The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-12
WAR ON IN CALIFORNIA.
Five Men Lose Their Lives on a Train
Wrecked by Strikers.

wrecked Dy Str1kerS.
Sacramento, Cal, July IA number
of strikers who were ambushed on the
Yolo county side of the river, fired into
the militia here to-day, after the regulars
had gone to the depot. The militia re-
sponded and over 200 shots were ex-
changed. One striker was wounded
A train bound for San Francisco was
wrecked near here this afternoon Regu-
lar troops were stationed on the engine
and upon each car The engine
and four cars went down There was no
shooting at the train, as first reported.
The killed are: Engineer Clarke and Pri-
Yates Burns Lubbarden and Clarke.
Private Dugan lost both arms, and is
likely to die. All belonged to Battery l.,
Fifth artillery. Private Clarke was
drowned. The others were crushed in
the wreck. Another private named
Smith, was missing. The disaster oc-
CURED only short distance from Sacra-
mento. Two companies of cavalry thor
oughly skirmished the vicinity afterward,
but made no captures and met with no re
sistance. The train was brought back to
Sacramento.
The federal troops now here number
$50 men.
CAUSE OF THE WRECK.
Sacramento, July II, IL p. m.-The dis
aster was caused by the removal of the
spikes from the rails for 100 feet.
The miscreants had covered up
their work with sand. While
the train was being made up
several strikers in the crowd around
the yard were loud in their
predictions that the train would never
reach Oakland, and as it moved toward
the bridge il was greeted with shouts,
yells and curses. The scene of the wreck
is only two miles from Sacramento, on
the YOlo side of the river. The soldiers
are savagely bitter over the outrage, and if
they are called upon to meet the strikers
in conflict there will be none of the
patient endurance of abuse that has char
acterized their conduct elsewhere in deal
ing with violent mobs. Two strikers
have been captured who are suspected of
knowing all about the loosened rails The
strike leaders are busy repudiating the
act, which they say was not the
work of the strikers, and they recount
all the precautions they have taken to
prevent violence. Soldiers tonight are
raiding various sections of ,the city in
hunt tor strikers with arms. They have
found many guns and other weapons, and
what is more of disappointment than
anything else to them is that they have
not been resisted.
ovERAwED AT OAKLAND.
Oakland, Cal, July 11.-News reached
the strikers headquarters about 10
o'clock tins morning that some smoke had
been seen issuing from the funnel of mar
row gauge engine, and that it was the in
tention of the railroad company to send
the train out Strikers left in
haste for the scene, where they found the
grounds in possession of the sheriff's
deputies and a large squad of policemen.
I'VE want TO kill that engine" said the
leader. The chief of police thereupon
cautioned the strikers as follows: 81 am
here TO protect this property You will
advance at your risk. AS long as
l can stand l will protect this
property. You had better retire
peaceably and cause no trouble
The strikers were completely overawed by
the number of officers and the deter
mined words of the chef and retreated
without further parley. The receipt of
the news from Sacramento of the derail-
ing of the overland train caused the rail-
road people to decide not to send out
trains.