Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-12
TELEGRAPHIC.
ENTRAPPED AND KILLED,
m, DNchIng Of a Tain Between
Sacramento and DiYIsTlll'.
-,,..t.,, % the Anair whereby
ronr Lives were lost ""i Sew
.r.i Psr,ons Injursd.

A, the list OF the men VINO were klileu
a.. An. defallmeul OF the train two
mile, and a half bplow this city this
afternoon.
Ths wounded ar: Private DAumler,
toured about the head; PrivSte VIII
,on. lsit leg seriously laceratedj Prl-
All. Dugan, lett arm cut of; Private
Ed,, internally Injured.
II i believed that Daimler cannot
survive bis wounds.
shortly after Q O'Clock this morning
IN. steamers Alameda and Acme,
carving the regular troops, steamed up
tb, liver ami landed NJ tho Levee.
rbsy were met by several comp anles
,tmllltla, who bad been ordered TO
h,sptn crowd back, fearing an al
tex By the strikers and their sympa-
IA was after o'clock when tho rsgu.
t.fsatd marines marched 10 the depot
headed uy Colonel Graham aud stan.
There was rush OF spectators to the
depot, hut they were quickly dispersed.
The strikers had abandoned the situa-
lion, ana wero nowhere TO DO seen,
seniries were Mt once detailed to keep
the crowd at safe distance, and the
gaiIiug guns were placed ia position.
shortly after 0 O'Clock General Super
intenlent Fillmore had n Conference
with Colonel Graham, and, When n
was concluded, tho latter ordered his
Ulcers to drive every one out OF tue
depot, includlng newspaper reporters.
THE TRAIN STARTS,
Division Super ntondsnt Wright,
vita the aid OF u switch engine, then
cIrafoi the maiu track, aod ordere
we're issued 10 take the eastern over.
laBj, which has been delayed here
ii CO the Inauguration Of this strike, TO
sau Francisco.
samusl Clarke, one OF the oldest
engineers Ia the employ Of the com
pany, took charge OF the englne.
Acting under Instructions from
10 Gael Graham, soldiers belonging to
Battery l.. Filth United States artil.
lefy, accompanied tho train. AZ the
tram pulled oft Of the depot there was
q cullen silence among the strikers, who
were evidently not In a happy mood,
broken by frequent hints that the train
would not reach San Francisco. Such
proved TO be tbs truth.
The strikers had unspiked the rails
fora distance OF about 100 feet and
covered their dast,rdly work with
sand. Engineer Clarke, notwiihstand.
iug that he was on the alert for such
cowatily tac,cs, plunged into the
trap.
The engine was overturned and SOW
plugged through The treatlo without
warning, and none OF the men had
time 10 lump anu save them, Olives.
The trtsilc was about eighty feet long
anu was completely shattered. Fully
one.half OF tho piling was torn tut.
The engine IL buried In the mud anu
water, with the four forward cars.
Another car IL hanging over the edge
Of the embAnkment. They were all
mail cars, ami none or tho Pullmans
were Injured.
The regulars are In an ugly mood on
account of the death anu injury 10
their comrades, and heem anxious for
Aaklrmish with the strikers.
Harry Kuox the leader Of the alTik.
or, has Issued the followingi
II desire TO state In behalf Of the
American Railway Union, that this
order has not the remoteHt connection
with the dilohing Of the train between
Sacramento and DAvlayllle this after
n0on, by which several people lost
their lives. We condemn this act as
outrageous and bArbatoua aud entirely
contrary % the spirit Of the American
Railway Union, which 10 Engaged In
an hOnoTA bic struggle In tho interslt Of
lab0r, aud 10 opposed to violence or the
tacniloe Of human life. IL this act
were done by sympathizers We regret
II the more, ms II 10 calculated t. iDJure
rather than help US. We sincerely
trust that this act Of violence will DO
tho last"
An examination OF the briiks re-
Vraied the fact that one Of the string
els had been cut oil aud small piece
Of wood substituted Ia such n way that
Il would TALL through as soon ns n neayy
weight passed over the rail.
Two men have bten arrested on
suspicion " having been concerned Ia
the wreck.
General Superinten dent Fillmore, OF
the Southern Pacific, was sitting In
tho division superintendenps Ofiice
when the news " the wreck arrived.
lie had been Ia high feather over tho
iailroaJS victory In breaking, es no
thought, the great blockade,
They have osen telling me to look
out Tor dynamite and other damage"
he taid, "but tell you we will run
lhvse tralns, dynamite or no dynA-
mlle." The words were scarcely out
OF Ills mouth when q telephone met
tage was received announcing that the
lfiln had bren ditohed.
Col Graham came la and when In.
ioimud VI what had happened, look ed
savage. He Iightvned his belt, pulled
ON Ills DIX gauntlels, aud sAid; swell,
tuls Ia what they are uoiIE, why Pm
going 10 stsrt M killing. That's ali
W fe n about tliat.D
wTeckiDg Train with army sur.
teohs uh bUatd was hurried 70 the
scene, but there WAS little that thty
e1ulu 10. They brought the wounded
luu military hospital established In
lhe waiting room VI the depot aud re-
placed tue rough HELD bandages with
mtfe tl'tOraIe dressing. Tue dis.
Nehing VI tue cavalry TO the scene TO
h1l, II possible, the guilty parties,
wloWeu hud la short time these
soldiers were back with four prisoners.
Tue strikers loci that theueAth Of cu-
HAeer CLARK has helped their cause IN
mASlug both engineers anu oOnductOfs
afalu 10 10 out untli peace shall nave
uten restored. Many OF tue engln eers
huo held themreivyE Ia readiness to
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