The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-18

rushed out from the rear of the sheds and
the men who had been sitting started TO
run, and one, who was Stewart, ran in the
rear of the rest. Immediately the soldiers
began TO fire. They poured from sight 10
ten shots at Stewart, according to the story
of Schnell. Stewart fell to the pavement
and witness saw the soldiers fire at least
i've shots at him while he lay prOstrate.
About sixteen shots we're fred in all. There
were only three men sitting on the shed
when the soldiers dispersed them. At the
second firing no one but Stewart was in
range ard the soldiers must certainly have
nred at him. Schnell says there was a lit
Tie stout man with an iroD-gray mustache
present at the time Stewart was shot.
lbls WAS an officer and in Schnell's opinion
he was In command OF the soldiers. This
feature OF the testimony evidently had
considerable interest for the jurors and
auditors, for tie description corresponds
to the appearance which Captain Roberts,
commanding officer That morning, presents.
The witness stated emphatically that no
stone was thrown nor shot fired before the
regulars opened fire. Stewart had not run
more than thirty feet when he fell under
first fire.
Marshal Barry Baldwin was next called.
He testified that OIL hearing shots he i'm
mediately hurried from his headquarters
near by to the scene of the shooting. The
injured man was then lying on a fiatcar,
but was soon afterward taken to the hos
pital. Baldwin tried to disperse the crowd
at Second and j streets. Baldwin said he
knew nothing of nor had anything to do
with the presence of the military in that
locality. He knew nothing of any so-called
deadline.
The next witness was Captain d. +.
Roberts, Fifth United States Artillery,
comm anding Battery L. His testimony
was to the effect that he was ordered to
take detachment to guard the engine
over the bridge into 7 olo County. He was
warned by Colonel Graham that he might
have trouble. If jeered at or interfered
with he was ordered TO arrest the parties
who did the interfering. II stoned or fired
at be was 10 return The stoning
or firing. He put his men on fatcars
before and in the rear of the engine. He
was in command of the troops in front of
the engine, and Lieutenant Skerritt had
charge in the roar. When the engine
reached the foot OF K street and the
freightsEeds party of men were seen.
One of these began cursing and raised his
hand with seemingly some missile in it.
Roberts ordered the engine to be stopped
and directed some of his men to arrest the
man who was making the offensive demon
strations. Immediately Roberts antici-
pated trouble fro m the general aspect of
things. Before Roberts himself had ar
rived from the riverside of the shed TO the
other side, where he could view operations,
firing had begun. He saw crowds ap-
preaching his detachment and formed his
men to resist attack. Roberts had seen
one man fall and another stasger, and
lmm mediately had the man most seriously
wounded taken away. Captain Roberts
stated that he heard no shots from any
point but that where his men we're located.
He remembered having heard only about
four or five shots. He gave no command
to fire and did not know who did give it.
Lieutenant Skerrltt of Battery L, Fifth
Artillery, corroborated Captain Roberts
statement. He heard the word "scab"
used. and saw one of the strikers in the
act of throwing a stone at the soldiers.
Fearing that new attack was to be made
by the strikers, he issued instructions to
MS lDOu W nlO IL bCOCoSol9s 1hO WltDO6o
heard several shots fired, but did not see
Stewart fall Oneof his men subsequently
Informed him tnat he had been struck by a
missile in the hands of the strikers.
Corporal Finn of the same company gave
similar testimony. He did not see the
strikers fire on the soldiers. Several of
the soldiers. however. were struck by
missiles thrown by the strikers. He did
not know who bad ordered the soldiers to
fire on the mob.
James Duffy, labOrer, was the next
witness. He was standing ON Front street
when the soldiers charged on the mob.
He was in the act of waving his Eat, when
he was promptly arrested and locked up
in the guardhouse. The witness was posi-
tive that the soldiers were not attacked by
the strikers.
1t being nearly midnight recess was
here taken until half past O'Clock to-
morrow evening.
The inquest on the bodies of Engineer
Clark and Privates Dugan, Luberdeen and
Clarke. who were killed by the wrecking
of the Eastern overland train last Wednes-
day afternoon, was concluded this even
ing. After two hours deliberation the
jury returned a verdict finding that the
men ''came to their death by a railroad