The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-26


headquarters had no arms of any kind. A
password only was used.
You never saw any arms in Knox S
rooms?"
''No, sir, none at all. It's an open
room. with bed and bureau in it, and no
place that | could see to have arms.
should have seen them if any were
there"
Carroll Cook then offered in evidence
the check given by Worden to Manuel
Silva. The latter was placed on the stand
and identified it as the one he had given TO
the cashier of the Lodi Bank for collec-
tion.
"What do you intend to prove with
that?" asked Hart.
1--WE intend to show all the way through
the connection Of Knox with WordeD,"
returned the other. ana the court ad.
journed for dinner.
Frank Miller of the D. o. Mills bank In
Sacramento in the afternoon identified the
check given by Worden to Manuel Silva.
He said that the check had been presented
by the Lodi Bank, went to the Farmers
and Merchants Bank at Stockton. then to
the Peoples Savings Bank of Sacramento.
and then to the Mills Bank. II had been
paid. he said.
Have you paid any other checks be-
sides this one?" asked Carroll Cook.
That is the only one" The witness
said that he remembered having seen an
other similar check drawn to James Gra-
ham and signed by Ii. A. Knox,
How did you come 10 pay that check ?''
asked Gaddis for the defense.
1--WE paid it out of our money" re-
sponded the witness.
How did it come to be known that you
had that check ?"
81 told Judge Armstrong"
fare you in the hal bit of telling Judge
Armstrong about your customers ?'
mo. We did this as good citizens"
Are you member of the Citizens Pro-
tective Association %
Yes. sir; am" The witness told of
the makeup of the Protective Association
and said there might be six or eight cor
porations represented in it.
"Do you know whether Mayor Steinman
has stock in the. Southern Pacific Com
pany?"
"From his own testimony he has"
Have you stock in the D. o. Mills
bank?"
Il have. sir. some"
as Fred Cox a member of the associa-
ton ?"
"He is. He is the president of the Cali
fornia State Bank"
isn't II. l. Smith a stockholder in the
California State Bank?"
Il do not know. He may be. He is a
stakeholder in the Sperry Mills"
''Vau VOORHEES,, is he stakeholder in
any bank %
Il don't know"
Has Katzenstein stock in any corpora
ton p"
II believe he has in the Orange Vale
Land Company"
"Why don't you tell who ara the leaders
of the association ?' said Alvin Bruner to
Hart.
They have never been kind enough to
let the people of Sacramento know who
they are retorted Hart. I'VE believe
the Citizens Protective Association was
gotten up in the interest of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. We want to
show that corporations have combined
against labor in this matter. There never
was any violence 10 Sacramento and no
armed men until the soldiers came"
History proves otherwise. There is
the Presidents proclamation" said Car
roll Cook.
Il am always willing to obey the Presi-
dents proclamation" replied Hart, "but
in this case it was drawn from him by
misrepresentation of facts There never
was any need of soldiers in Sacramento.
any more than there is here. Here in
Woodland we have soldiers marching up
and down the streets because this trial is
going on. l say it is an insult to Yolo
County"
A hotel man of Gait. by name James
Graham, explained about the other check
referred to by Frank Miller. Worden ap-
peared there on the evening of July
with another man and a boy. He had run
short of cash, and asked Graham TO cash
check to which he proposed to sign H. A.
Knox's name. Graham objected to that
and drew draft on the A. R. L. fund,
which Worden signed. 1t was rejected by
the cashier OF the d. o. Mills bank, who
said there was no such fund. Graham
went 10 the headquarters 10 Sacramento
on July 10. but found so much excitement
that he did not mention the draft. Men
armed were walking in and out of the
headquarters. Later on Knox was pointed
out to him, and on mentioning to him that
he had a draft Knox put his hand into
his pocket and gave him SIS. telling him
that if WOrden got around that way again
to accommodate him again.
''What name did Worden register under
at the hotel?"
Logan. The two men signed them
selves John and George Logan"
How did he sign the draft?"
He signed Worden and under it Doe"
Under crOss-examination Graham stated
that no one had ever taken copy of the
draft and that Frank Miller bad never
seen it. Dillman, the cashier, had seen it.
Graham paid it out to Nike Crunin, who
telephoned the bank. DillmaD, the cashier.
walked down to see the draft and declared
there was no money to that account.
Questioned closely about the armed men
he had seen at the A. r. U. headquarters,
witness admitted that he bad not seen men
with A. r. .. badges carrying guns into
the headquarters.
Il. j. Small, superintendent of motive
power and machinery Of the Southern Pa
cific system, said he knew Knox, Worden
and Mullen. He was asked by Cookkwhat
was the commencement of the strike.
II WAS told the employees refused to
handle Pullman cars. The first thing was
the refusal of the car-cleaners to clean the
cars. Then the boys refused to pull the