The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-18

Lrc0ps OF cavalry. The passage 0f these
ocd-.eoSins proceSSlons through the
streets Of Oakland afforded about the onlv
excitement at that point to-day. oas
man. supposed 10 lie a striker. in whose
possession several sticks 81 dynamite vera
t9i.aa, Has arrested near the railroads by
soldiers and taken 10 the city prison. The
s.Fa~ers Instituted a1neas corpus proceed
tnEs TODAY - recover Edward Jast, one os
their leaders, Who > lockei up in a hox
car en- the Mole and guarded by soldiers.
@osts disguised as a sailor. was arrested
last nlshL TIE soldiers foand him croueh-
Ing under Pullman ia the railroad yards.
lhe ral5road colnnanys paw car bearing
over Sl94 COO. PASSED down Oakland Mole
today and through the CITY. disharsing
wages FOR May and June. The strikers
Who came 10 the car were told to decide
whether they would return - work or not.
Ii they elected ta return their May wages
were paid them; If they refused, every
dollar that the company owed them was
handed onL The nav car will proceed bv
easy sfagcs into the san Joaquin valley
along ail the branches. thence to Los An
reles, 10 Yuma and eastward as Tar rs I'll
Paso.
sNcRAaTNro. July 1.-THE mediation
COMMITTEES of the strikers he'd shor. con-
ference with General superintendent Fill
more at o'clock this evening. The salua-
! tiono was thoroughly discussed. but no
agreement was reached. Fillmore was
willing 70 reinstate ali the men who qait
work. with the exception OF those who are
now under arrest for ditehing the Eastern
overland train last Wednesday. When
asked II the company Was willing to run
4 -
phatIeally answered in the negative. The
committee then withdrew, after annoane-
ing that the strikers we're determined TO
stand by their original proposition not 10
haul the Pullman sleepers. The mediation
cQJnmittee sent the following to GOV.
Markham and Barry Baldwin,
I'VE. the mediation committee of the
American Railway Union. respectfully
write toyau IN behalf OF the peopie Of the
state OF California, aud especially of the
iruit growers, merchants aud Others who
are suffering from the present ssagnation
OF business, owing to the strike that il now
pending, and for our people of the city OF
Sacramento. especially our women aud
children, who are and have been for
the past ten DAYS Ia constant dread OF ap.
pearing upon eur streets Tor fear Of meet
ing the bullets Of the soldiers nov stationed
here 10 Protect the property OF the South
CEAG HNitG company brought ABOUT hY
the desire OF the Southern Pacific Com
pany TO move Pullman cars, Tespect-
fully offer you the services OF from 2, 500
so 600 members Of the American Railway
Un'on as United States deputy marshals,
and we agree that We Will protect all seats
that the southern Pecihc may succeed
IN securing oto move their trains. Me
agree gtoss do this without any cost
to- the state Of California, except
such food as may be necessary for
us when taken from our homes in the pro-
lection of the property OF the Southern
Pacific company and that of the scabs
I Herein mentioned. This offer Is made to
you, conditioned upon the proposition
that we, as United States marshals aud
members OF the American Railway Union,
shall not in any instance be called 10 assist
the Southern Pacific ia any way whatever
IN the movement OF their trains except as
20 the protection Of railroad property
and men. We are solely 10 be used 60 pro-
tect what scabs they may employ. This
offer il made 10 you In good faith. aud it
Il done ln the interests OF the farmers aud
merchants of the Pacific coast, 30 that
they may be able to move their fruit,
products and merchandise. providing tho
Southern Pacific company eau fnd the
men 20 man their trains"
Los Angeles, July fT.-Ail trains. on
both the Santa Fe aud Southern Pacific,
are running regularly in Southern Califor-
MIA, and the public is nov suffering no in
convenience whatever. Ninety per cent.
of the old engineers and CD per cent. of the
tranmen have returned 10 work, the rail-
road officials claim; and with tho exeep-
tion of unskilled use of fuel by green ire
men the railroads have no complaint 10
make. 1t Is probable that the shops will
again be in active operation in day or
tN0,
WoonLANp. Cal, July Il. The sxamina-
tion of Knox and Worden will not come
up before / p. IN. tomorrow. Intense ex-
citefnent prevails over the outcome of to-
morrow IS proceedings. Crowds OF strangers
are upon the streets tonight, the major
ity being strikers Of Sacramento and their
sympathizers. A rnmor that iifty strikers
were marching from Sacramento here was
current today, but could not be substantl-
ated. Sky members Of Company r, y. q.
c., OF this city, were called out to intercept
them.