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COMMISSIONERS AUCTION SALE
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WEST-END LOT.


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Brown and ais ......."....... Defendants.
Decree of the Circuit Court OF Henrico
county, entered June 4, 1894.
BY virtue of the above decree, the UNI
dersigned. special commissioner. will offer
for sale by public auction, on the pre-
misses. on
SATURDAY. JUNE 8, 1894,
at O'Clock +. NJ. that DESIRABLE
LOT OF LAND, with the improvements
thereon. in Henrico county, near the
western limits of the city, and imme-
diately In rear of the residence at present
occupied by Mr. Conway II. Sands. bound
ed as follows: Beginning at a point on
the north side of the alley between Grove
and Floyd streets, distant 40 feet and 8
inches west of Park street, thence run
ming westerly along the north line OF said
alley and fronting thereon 30 feet. and
extending back northwardly between par
allel lines 20 feet.
TERMS: One half cash; balance In six
months from date OF sale, with interest
added, purchaser TO execute his note for
deferred payment, and the title to the
property to be retained until the whole
purchase-money has been paid and
conveyance ordered by the Court; or all
cash II the purchaser so desires.
WILLIAM III. SANDS.
Special Commissioner.
James II. Crenshaw, Auctioneer.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1894,

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offer for sale at public auction, upon the
premises, on
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Real Estat- Agents and Auctoneers'
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BY James III. Crenshaw.
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer
9ii east Main street.
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which ran a few miles behind the first.
At Gait General Dickinson received tele-
gram from the Sacramento military
authorities advising tnat stop be made
at Sixteenth street and a march made
from there to the armOry. This was done.
and the regiments left the trains quietly
They formed in line here and marched
through the streets without the SOUND of
fife or drum or other instrument. There
was no one bus few officers present
when the regiments left the cars, and Sac
ramento was surprised astheir sudden and
startling appearance.
All the regiments were massed to-day
at the armory. but tonight they are
camped in the railroad yards to protect
property. There is none Of the holiday
business about this affair. 1t Is case of
lying on arms all night and maintaining
constant readiness for riotous attack.
The strictest kind of military regulations
are being enforced. For really the first
tine in the history of the California Ma
tlonal Guard troops are In the field for i'm
portant actual service. but notwithstand-
ing the fact that the town is about half
way under martial law. independence
day was duly celebrated. The streets
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throughout the city were thronged with
people gorgeous in summer attire and
seemingly oblivious of the fact that a
small revolution is on here.
Blood has already been spilled, but by
accident This afternoon the rife of a
member of Company F. Third Infantry,
was accidentally discharged on the guard
line and wounded several persons. The
bullet grazed the shin of Captain Sullivan
of the Third Infantry, passed through the
leg of Lawrence Donegan Of Company
f. and then struck the ground
and glanced into the abdomen of
o. H. Wing. an old and well known
resident of Sacramento. Wing is most
dangerously injured. but is resting easily.
An examination revealed that the intes-
tines were severed in five pieces.
Wing lives on N street, between
Fifth and Sixth, and is connected
with the Fire Department. Donegan il cap.
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The Marshal spoke very ably, but the
strikers were determined upon accom-
plishing their own object, and they were
not to be argued into submission to the
demands of a United States Marshal.
Colonel Sullivan also spoke In something
Of the same strain. Baldwin desired an
address from Knox and other men promi-
nent in the movement, but these gen tlemen
were not then available.
Baldwin then continued to talk and the
strikers were quite as persistent in answer
ing to the remarks of the Marshal. They
wanted time to find the individuals whom
Baldwin desired to make addresses, and
after considerable argument it was decided
to permit truce until o'clock in the
evening.
The coming of the troops this morning
was as quiet as foreboding. Two big
trains filled with guardsmen from San
Francisco and Stockton drew into town as
far as Sixteenth street without any of the
circumstances which generally character
ize the advent of the citizen soldiers into
a Californian town. Like the departure
from San Francisco the arrival in Sacra-
mento was painfully quiet The ride up
was slow and uncertain one. 1t was after
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MILITIAMEN LAID DOWN THEIR ARMS

half permitted Of foothold or handhold
was secured by persons eager for view
of. perhaps, the most appalling spectacle
ever witnessed in California. Down be-
low, in one mighty jam, the leaders in the
movement and the more enthusiastic sup
p0rters Of it howled and howled, and did
it several times more, as Colorado Desert
coyotes howl.
The frot platoon Of militia, one of the
Sacramento companies, executed turn to
the right and advanced with bavonets at a
charge. The strikers never flinched.
