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The morning call., 1894-07-13
QUIET LAST NIGHT.
But Rumors of Trouble to Occur
To-day Were Thick.

For the first time in ten days the block
system of the Southern Pacific was in
working order last night. The air-com-
pressOrs worked to perfection, the switches
shot back and forth with their accustomed
click, and the red. white, blue and green
lights on The long arms of the soma hores
cleaned out in a parti-C0lored vista from
tower to the mole. Down where the
track crosses the wagon road the deputies
had established their dead line, and no
person was allowed to get through to the
sheds where the precious shot" engines
were being tenderlY nursed for the work
the company announces is cut out for TO-
morrow.
All the locals will be running on sched-
ule time to-day says Division Superinten-
dent Wilder, but the strikers rather scott
at the idea. The company cannot get a
fireman who is not an incompetent scab,
and it is hardly likely that engineers will
De much more plentiful than "hens'
teeth" 1t is the general impression, too,
that the position of both fremen and eugi-
neers who take the jobs will be rather
perlOus. The company also announced
that in all likelihood it would send out
train to Sacramento. In this event it is
probable that marines and regulars will
accompany it.
At midnight everything was peacefully
calm, but the rumOrs were thicker and
more portentous than ever of trouble to
ensue. Around the Point, however, there
were very few people. and not many of
them were strikers. But this was taken
as an indication by the suspicious that the
members Of the A. +. .. were scattered
around in various places intent on doing
injury to the company's property.
Early in the evening a rumOr was in ac-
tive circulation to the effect that Engineer
Jefferis had been shot and seriously
wounded by one OF the strikers near the
roundhouse. No one knew just how it
had all happened, how badly Jeffers had
been injured, who had done it or where the
wounded man had been taken. Iuvestiga-
ton soon proved the rumor to be fake.
Jefferis, instead Of lingering between here
and the hereafter with a bullet-h0le il his
anatomy, had been quietly put on the tug
Rival at the mole out Of danger
The morning call., 1894-07-13

officials Immediately went TO work to Sc
cure bail.
AS soon as the railway officials got
things in some kind of shape in the shed 8
| they started switch engine 1043 over the
Sixeenth-street station. where the strik-
ers had placed five freightcars in a sort
of zlg-zag tangle calculated to obstruct the
passage of trains for some time. Engineer
JeffIies was 10 the cab On this engine, too.
which seemed to argue that the company
was short on engineers.
Crowds followed on the streetcars, along
the tracks and over crOss-lots, anyway to
get to the ground the quickest They
reached there in great mum bers, but were
kept back from the engine by another
dead-line of white badged deputies. The
view was fine, however, and the crowds
took up advantageous positions on the
various knobs and watched the tangle
unrayeled by the high officials of the COM
pany and the deputies. It took half an
hour to unite the tangle. and the Berkeley
train was then hitched on and taken into
the sheds with but very little demonstra-
ton.
at II o'clock last night Striker Hall was
released from the City Prison. having
given bonds in $1,000 with Peter Roach,
car-repairer, and Joseph Clifford, engi-
neer. IS sureties. They qualified in the
sum of $1,000 each. Judge Allen had
placed the bond at that figure or at $1,000
cash bail. There was quite a group of
Halls friends at the prison to grasp him
by the hand when he was liberated.
just previous TO the arrest of Charles
Hall occurred one of the most striking in
stances during the progress of the present
struggle of the almost perfect control the
A, r. .. executive committee has over the
body of the strikers.
The committee has per mitted the men
to 60 on the mole to watch the progress of
the coDpany's efforts to Straighten out the
numerous tangles into which its property
had got, expecting that nothing further
! than vocal protests would be made at the
approach Of the police and deputies on
the grounds. They anticipate ted no violence
nor anything that would approach it.
| When the trouble came the hot heads in
the crowd, many of whom were not
strikers, became excited, and the matter OF
a conflict was lust on an edge. 1t was started
and practically over in fifteen minutes, in
all its details. and it did not get particu-
ary menacng until the last five minutes.
In just that time the committee lad been
notified, and one of its emissaries was i'm
medistely dispatched to the crowd. He
circulated quickly through the crowd with
the imperative order of the committee to
leave the mole and go at once to the hall.
In two minutes afterward the crowd had
started in that direction, ard the commit
tees power had been once more made evil
de 80.
The marines were not disembarked
from the Alameda last night, but spread
themselves out in their blankets and mar
tial clothes in the saloons on board. They
will come ashore to-day.
The morning call., 1894-07-13

