The record-union., 1894-07-16
FORCE IN CAMP NUMBERS OVER
FIVE HUNDRED.
Every Precaution Being Taken Against
An Outbreak of Any Kind-Strikers
Making No Demonstrations-Fou
Trains Leave Reno for the West
Strikers at Red Bluff and Ashland
Reporting for Work.
Special TO the REcoRD-UN1oN.

augmented this morning by the arrival
of Companies B and ID of the naval bat
talon, and a troop from the First
Cavalry, Captain Blumenberg, lumber
ing fifty men. Reinforcements were
made necessary by the large number of
soldiers detailed to go out on trains, and
tonight, including the men on special
details, the force in camp numbers 523
men, including artillery men, cavalry
and naval battalions. Colonel Geary to-
night asked General Dimond for Com
pany of the naval battalion and COM
pany from the Fifth Regiment, and is
taking every precaution to guard against
an outbreak of any kind.
Some excitement was occasioned this
morning by a report that a trestle was
burned on the main line, and wrecking
train was at once sent out under guard,
and found that the cattle guards had
been burned sixteen miles out, and the
culverts destroyed, requiring several
hours to repair the damage ana delaying
the overland trains four hours. Strikers
also laid out the Mendoza freight, which
had so much trouble getting out of here
last night. One car was derailed at San
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before the train proceeded.
The strikers made no demonstrations OF
any nature to-day. Six of the outgoing
passenger trains carried guards OF four
| teen men and an officer, while an escort
made up of two fiat cars loaded with
troops conveyed every train out dis
] tance of fifty miles. The first overland
for Ogden. due to leave at o'clock. did
not get away till IL, and was made UP of
seventeen cars including five Pullmans.
There were many vacant berths in the
sleepers. Passengers said they were
afraid to ride in Pullmans, fearing an at
tack on the train. During the day twelve
trains left Oakland Mole-two Central Pa
clfic trains, one each for Los Angeles and
Portland, and tie balance were locals for
Sacramento, San Ramon, Stockton, San
| Jose and elsewhere. One train arrived
from Portland, another from the south
and one came in on the central overland,
! but which was made up at Sacramento.
Not one of the central overlands tied up
at Ogden have yet arrived. Four are said
| to be at Truckee tonight. The railroad
officials promise that trains will be run
on schedule time tomorrow.
Another move will be made to start
| freights tomorrow. The strikers profess
to be much encouraged by the action of
the Sacramento trainmen in agreeing to
support the American Railway Union.
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able to move a single train from Sacra-
mento without them.
AT midnight leak was suddenly
sprung in the air pipes of an important
semaphore at West Oakland, and the
pressure was reduced from sixty-five
pounds to so low an ebb that the signals
would not work. The system is so inter-
locked that the ruse affected every signal
on the system. and delayed the last local
from the city an hour. The incident oc-
CURED in spite of the vigilance of the
police and military.
Fireman Gazzolo, who works on the
Berkeley train, was shot at by an un-
known person late tonight when the
train was passing secluded spot near the
Sixteenth street station. The man was
concealed behind pile of lumber, and
disappeared Immediately after the shoot
ing. The bullet narrowly missed Gaz-
zolo.
TRAINS COMING WEST.
RENO, July 15.-at $50 p. NJ. four trains
went west. Two arrived bound for the
east. They will probably stay over night
| Colonel Poland's detachment of United
States troops remained here. On the ar
rival of trains from the west the crowd
which had gathered began jeering at the
regulars, who charged and dispersed the
| crowd.
A pilot train, mail train and two pas
senger trains with eleven cars each. all
guarded by United States regulars, under
command of Colonel Poland, arrived
| here at 1:30 A. NJ. The pilot train is
equipped with everything necessary for
track repairs. 1t Immediately went for
ward to Truckee without any mishap
whatever. With the exception of the ar
rest of two men for threatening language
everything is quiet. The eastbound
overland which left Sacramento yester-
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now here will then move out.
STRIKERS APPLYING FOR WORK.
| ASHLAND (Or.), July I5.-An engine
under the escort of the Sheriff of Jackson
| County left here this morning for Horn
brook. just over the California line, and
returned this morning with work train
and forty men, who went out with the
strike. The run was made without Incl
dent. This is the first rolling stock to go
over this portion OF the Southern Pacitic
system in three weeks. Many strikers
have made application for their old jobs.
A TRAIN ARRIVES AT RED BLUFF.
RED BLUFF. July 15.-The Red Bluff
local, the first train in fourteen days. ar
rived this morning from the south, and
returned under guard of Sacramento
militia, commanded by Captain Hall.
There were number of passengers and
repairers aboard. The latter are at work
repairing cars crippled Dv strikers. The
strikers here have renounced allegiance
| 10 the American Railway Union and re-
ported for duty amid general rejoicing.
/ EVERYTHING QUIET AT SAN JOSE.
SAN JOSE, July 15.-Everything is
quiet here. Company G of the Naval
Reserve, which came down last week,
was sent home to-day. Company d of
the National Guard will probably go to
Oakland tomorrow. John Magnson, a
carpenter, has been arrested, charged
| with obstructing the mails. He is ac-
cused of assisting in forcibly taking the
fireman and engineer from the engine of
the Monterey express.
| A. r. U. MEN FIRM.
! TACOMA, July 15.-Assistant General
Superintendent Dickinson of the North
| ern Pacific returned tonight on No. 1,
| the first through train from the East, and
says the entire road will be open as usual
tomorrow. All passenger trains ran on
this division to-day, and solid tea train
from the Orient which has been side
| tracked two weeks was started for Chi
cago.
To-day there was stampede of old
employees in making applications to be
taken back to work under Manager Ken
drick's bulletin, the time expiring at
noon to-day. Many engineers, freight
| clerks, trainmen and fifteen firemen ap-
piled for their old positions, so officials
say tonight. They say now they have
enough men to fully man all trains, and
that u complete freight and passenger