Twenty cleaning bayonets bore down
upon the packed mass at the east end OF
one of the corridors between the cars, and
it seemed for moment that the militia
would sweep the entire area under the
depot shed, but nothing serious happened
Cries from the angry strikers warned the
militiamen that persistence meant be-
ginning of hostlities which would pre-
cipItate things unpleassntly and perhaps
too hastily. 80 as the line advanced nearer
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sion. The relative position OF the militia
and the strikers was earnestly talked Of
and every effort made to dispense the
mob, but the mob would not be dispersed.
Time and again the great crowd were
ordered to fall back and allow troops to
pass into the depot building, bat almost
simultaneous with this command another
leader yelled for thicker assembly of
the strikers. Time and again the indica-
tions were that the mob would submit,
but as many times and again these hopes
were disappointed.
The ardor of the strikers increased every
mement aud yells became louder and flags
were more widely waved.
The strikers pushed forward and min
gled somewhat with the soldiers. The
more magnetic of the takers explained
matters to the guardsmen and coaxed them
and intimidated them.
Then the enthusiasm ran riot in another
direction. The striking majority decided
that If things were to come TO the worst
the spectators and whoever else gathered
about the depot should share the flying
lead
"If they're going to fire we must all be in
it," they said; aud to make this poss BILE
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and thus endeavored to disable the train.
At Pinole a switch was again turned
and the train went sliding along on track
which had been creased for several hun
dred yards by the strikers. The power
full engine succeeded in returning to start
anew, and everything went well thereafter.
Fears were entertained that the train
| might be ditched and wrecked at San
Pablo, but that point was passed without
danger to the cars.
During the ride from the mole and until
out of Oakland every lamp In the cars was
extngushed. revolvers were handy. and
sentries were on the eugine and car plat
forms with loaded rifles and orders to
shoot any striker who might attempt to
board the cars. Major Hammond, o re-
tired officer. volun teered 10 spend the
night in the cab with Engineer Belden.
and conducted things admirably.
At 5 o'clock this morning the first train
stopped for the first time at Tracy, and
then occasionally on the way to Sacra-
mento to await dispatches. At Stockton
two companies were drawn up In line at
! the depot and boarded the second train.
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In the red-hot sun of an ideal Sacramento
day.
Great engines and mail and passenger
cars STOOD untenanted on dozens OF tracks.
and on The tops Of these and on the build
ings and trees and telegraph-poles thou
sands of spectators as excited as the
strikers were thickly thronged.
Down the street which leads to the
great massive depot building marched 1000
militiamen in formidable column of
platOons. General Sheehan and staff and
the Sacramento companies led the column.
Behind them came the guardsmen from
Stockton and San Francisco. Their step
was lively without the music of bands,
and they looked as fine body of citizen
soldiers as ever trod city pavement.
1t was not long before the troops arrived
at the depot building and assembled around
its eastern end among the silen: engines
and locked cars. The strikers were there
first, though. Notwithstanding that all
precaution had been taken to insure
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they ordered all of the car.roofs cleared
| Persons fortunate enough to have secured
excellent view points where they coul(
overlook the angry mob and the silent mil
itla were made to tumble down as bes
they could from the sooty roofs.
There was no arguing with these men
The order of that mob was law just abou
then. This work was not ended here
Deputies were sent from the strikers DO
sition to order every one off the railroad
property. This seemed to have beel don,
to indicate that the opposition OF the mer
was not to the Southern Pacific, and tha
they are in degree s0licitous for the wei
fare of the company's property, but what
plished.
About this time General Sheehan, the
brigade commander here, appeared among
the multitude of strikers and entreated
them TO disperse and obey the law. The
general mixed freely with the rioters, bul
they were not to be convinced Of the truth
of his assertions. For nearly an hour
there continued wearisome lot of par
leying to no purpose but the illness of q
number Of citizen soldiers whom the heat
had overcome.
The troops bore the ordeal admirably as
far as they were concerned, and as far IS
they could see it was life or death propo-
sition. Every rife carried by them had a
loaded cartridge in the chamber and on
each belt there hung boxful more. Had
the order been given to charge the mob or
fire upon the strikers there would un-
doubtedly have been surprising quantity
of lead in the air. The San Francisco
companies have yet to show their mettle,
and the lead may be in the air yet, and
will be If rumors say true.
The unsuccessful attempt at arbitration
with the strikers and the failure Of those
in authority TO give extreme orders was
easily calculated to weaken the spirit of
the miltiamen. They yearned for some
satisfactory developments. but vainly.
Finally, the matter resolved itself into a
question of whether or not they could
remain there under such conditions.
Several OF the companies. in fact, all of
those not from San Francisco, extracted
the ball cartridges from their Springfields
and marched off in the direction of the
main portion of town. As company after
company left the scene of intended action
the strikers yelled like demons. Tney
cheered the militia and threw hats and
coats in the air. until the resemblance ol
the spectacle to ri0tous proceeding of the
most serious sort was easily discernible.
