
acted entirely within the spirit OF their all,
glance to their country.
! The resolution was loudly cheered and is
evidently expressive of the party general
sentiment on the strike question. Nearly
all large fruit-dealers in town have all bu,
closed their doors. Men are being dis
charged daily, until only sufficient force
remains to handle the small local trade
and attend to the collection of accounts.
| In one establishment which did business