The morning call., 1894-07-07


! secretary is as follows:
PASADENA, July 6.
Hon. T. ~ EJy: Yours OF this morning re-
celved. You may say TO Mr.. Knox that would
be very glad TO 90 TO Sacra mento provided
| can go there without placing myself under
official obligation TO any person. class or faction.
| When | reach there l must be left entirely free
/ TO act as my intelligence and best judgment
| shall dictate. Ii. II. MARKHAM, Governor.
| The troops are still at the armory. They
! will remain in possession OF 1t until United
| States Marshal Baldwin gives the order to
| move. General Sheehan has command OF
the entire militia, both at the armory and
at the Capitol camp, although General
! Dickinson has immediate command over
| his regiments at the Capitol. Arrange
ments have been m ade whereby communi-
cation between Marshal Baldwin and Gem
! eral Sheehan can be quickly transmitted
! at any hour of the day or night. Since the
general and his staff and the local regl-
ment and Stockton companies sleep at the
armory as we'll as pass the day there they
! can be called on without trouble.
General Sheehan states that there will
! be no addition to the military force now
! here, as he considers it entirely adequate.
! ]
| smoothly since the men have been put
under military rule. The general is OF the
! opinion that none of the disgraceful scenes
witnessed on the afternoon and evening of
! the Fourth on the part OF some OF the
militia would have occurred had the men
| been ordered into camp as soon as the
| depot incident was over.
Marshal Baldwin at o'c lock this after
| noon gave out the following statement in
| defense of his action at the depot last
| Wednesday:
/ "The circumstances attending the orders
given by me for clearing the Southern Pa
| ciic depot grounds by the military on
| Wednesday last, the 4th inst, are as fol-
| lows: The men reached the scene of
| trouble shortly after noon, and Major
! General Dimond, commanding the force,
elected to continue IN command instead of
turning the command over TO me as the
civil officer making the requisitIoD, either
! of which course he had the right to follow.
| Immediately after be had given instruc
| tions to clear the grounds he was con-
| stantly in receipt Of informant from his
| officers that the troops were finding it inn
| possible to carry out the order at the point
of the bayonet and without the use of
| lead. The commanding officer thereupon
gave instructions to fire; but Brigadier-
| General Sheehan in command raised the
question that General DimOnd did not
| have authority to issue such an order on
| the ground that it was the United States
! MarshaPs duty to do So This order to
| fire was consequently not delivered to the
! troops.
"At this point General Dimond deter
mined to deliver over the command to me.
which he Immediately did, and forthwith
| gave the following order:
Send a sufficient detail to hold the
! Yulo bridge and the American river
| bridge, one company to each. After that
protect all property in the Southern Pa
| ciic yards and drive the crowds there
| FROM
! "And, acting on the information from
| General Dimond. which he derived from
different officers, that owing to the temper
and determination of the crowds opposed
to the troops the foregoing orders could
/ not be carried out without firing. | gave
to the maior-general for himself and to
the commanding officers on the Sacra-
mento and American river bridges orders
to fire if necessary to clear the grounds
and bridges, the firing, however. not to
commence until the commanding officers
at the different points gave notice OF their
intention so to do in order to enable women
and children and peaceaby disposed per-
| sons to depart. l further directed that be-
| fore such order should be given to the
| troops l would address the crowd and
warn them myself Of the extreme meas
| 7 fn lish tn
! object.
II Immediately went out and addressed
! the crowd. commanding them TO disperse
and warning them of the consequences
that would inevitably follow their refusal
20 do so. [ suggested that they take until
5 o'clock that afternoon for deliberstion
and while l was thus speaking | was in
formed By the commanding officer through
| Colonel Sullivan and Major Hammond
| that the troops were in no condition to
| Immediately assume offensive operations
that some Of the companies had deserted
and that the physical condition of the
others was such that they could accom-
pIsh nothing.
"a truce until P. NJ was then agreed
on. and all orders for offensive operations,
including firing, were Immediately coun-
| termauded by myself on the assurance that
no violence TO person or property would
be done Dy them meanwhile. This was at
2:10 P. NJ. The order to fire was never
delivered to the troops.
During the existence of this truce, how
eyer, I was officially Informed by Major
General DimOnd that the troops under his
command were not to be depended on to
obey an order to fire on the crowd. Later
that evening | was informed officially thai
all the men could be relied upon for any
defensive measure, including the preser.
vation of life and properly, except those
who had deserted from the ranks during
the earlier part of the day; but that ma
jority Of the men were in full sympathy
with the strikers and could not be de-
pended upon to carry out orders fol
offensive operations.
Before closing desire TO state fur thaI
that. after the command had devolved
upon me, General Sheehan, having pre-
viously reported that the grounds could
not be cleared without firing, and as he de.
manded that if such extreme measures
were to be resorted to the order to fire
be given in writing by me, as the law re-
quired, as he would not give such an order
Of his own volition on account of the
peaceable character of the crowd, he wa:
ordered by General Dimond, pursuant II
my order. to take two OF his companie;
and Calling gun to guard the bridges
General Sheehan Immediately thereupou
left the headquarters 10 execute such order