Gradually the mob moved upon company
after company until none but the San
Francisco regiments remained. At this
juncture developments took a new and
perhaps, an interesting turn. They began
a series of speeches from the top of one Of
the engines. Marshal Barry Baldwin ap
peared on the top of an engine cab. Sew
eral strikers held American flags over him
while he spoke. Baldwin entreated the
mob to disperse in the name of Justice and
the United States Government. he as.
serted, rather eloquently, too, that If milo
persuasion would not do bullet ant
bayonet would have to accomplish the re
suit desired. The mob hooted. Mer
yelled defiance at the militia. anG ventureC
the request that Baldwin take out Pull
man.
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ers piled into the buildings thereabouts.
AT the depot the strikers awaited militia
men and developments.
When the soldiery arrived the crowd
closed about them, but in respectable OBJ
seryance of the rules of order. Thousands
of persons were there and the dense gath
ering extended all over territory occupied
by the railroad company and far into the
thoroughfares leading to the depot. I'M
mediately the strikers and persons there
for sightseeing clambered upon cars and
low buildings. Scores OF passenger-cars
under the great shed were black with peo-
pie huddled upon their roofs. and thou
sands were hanging to the sides OF the
balconies. engines and cab coverings. In
brief, everything in the vicinity that even
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DEPENDS ON THE SOLDIERS.
Baldwin Has Turned the Matter Over
to the Militia.

SACRAMENTO, July 4-To-night United
States Marshal Barry Baldwin sent no.
tice to General Dimond instructing him
not to permit the railroad depot to be used
as sleeping quarters for troops. The First
Infantry and very probably some other
organizations will remain at the yards.
Another letter sent by the Marshal was to
this effect: You will dispose your COM
mand while in this city so as to afford the
best protection possible to the Southern
Pacific Company's property Of every de-
scription. and to preserve peace and good
order among the people without further
directions from me-"
The First infantry is the only organiza-
ton which brought tents to Sacramento.
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1 o'clock when the doubls section train
pulled out of the Oakland mole. Rumors
had been circulated 10 the effect that OBJ
structions had been laid on the track at
Sixteenth street in Oakland. There were
none of these. however. At Sixteenth
street there was crowd. but they at
tempted no attack.
Major Burdick of the First Infantry
narrowly escaped flying coupling pin
which was thrown at this point. He was
standing on the platform directing the
operations of the train guard when the
missile was thrown. but happily it struck
a corner of one of the cars ana glanc
harmlessIy off.
When near the old Judson Iron Works
the first train, in which was the First In
fantry and the brigade staff, went off on
the wrong track and nearly crashed int to a
pile of bricks.
Some miscreants had opened switch
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BADLY MISMANAGED.
The Militia Have Failed of the Pur.
pose of Their Visit.

SACRAMENTO. July 4.-As hours elapse
since the rather exciting affairs of this
afternoon and the night promises only a
possible renewal of wordy hostilities the
opin ion has become general here that the
miltiamen now massed in this city have
deplorably failed to fulfillsthe purpose for
which they were called here. The oppor-
tunily for success has been lost, and what
ever else may result in favor of the militia
during their stay here it is generally con-
ceded that the time of their triumph is
over.
There are officers in the San Francisco
regiments who know mismanagement
when they see it. and they saw 1t lucidly
to-day. if they express their opinions truth
fully. From the very start Of operations
here the Sacramento and Stockton organ
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secrecy of operation. the strikers learped
of the intended movement before the
column left the armory Of the Second
Infantry on the corner of Sixth and NJ
streets.
Unemployed men and seemingly as many
employed swarmed about the armory.
The crowd increased as the rifles were
taken from the stack and loaded with ball
cartridges. The line was formed quickly
and the strikers and thousands of other
interested spectators thronged the side
walks and streets. As the troops marched
down the principal thoronghfares, strik-
ers and spectators followed and reached
the depot before the regiments. The strik-
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trim and desperate looking withal. Then
came another Gatling and more militia.
1t was really splendid scene, but rather
too serious to be very generally appre-
ciated.
In one of the rooms OF the railroad
office further in the depot building the
generals and other authorities were in
session. The serious aspect of the situa-
tlon was apparent to all. and those in
power had reason TO act slowly and eau
tiously. Generals Dimond. Dickinson and
Sheehan and Marshal Bald win were in
earnest debate over the best methods of
avoiding bloodshed and at the same time
uphold ing the law.
In the meantime the officers OF the resi.
ments engaged the strike leaders In discus.