President to use the military forces under
this title the President shall, by proclama-
ton, command the insurgents to dispense.
The attorney then referred to the case
of ex-parte Milligan. where an attempt
had been made to court-martial resident
of Indiana in 1864 by order OF the military
commandant OF the district of Indiana,
but the court had decided that he could
not be tried before military commission.
Section XI, article 2 Of the constitu-
ton of the United States declares that the
writ of habeas corpus shall not be sGs-
pended unless public safety requires it.
and Bakers annota tons referring to the
Miligan trial add:
''In State where the Federal authority
was always unCpposed and its courts al
ways open 20 hear and determine criminal
accusations and redress grievances no
usage of war could sanction military
trial for any offense whatever OF citizen
in civil life in no wise connected with the
military service. Congress could grant no
such power
mo, those men will not be tried by a
military court, but by the ordinary civil
courts" concluded the lawyer. There is
absolutely nothing in the constitution
which would justify court-martial."
The morning call., 1894-07-13
NARROW GAUGE RUNNING.
A Train and a Ferry-BOat Were
Moving Yesterday.

Passengers were ast0nished when told
at the Market-street depot yesterday
morning that the narrow gauge was run
ming. 1t almost took away tier breath.
1t was quite true, however. About 10
o'clock the Santa Cruz train was success
fully sent out. The train was made up of
three cars and had few passengers. No.
Is, run by Jim STANLEY. pulled the train
out and StanieIs was fireman. gang of
men were sent out to examine the trestle
at High street, but all was safe.
Then No. 10, with four cars, was sent to
the Alameda mole to meet the narrow
gauge ferry-boat there. | ran back and
forth all during the morning without
molestation and during the day made
trips at intervals, meeting the ferry boat
Bay City. Not a great number of pas
sengers were carried, as the public had
not got used to the innovation. To-
day it is contemplated running
the narrow-gauge trains on schedule
time again as in the old days before the
strike. Twenty five special policemen
have been sworn in by Chief Rodgers.
The night before about twenty boys and
hoodlums went to the terminus and threw
an engine into the turn-table ditch. The
deputies stationed there saw them do it,
but made no attempt to prevent the mis-
chief. In fact Wednesday night the strik.
ers did considerable mischief. They de-
rallied engine 1904 at the head Of the mole
and backed two passenser-cars down the
Seventh-street track until they colided
with a flatcar thrown across the track
The fatcar was derailed and smashed, and
so was the rear end Of the coach Ben
Campbell, machnist working in the rail
road shops. was arrested by Officer Ramil-
ton and charged with larceny. A stop
cock of engine 1904 was found in his pos
session. This occurred at 2 o'clock in the
morning. Campbell is a son of Fred
Campbell
The morning call., 1894-07-13

guided entirely by the situation as it ap-
pears this morning.
The train which left Los Angeles for
Oakland yesterday morning remained In
Moiave last night. 1t was not thought to
be safe to run the train after night, it
being the first over the road.
Precautionary methods have been taken
by the company to guard every point along
the line where danger is anticipated from
overt acts of the strikers.
Yesterday General Manager Towne sent
the following telegram to the family of
Samuel G. Clarke. the victim of the cow
ardly crime near Sacramento:
SAN FRANCISCO, July II, 1894.
L. S. Clarke, care H. J. Small, S1tperintend-
emit NJ. p. and NJ, Sacramento: The sad be-
reavement that has come TO you, 10 your aged
mother and 10 your family through the heinOus
crime committed yesterday by cowardly and In
human assassns in wrecking our west-bound
overland passenger train, just out of Sacra-
mentO, has not only robbed you of a dearly be-
loved brother, one OF the braYest, truest and
most honorable of men, but it has also taken
from US u most competent and highly esteemed
engineer, who had been twenty six years In our
service, with the marvellous mileage record Of
1,078,597 miles to his credit. Notwithstanding
his quiet and unassuming. manners his many
sterling qualities necessarily frequently brought
his name conspicuously favorable before the
officials Of the company, and lie was never
found wanting, but was always right. We
deeply depl0re his loss, and you have the heart
fel: sympathy OF the management OF this com.
pany. 4. II. TOWNF.
The morning call., 1894-07-13
AN A. r. u. MEETING.
Leading Strikers Counsel the Avoid
anCe of LawleSsness.


