Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-07-14
KILLED IN A WRECK.
MiLlTiAMgN co THROUGH A
TREsrLE IN CALIFORNIA.
Thsy Wore Guarding u Train when the
Accident Happened-The strikers Ac-
cused OF the work-situation Critical
In Northorn California.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, July la.-For
over twcnty-four hours United States
regulars have been on the field In
Northern California, but the railroad
blockade has not been broken. In
fact, the situation is deemed more
serious than It has b,cn It any time
heretofore. Human life has been
sacrificed At sacramento. In horror
wherein n train plunged through u
trestle, the underpinning of which
had been sawed out The killed und
injured are:
Dead-Samuel II. l.. Clark, Private
Byrne, Private Lubbcrding. Private
Clark.
Wounded-Private Daimler, in.
jured about head; Private Wilson, left
leg seriously laceratcd; Private Du.
gan, left arm cut off; Private Ellis,
internally injured.
All of the victims hut one were
soldiers AS result the feelings OF
the strikers and the soldiers in the
field have been wrought upon until
the men composing tn cuntcnding
forces are not TN V ~ determined us
before but ugly and dcsp rate.
Twice during The day were the
troops ambushcd. The first attack
from under cover was early in the
morning. At q o'clock Colonel Graham
landed ut Sacramento with u force Of
over 600 regulars. No effort was
made to resist their progress. The
troops marched direct To the Southern
Pacific depot and took possession of
the buildings and railroad yards.
A few hundred people gathered
at the depot. but dispersed
when ordered TO do ST. At
the wharvcs u detachment Of state
militia had been left to guard
the water front. The regular troops
were no sooner out of sight than thus
little band Of militiam n was fired
upon with rifles bv II force of some
twenty-five men. who wert concealed
in the bushes ON the opp"sitc side Of
the river The militiamer returned
the fire and abort 200 sho's were ex-
changed before the attacking party
fled. A Japanese boy who stood on
the river bank was killed by II bullet
from the militia band. None OF tho
attacking party wcr, apprchcnlcd.
After this sliirmish il was hoped hos.
tilities had ended. Under cover of the
United States troops the railroad oil.
Gals went into ths yards an resumed
work unmolest,, The tracks were
cleared and trains were made up. At
noon train was dispatched for Oak
land under strong militia guard.
The train consisted Of nine cars, five
of them Pullmans. When the first
trestle west of Sacramento was
reached the structure gave way and
the engine plunged down into the
stream below. The wreck was caused
by rail having been talk N up. spikes
pulled, fish plates removed and then
the rail put back again in place. The
locomotive went over bottom up and
landed in six feet of water. The
next two ears pilel on top. On the
engine were six privatcs and the en-
gineer, and they were buried in tn,
wreck. Those OF Ia, men who were
not instantly killed were weighted
down with their heavy announcements
and sank into the muddy water En-
gineer Clark was pinned under the
engine and his body has not been re-
covered. The trcstle was about eighty
feet long and was completely
shattered. Fully onc-half Of the fill
ing was torn out. The engine Is
buried in the mud and water with the
four forward cars. Another car Is
hanging over the edge Of the cmbank-
mcnt. They were all mail car, and
none OF the pullmans wcrs injured.
The disaster ut the bridge caused the
railroad company to cease its efforts
TO move tram, out of sacramento.
Until the wreckers now ut work shall
have repaired the damage don, to tbs
trestle no trains can be run over that
line