The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-05

came 10 the man s rescue and n rough
and tumble fight followed, The depu.
ties interfered and succeeded in run
ming the strikers away from the tracks.
No one was seriously hurt, Fhe feel
ing among the strikers over the order
for troops to proceed to Blue Island is
chiefly one of indifference.
ICE FAMINE IN CHICAGO,
CHICAGO, July 3.-There is but one
days supply OF ice in Chicago. An
ice famine is iminent and is the most
serious immediate result of the tie up
of the railroads, more serious even
than the threatened famine in fruits,
vegetables, butter, eggs and similar
goods. Unless there is let-up tomor
row. night will find no ice for any pur>
pose in the city.
melting on the railroad tracks," said
day, simply because the railroads
cannot bring the cars into the city.
Every business that uses ice is threat
ened with total depravitation by to-
morrow night. There has been no
advance in price to the consumer, nor
will there be; it is simply a question
of getting the ice at all to deliver.
I'VE have been in the business here
over 40 years, been through fire,
storms, bank failures and panics, but
! never experienced such a tie.up as
this, affecting every man, woman and
child in the city, the sick in hospitals
and in their homes.
THE situation as regards vegetables,
fruits and other perishable provisions
is not so serious, though if the tie.up
continues long it will become So"
RIOTING AT SACRAMENTO.
SACRAMENTO, July 3.-Sacramento
was the scene of u violent dem0nstra-
tion on the part OF the strikers this
afternoon. The southern Pacific COM
pany attempted to break the block
ade here and send the west-bound
overland train to San Francisco.
Preparation had been made for this
attempt for day or two past, but the
effort resulted in complete failure.
AS soon as start was made q mob OF
5000 strikers, who had been removed
from the immediate vicinity of the
train previously, swept down upon
the train and dragged United States
Marshal Baldwin from the cab of the
engine. The strikers knocked him
down, and the deputies who tried to
interfere were pOwerless. Many In
the mob shouted: "Kill the marshall -
but the latter drew his revolver, and
deputies who had forced their way
through the crowd did the same. The
strikers were obliged to fall back and
the marshall finally escaped to the
railroad office. The attempt 70 move
the train had to be abandoned
for the time being.
The strikers cut the train in two and
they commenced to sidetrack the cars
and disable the engines in the yards.
Marshal Baldwin, realizing his utter
helplessness to core with the rioters,
sent dispath to Governor Markham OF
Pasadena, explaining the situation
and recommending that the National
guard be called for duty at Sacra-
mento at once. All day there has
been excitement in the vicinity of the
Southern Pacific yards. Early this
morning people began to assemble
there and long before there had been
any disturbance, thousands of people
were surging with the strikers
through the streets. There are 5000
strikers at this point, including the
! men who went out of the shops, and
nearly all of them were in the great
throng.
Before 10 o'clock this morning the
marshal ordered the crowd to leave
the yards. The strikers offered no
resistance and quietly withdrew. On
the street near by, Chairman Knox of
the mediation committee, addressed
the strikers. The powerful force
of officers, including SO deputy
marshals under United States
Marshal Baldwin, the entire city po-
lice force and the sheriff and sill his
yards. All the gates leading to the
railroad yards were closed and barred.
The ropes were stretched across the
entrances to the depot and deputies
put there to deny admittance to every
one. When these precautions had
been taken General uperintondent
Fillmore announced that train would
be made up and dispatched to San
| Francisco.
The division master mechanic fired
up q switch engine and moved slowly
up the yards. This was the signal for
threatening howl from the mob that
surged outside the fence. The
officials inside ran Pullman
down and proceeded to make
up train for San Francisco The
strikers began to threaten loudly that
the train should not leave the yards.
Finally when several coaches we're in
position on the main track another
locomotive that WAS to haul the train
to San Francisco appeared on the
scene. United States Marshal Bald
win was in the cab, as was the engi-
neer.
At this juncture an ominous shout
went up from the strikers and their
sy mpathizers and before any resist.
ance could be offered mob came up
and passed the guards stationed
around the depot. The rioters bore
down upon the train IN the
yards. The officers and guards
made little attempt at resistance. In
the tumult that followed, the police
and deputies were driven from their
positions, Marshal Baldwin dragged
from the cab, thrown upon the ground
and trampleG upon and the train
was cut AMI coaches scattered. With
a great effort BALDWIN repained his