The record-union., 1894-07-09
IN THE NORTH.
A Train From Tacoma to Seattle
Fired AT.


Fired AT.
TACOMA, July S.-The local train to
Seattle. leaving at $50 P. NJ, was fired at
by ambushed men while crossing the
Puyallup Reservation, three miles from
the city. The men who shot were lying
in the grass on both sides of the track.
They are supposed to have been strikers.
They fired about twenty shots, which
were returned by the Deputy Marshals
on board. The bullets flew around the
engineers head and about the passen-
ger coach. No one was hurt. Superin-
tendent McCabe was notified by wire as
soon as the train reached Puyallup.
Thirty deputies were put aboard the
Seattle train. due to leave at 4:30, which
was dispatched at once. The conductor
was instructed to stop the train if any
shooting occurred, so the deputies could
charge the bushwhackers. Up to P. NJ.
no further shooting has been reported.
Companies a, b, ID and E, Fourteenth
Infantry, U. s. A., arrived from Van
couver Barracks at III A. NJ, under COM
mand of Colonel Thomas A. Anderson.
The news quickly spread, and soon
crowd of several hundred strikers had
gathered at the depot. Their faces were
dark, but little was said and no threats
were made. The troops have pitched
their camp in the yards at the depot,
which bristles with arms tonight. Be-
sides the 20S regulars, l50 Deputy Marshals
and dozen policemen were on duty dur
ing the day. Beginning this evening,
seven or eight regulars will go out on
every train leaving Tacoma, returning
with the train. Colonel Anderson expects
to be here a month, and says that more
troops will be sent from Vancouver.
Local trains on this division are all
running. A freight started west from
Ellensburg to-day. Tomorrow freight
will be sent east and another to Portland.
Two hundred of the shingle mills in
Western Washington have shut down or
will Immediately on account of their in
ability to get cars. Thirty mills or so on
the Great Northern continue running,
having received thirty-four cars out of 200
asked for. Shingle dealers are receiving
an unusual number OF orders for this
time of year, but must postpone all ship
mentS.
Sergeant Sully and Private Kennedy of
Troop A, State Cavalry, of Sprague, de-
serted their command here this morning,
not appearing at rol-call. They belong
to a railroad organization at Sprague, and
objected to riding home on non-union
train. Major Ashton says they will be
court-martialed. They endeavored to stir
up mutiny yesterday by getting other
troopers to refuse to ride on non-union
trains.
Troops A, G and D, State Cavalry, left
early this evening on a special train of
two sections for their homes at Sprague,
Yakima and Spokane, respectively. A
guard of twenty-three men from Troop
b, Tacoma, accompanies the train to
bring it back. The train fairly bristled
as they pulled out of the yards, carbines
cleaning from the coach windows and
also from the cattle cars in which horses
are quartered. Cavalrymen say this is
the first time in years so large a squad
ron of cavalrymen has been massed to-
gether in the Northwest.
TROOPS MOVING.
PORT TowNsEND(W (Wash.) July S.-Com-
pany f, Fourteenth Infantry, United
states Army, Captain Murphy, left Port
Townsend tonight for Tacoma to do mil
itary duty on the Northern Pacific Rail-
way.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONDUCTORS.
PORTLAND, July S.-Mount Hood Di-
vision, No. Il, Order of Railway Con-
ductors, 10 strong, to-day unanimously
adopted the following resolution:
WHEREAS: In view of the present
strike of the American Railway Union,
we, as mem bers of the Order of Railway
Conductors, in meeting assembled
ResotUed. That we will strictly adhere
to our contracts entered into with the
Southern, Union and Northern Pacific
Railways, and stand ready at all times to
perform our duties as conductors.