The local lodge of the A. L. i. held a
night. 1t was full OF enthusiasm and
genuine earnestness from beginning to
end. Speeches were MADE without end
on the subject OF the future conduct of
the strike in Oakland. All the leaders
took part in the speech making and without
exception couuseled GOODNESS and avoid
ance of lawlessness of every nature. They
pointed out that the only way to win
the fight was to retain public sympathy.
OHe man said, and he was cheered to the
echo: "Our privilege in the matter closed
when we left the companY's employ. We
have no right TO interfere with he rail-
roads continuing their business if they
can do so. The ground we take is that
they are utterly unable to find men 10
fill our places. If they can do that, then
we have los. the battle. 1t is our
plain duty to observe the proclama ton
OF the President, and to refrain from
assembling in the neighborhood of the
company's property. Our heartfelt SYM
patty is with the men who lost their lives
at the Sacramento disaster, and We abhor
and denounce the methods that eliminated
in the tragedy" This man voiced the
sentiments of every member present
Charlie Hall. the one-armed leader who
had been arrested late in the afternoon.
appeared in the hall just before adjourn
ment and was elcOmed with tremendous
applause. He is freely accorded the crown
of martyrdom. Hall made brief speech
and then hurried home to reassure his
wife and get good nights rest prepara-
tory to the activity OF another day.
The morning call., 1894-07-13

strike off, He could not do it if he would.
| The matter must first be referred TO the
executive board"
'How do you regard the last move of the
railroad company in bringing naval force
from Mare Island %
"Well, we will not fight the sailors, you
may be sure, as the local service that was
bound 10 come. The people in Oakland
are getting very tired of the lack Of service
and if the company runs its trains there
will be little opposition. But no overlands
can 20 out if we can prevent it with Pull
mans on. Nor will any freight trains go
out. A freight train will have the poorest
kind of a show, and ! tell you it will be
long time before a freight train can go out
of Oakland"
How was it that so few, comparatively,
of the strikers turned out to prevent the
clearing Of the tracks this afternoon"
well. if we hadn't thought that those
sailors had landed and were ready to be
thrown at US at moments notice, those
deputies and police would have had a
hard job to get those trains in. But we
are not fighting the United States forces,
l can tell you. Those deputies were very
brave because they thought they had the
sailors behind them"
"DO you want the strike to be declared
off ?"
''No; hope it will not be declared off.
We have the railroad in hole and they
know it, 1t is impossible for them to run
their overland trains with any certainty,
and as for the local system, they might as
well have that as not"
Other leaders of the A. r. U. declare
the company cannot get men. The strikers
are depending on the scare occasioned by
the Sacramento tragedy to keep the con-
ductors and engineers back. Members of
the Brotherhood of Trainmen ana the
conductors declare that they are ready to
go at a moments notice.
The morning call., 1894-07-13
DIMoND's HEADQUARTERS.
lie Will Take Up His Station 4
Oakland,

General DimOnd was in Oakland yester-
day and in consultation with the author
tiles. After consultation with Sheriff Nc
KIllican it was decided by General Dimond
to move his headquarters to Oakland for
the present, and to-day will probably see
the town pretty we'll sprinkled with SOL
dery. General Dimond said he would
probably have 700 men in all in Oakland,
and all the militia will be under the con-
troll of the Sheriff, as are those companies
already here.
The Petaluma and Santa Rosa com
panies still bold forth at the Piedmont
grounds. and were visited last evening by
acting Mayor Dow, who went out to con-
suit with Colonel Fairbanks as to his force
Mr.. Dow thinks the crisis will reach Oak
land to-day. At the armory the Oakland
companies are ready for emergency 1t
is stated the troops were brought on a
telegraphic order from the Sheriff TO Gov
ernOr Mark ham. At any rate it was not
Mayor Dow who ordered them.
The two Oakland companies, A and F,
which were at the armOry later, moved out
to the Piedmont grounds and are now at
that point. There are 260 men there all
told. The Alameda company which was
stationed in Oakland several days ago will
be kept in Alameda for use there
The morning call., 1894-07-13
4 MILDER TRIAL.
The Train WreCkerS Cannot Be
Court Martialed.


