Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-13


in session at Chicago, yesterday. tele-
graphed President Cleveland to come
to Chicago, and confer with them to
"end the present industrial crisis,
or to deputize some one to act for
him. The President already has a
representative at Chicago in the per
son of Gen. Miles, but the "Federa-
ton" seems to have lost sight OF that
fact.
Concerning the situation with Pull
man, q prominent state militia officer
said yesterday:
at is all very we'll to say that the
backbone Of the strike is broken. 1t
is broken because the soldiers are
here. No one knows better than we
do that if this battalion were to leave
Pullman, bowling, yelling mob would
rush on the town inside Of ten hours
and l would not give twenty-five
cents for what would be left of all
these big buildings. Things are quiet
but it is suppressed quiet"
IN OUR OWN STATE.
The local train to Seattle, leaving
Tacoma Sunday afternoon. was fired
at by ambushed men while crossing
the Puysllup reservation, five miles
from Tacoma. The men who fired
were lying in the grass ON both sides
OF the track. They are supposed to
have been strikers. They fired about
20 shots, which were returned by the
deputy marshals on board. The bull
lets flew around the engineers head
and about the passenger coach. No
one was hurt. Superintendent Nc
Cabe was notified by wire as soon as
the train reached Puyallup. Thirty
deputies were put aboard the Seattle
train, due to leave At 80, 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 s p. m. no further shooting was re-
ported.
Companies A, B, ID and E, Four
tenth infantry, U. $. A., arrived at
Tacoma from Vancouver at ii a. m.
Sunday under command Of Colonel
Thomas NJ. Anderson. The news
quickly spread, and soon a crowd of
several hundred strikers gathered at
the depot. Their faces were dark, and
little was said and no threats made.
The troops pitched their camp at the
depot, which fairly bristles with arms
at night. Besides the 2OS regulars $50
deputy msrshals and dozen special
police were on duty during the day.
Beginning Sunday evening. seven or
eight regulars went out OH every train
leaving Tacoma, returning with the
train. Colonel Anderson expects to
be there month, and expects more
troops will be sent from Vancouver.
Local trains on that division are all
running. A freight train started west
from Ellensburgh to-day. Monday a
freight was sent east and another to
Portland.
A Spokane dispatch Of the Sth says
that the delayed train OH the North
ern Pacific which left on the 7,h re-
turned at & O'Clock the next morning
with four companies of the Fourth in
fantry from Fort Sherman. One Sec
ton went east, to Hope, on Sunday,
and the other went at o'clock the
next morning with the remaining
companies.
1t was reported that the train which
was to arrive on that date with the
National Guard from the encampment
ut Olympia, was 70 start back immedi-
ately with the prisoners arrested there
for participating in the riots at the
Northern Pacific depot.
Two hundred out of 234 shingle
mills in Western Washington have
shut down or will Immediately on &C.
count of their inability to get cars.
Thirty mills or so on the Great North
ern's line continue running, having
received "a cars out of the 200 asked
for. Shingle dealers are receiving an
unusual number of orders for this
time of the year, but must postpone
all shipments.
Battery b, of the Fifth artillery,
under the command of Lieutenant
Mcclellan, has been transferred from
Fort Candy to Portland. The battery
will be joined at Portland by men
from Vancouver, and will be distrib-
uted at various points along the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad in &C
cordance with the orders received.
Troops A and B, of the Fifth artil-
lery, Captains Smith and Wilder. left
Fort Walla Walla at IL O'Clock on the
9Th for Spokane, with 20 days rstions
and equipped for field service. They
went by rail to Wallula, marched from
there to Pasco, distance of 10 miles,
and there took the Northern Pacific
train to Spokane.
Company F, Fourteenth infantry,
u. S. A., Captain Murphy command
ing, left Port Townsend on the 9Th for
Tacoma to do military duty on the
Northern Pacific.
The north-bound train from Port
land, No. 9 was wrecked at the
Twenty.frst, crossing, Tacoma, on
Monday night. Almost by a miracle
the Y passengers and the train crew
escaped without serious injury. Some
one possessing switch key is respon-
sible for the crime. The switch was
turned shortly before the arrival of the
train, and the engine plunged over an
embankment and was smashed beyond
recognition. Engineer Spalt and
Fireman Jensen went down in the
wreck, but came out with but few
scratches.
A patrol of soldiers was placed on
the track Immediately after the acct
dent and guard OF deputy marshals
stationed about the scene. A wreck
ing train was put to work at once.
The cars not damaged were detached
and brought into the depot on the
main double track not encountered
with wreakage. Mail and baggage Was
transferred to another car and the
train started out at 9 o'clock a. IN. for
the east heavily guarded.
The engine, Superintendent McCabe
thinks, the damage can be repaired at
q cost of 81 800 or 81 400.
A dispatch of the 9th states that a