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the bayonets gradually arose, and in an
instant the strikers were breast to breast
with the militiamen.
Behind the first platoons of National
Guardsmen was the Sacramento detach-
men:, with the formidable Gatling gun
limbered and ready for action. There
were men beside it and around it who
might have moved down the whole mass
of strikers in a few moments had the op-
portunity offered or had orders been given.
But neither came. and the best thing the
Gatllng gun did was to vie in the refec-
ton CT the sun with the glittering gun
barrels and bayonets. Massed behind the
Gatling battery were regiments in fighting
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SACRAMENTO, July 4.-This was the
strikers day 10 shine. At least they
have shone considerably already, and
the indications are that they will con-
tinue to do the best part of the iIlumina-
zion as far as the conflict with the militia
is concerned.
The spectacle of militia organizations
forced to leave the scene of action because
mob cannot be forced to open way, and
the Marshal in charge cannot be persuaded
to order an advance by bayonet and bullet,
is thing about which all Sacramento is
talking tonight. For over an hour 1000
men OF the California militia stood in the
boiling sun at the Southern Pacific await
Inc orders TO clear the depot audibuildings.
AS things are managed in these military
operations, the United States Marshal is
the directing power. Consequently Barry
Baldwin was looked upon to-day to force
matters at the depot. Baldwin seemed un-
certain about this, however, and did not
use force.
The militia officers talked to the strikers
and the strikers parleyed with the militia
officers, but all the while 1000 men stood
and sweated and swore in a sun that
knocked out all recent records here. The
heat was almost insufferable, and over a
dozen of the guardsmen had to be carried
from the yards unconscious and placed in
the shadow near the river.
Finally the militiamen became discon-
tented and soon afIerward disguised, and
the strikers talked and cheered and per-
suaded, and one after the other the two
Stockton companies and two of those Of
Sacramento unloaded their rifles, shoul-
dered arms and quit the job.
Whether any one is to blame or not is
not much considered. but the fact remains
that the strikers are in a successful way
as we'll as in the majority.
The spectacle at the depot and in the
railroad yards was intensely interesting.
In the great dark corridors the mob was
packed in one enormous, seethlng mass
men hatless and coatless shouted and
waved flags above the excited multitude
Rude eloquence was dispensed in sur
prising quantity and with telling vehe-
"mence. They talked of their rights. of
their wrongs, and of the Injustice of
militia or civil interference. They yelled
and howed and howled and yelled again.
Strikers fiocked from every quarter and
Joined the mad crowd. The covered depot
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tain of the tug Ethel and Marion. and has
been mem Der of the Third Regiment for
nearly eleven years. His injuries are in
the flesh only.
There has been considerable carelessness
with rifles and several narrow escapes
from death.
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Would Not Fight the
Strikers.
BALDWIN IN DESPAIR.
Truce That Lasted All
Night.
NO SHOT FIRED IN ANGER.
Though One Unhappy Spectator
Was Killed.
AID FOR THE A. r. U. STRIKERS.
Tovne Concluded Not to Destroy
Property TO Stop the Men
From Dunsmuir.

The militia has been called to SRcra-
mento, and so far as the companies out
size OF San Francisco are concerned at
least, it has fraternized with the strik-
eFs. The attempt to open the main line
OF the Southern Pacific with State troops
are kept in the capital city, but whether
any better success will attend whatever
effort they msy make to-day il open
question. II they do make . serious
effort, II the order is given to fire upon
the crowd of strikers, who will unQues-
tionabIy obstruct the running of Pull
man cars, there can be no question that
the State will see such scene OF awful
carnage as IL has never witnessed In its
history heretofore. The strikers have
arms and they have been re-enforced
from the north and from Truckee by
men who Will shoot, and shoot to kill.
Colonel shafter and his reEulars are
at Los Angeles, camped on the grounds
of the Arcade station, and being there
find no occupation. They are unwel-
come guests, moreover, and the 4. r. U.
has declared, or win soon declare,
a boycott against them. at the
present time the soldiers are without
bread and cannot get the local bakers to
bake them any.
In Oakland the strikers seem to con-
troll the eiruatfon abs oil uteIy. No trains
run, local through, and all the bay
ferries save that on the creek route
have ceased running.
The strikers held their own there
fore for the day, and made gains every
where. few days more, in fact, as
events go now would see the whole
Southern Pacific In thei possession. At
this juncture the proposal to be made
to the railroad company by the mer-
chants Of this city that it suspend
the Pullman service pending settlement
OF the trouble is most opportune. The
strike, so far as California is concerned,
can be settled In that way. If matters
are allowed to go on as they are going,
If one shot is fired or one life taken
with hostile purpose, no man can say
what the end win be.