The question was debated among many
people yesterday. of whether the perpetra-
tors of the train wreck would be subject
to trial under civil or martial law. The
well-known attorney. Patrick Reddy,
when consulted upon the subject declared
that speaking from a legal point OF view,
the State of California had not been placed
under martial law by the Presidents proc
lamation.
II see nothing in it to justify the SUI p
position" he said. after he had carefully
perused the proclamation.
THE militia may be called out in any
State without declaring martial law.
That can only be done by a regular
proclamation, setting aside the laws of
the State, and such proclamation has not
been issued
with regard to the proclamation that
the President has issued. sections 1898 10
$500 of the Revised Statutes OF the United
States provide for just such case as this. !"
Mr. Reddy then read section 1929. which
stated that whenever iusurrection. domestic
violence, unlawful com binations or con-
spiracies iu any State SO binders the execu-
zion of the laws as to deprive any portion
of the people of any of the rights, privi-
leges or immunities or protection named
in the constitution, and the constituted
authorities of such State fail in or refuse
protection of the people in such rights, it
shall be lawful for the President and it
shall be his duty to take such measures by
the employment of the militia or the forces
of the United States, for the suppression
of domestic violence.
Section $500 stated that whenever it be-
came necessary in the judgment of the
The morning call., 1894-07-13
WON'T 90 OUT.
A Rumor That the "Loyal" Engi-
neers Will Not Act.

The engineers have decided not to go
out on trains for the Southern Pacific Com
Dany until the present difficulties with the
A. r. U. is settled. At least eight of them
in West Oakland have. and all of these men
have been looked upon as standbyS of the
company, ready to come and go at the
beck of the master mechanic This de-
cision was arrived at secret meeting held
yesterday afternoon, not at the hall of the
local brotherhood. but in the residence OF
one of the members on Willow street.
Eight of the engineers were present, and
after the meeting was over the news spread
rapidly that the engineers bad taken the
ground desired by the a. r. q. at last.
When approached by CALL reporters
last night members of the local Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers were as
mum as clans, but the utterances of En-
gineer Saulpaugh in an Oakland store
yesterday after the secret meeting are
very significant. 1t is not certain that he
was present at the meeting, but he gave it
out 'cOld" that he would not go out and
imperil his life and limb while the present
state of affairs existed.
The morning call., 1894-07-13
ROBERTS STILL CONFIDENT.
Saws No OverIan Shall Go Out From
Oakland.

1t was stated at the mole yesterday after
noon that Debs had declared the Pullman
boycott off. President Roberts was seen
last night and asked whether. if the Pull
man boycott was declared off by Debs, the
Oakland contingent would end the strike.
Yes" replied Mr. Roberts, 'if the men
who have been discharged by the company
are reinstated, but not otherwise. Ii they
reinstate those men then we would return
to work. But Debs has not declared the
The morning call., 1894-07-13
: ROW AT CEDAR STREET.
Police Scatter the Strikers and
j. -. Arrest Hall.


J.: EARLY in the morning all five Of the
. engines at the Oakland mole were fred
}p:~ The programme outlined for the day
was 70 run a wTecking engine down the
LE1es* to clear the tracks. A request was
made through Assistant Superintendent
doe iEomDson to The strikers to allow a
swatch. engine to do this work. but the re-
guest was refused. George Jefferis. the
paFdeqIar adherence of the strikers. was
=. iliaced:on switch engine 1927. Jefferis is a
desperate man and willing to take des-
Rsla@e chances. He had a big navy re-
EofYer and meant 10 defend himself in case
<pE* trouble. Engine 1043 had a stranger
% aHeo Joseph Faulkner in the cab.
"A Poul u 90 this engine made a trim to the
EeraHa-stTeet yards from the mole. The
unusual sound Of an engine bell ringing
startled the town with its straugeness and
hundreds turned QUITO the streets to Iocate
the engine. 1t went into the vardo "a
there the fires in the machine-shono wara
started up in the big engines that wort
the compressor for the switches. ThaD
No. :1043 returned to the mole. The still
eTs:climbed on the piles at the head of the
mole and waited developments. Fnp,ne
:ID43. made several trips up the mola
ann then quit until the Alameda
arrived with the sailors. Then engines
1898 and 1927 were dashed up together. the
for]mer having f1atcar attached. A little
before 5 O'Clock Superintendent Wilder
, gave the order to send out the engines aud
bring IN engine 1904 and the local train at
! he head Of the mole. Sheriff McKillican
drove up to the spot in his buggy. Chief
The morning call., 1894-07-13
OPENING THE ROAD.
First Overland Train From Sacra.
mentO East Goes TODAY.

The first train on the overland from
Sacramento East will leave this morning
and it may be that train will be made MP
and started out of Oakland in the same
direction. This. however. had not yet
been decided upon last night. the officials
stating that their movements would be
The morning call., 1894-07-13

formation that severa suspicious charac-
tiers were examinipg the tunnels near the
smelling works, and it was feared that
charge of dynamite or giant powder would
be placed there and an attempt made to
blow the tunnels up. Several OF the en-
pleyes then watched the men. so that if
they had any such intentions they were
MT parrind nut
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-27
He Unearthed a lav.u,,.

The inquisitiveness of a boy in Allen
town the other day resulted in the find
ing Of 5000 and will cause a lawsuit. The
personal estate of Silas Camp, a rich old
bachelor. who died a month ago., was
sold at auction. Among the goods dis
posed of was an old safe. which was
knocked down for $3.50. The safe had
been used by Camp, but after his death
it was opened by his relatives, and every
thing of value was taken out, as they
supposed. Before the purchasers had an
opportunity to take it away, however, a
small boy worked the combination and
opened the door. While examining the
interior he pulled out a private drawer,
and out rolled a pile of goldpieces.
When counted, they were found to
amount to nearly 5000. The money was
taken in charge by Camps brother un-
der the protests Of the new owners. who
say they will bring suit for the gold
Allentown (Pa.) Leader.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-27
The Passing of Italicr.

After an existence of much utility of
about 400 years it is noticed that italic
is declining measurably in the favor of
printers, particularly on newspaper
work. 1t is occasionally seen, however,
in important editorials. This lack of ia
o has, it would seem, become more
marked since typesetting machines have
come 80 largely into use on the daily
newspapers.
The increased output from the ma
chimes has a strong tendency to do away
with the use Of italic, every effort being
directed to the simplifcation of their
product. Thus it has been considered
good enough to put the names Of news
papers and other titles in roman OH
newspapers, the composition for which
plant has been uttered, and if there has
been any comment it has been too weak
to make itself heard. The public does
not care anything about the matter. All
that is wanted is a readable paper. When
machines are turning out thousands OF
ems per hour in the usual rush to get u
paper to press, there is no time to be
frittered away in going to an italic case
situated perhaps at the other end of the
composing room. The face stands Al
much chance Of being used as there is
OF reverting to the custom Of correcting
in the form.-BoOkmaker.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-27
WEEKLY TRIBUNE
Then and Now.

In a work printed in 1872. descriptive
of the Lewis and Clarke expedition,
there is published a list "from the most
authentic and reliable sources OF what
purports to be the average value and the
items Of trade of the entire Missouri
valley for the preceding fifteen years,
says the Great Northern Bulletin. The
items are: All furs; the total average OF
the annual trade, s77,971; the profits,
Sl6,721, or 81 per cent. Among the
items were 1,749 buffalo hides valued at
80 each.
To give the business of the Missouri
valley at this time would take a long
row Of figures; Of Montana alone since
1868 the gold output runs to nearly $780,
100000. The putput Of Butte, Amazon
da, and Great Falls in taking out, smelt-
ing, and refining precious metals goes
close up to s%5O,OO0,O0O every year. The
pay roll for labor in the cities named,
each week, is more than the product of
the whole Missouri valley for the first
fifteen years of::the present century. The
coal mines zeal Great Falls give up
every month a yield worth a kings ran
som. Montana is comparatively a new
state, but its future is to be one Of Won
derful prosperity and wealth.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-27
Arbitration.

The committee of the American Rail-
way union gathered together to represent
the local unions along the line OF the
Great Northern railway, are now in
council assembled at st. Paul. Till their
deliberations are over, and conference
had by them with the officials OF the
Great Northern, nothing can be said.
Gov. Nelson of Minnesota is anxious that
the trouble be submitted to arbitration,
but whether this will be done is an enig-
as yet. There Is reason to believe that
within forty-eight hours efforts will be
made to find some method Of terminal
ing the trouble satisfactory to both
parties, and the citizens of eight states
are now devoutly praying that such
efforts may be successful. .