The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-06
REINFoRCEMENTs ARRIVE.
Armed Strikers Come From Truckee
and Dunsmuir.

and Dulsmuir.
San Francisco, July 5.-The seventh
day Of the great railroad strike closes
with the blockade more complete in
northern California than it has been at
any time since Debs ordered the A. r.
U. men to tie up the Southern Pacific.
At Sacramento and Oakland, the en-
barge enforced by the strikers is alb
solute, not wheel being allowed to
turn, and at no other point in the state
is the Southern Pacific company doing
any business. Sacramento continues to
be the center of interest.
After the conflicts there on Tuesday
between the strikers and strong forces
under the United States marshal and
the chief Of police, and on Wednesday
between the strikers and the state
militia, it was feared there would be
serious outbreak there today. The con-
fiict that seems to be unavoidable has
been delayed, however, for at least an
other day.
Early this morning, the strikers were
reinforced by $50 men from Truckee
who came into Sacramento on spe-
cial train. Soon afterwards a train
from Dunsmuir, bearing over one hun
dred heavily armed strikers, was
cheered into the yards by the hundreds
of strikers there. These men have
CIGdleQ ITO however. IneY
quietly joined the local strikers, and
as quietly expressed their determine
ton to aid the Sacramento men in pre-
venting the railroad company from
breaking the blockade under cover of
the militia. No attempt to oring out
the militia was made, and tonight the
determined A. r. U. men are still in
possession of the Sacramento depot.
Dimond Chagrined.
General Dimond, chagrined at the ac-
ton of his troops yesterday in refusing
to move upon the strikers, this morning
left Sacramento and returned to San
Francisco. Before doing so, however,
he sent two companies from Stockton
home in disgrace, and issued an order
depriving the Sacramento companies Of
their arms and uniforms.
During the day the strikers estab-
lished headquarters in the vicinity Of
the railroad yards and settled down for
a long siege. 1t is now believed the
railroad will make no further move at
Sacramento until federal troops can be
had there.
AT Oakland the strikers are in abso-
lutte control There, too, the state
militia proved of no avail, for the SYM
pathy of the militiamen is with the
strikers. Companies from Petaluma,
San Rafael and Santa Rosa had been
ordered to Oakland, but they were sent
home without being ordered against the
strikers.
This morning the company fired up
two switch engines on the Oakland
mole. No sooner had this been done
than a mob of 200 strikers bore down
upon the yards, pushed past the unre-
sisting deputy sheriffs and captured the
locomotives. They ran the engines on to
switches, blew off the steam and raked
out the fires and let out the water.
The railroad officials made no further
attempt to turn a wheel.
While this riot was in progress on
the Oakland mole, thousands of people
who live ON the Oakland side of the bay
and do business in San Francisco,
stood on the shores waiting for trans
portation. All the regular ferry boats
had been stopped, and to make the
blockade more complete, three big ferry
boats that were temporarily running
up Oakland creek grounded at low tide
and stuck fast in the creek. From be-
fore o'clock until after 10 o'clock
there was no communication. The first
Oaklanders to reach San Francisco ar
rived at 1890.
Traffic on the coast division running
out of San Francisco is also INSTRUCTED.
AT San Jose a large force of strikers
stopped the passing of trains by throw
ing themselves on the track.
Many interior towns are already run
ming short of supplies and are complain
ing bitterly.
| Fireman Wing, who was accidentally
shot by a militiaman at Sacramento
yesterday, died today.
Not Confined to Strikers.
Los Angeles, Cal, July ga surprise
issued from the United States circuit
court here this afternoon. Judge Ross,
in ordering the omnibus injunction now
being served throughout the country to
prevent interference with the United
States mails, did not confine his order
to the strikers. The writs were served
as we'll upon Division Superintendent
Muir, of the Southern Pacific, General
Manager Wade, of the Santa Fe, and,
| in fact,adn all persons in any way con-
nected with either road at this point.
The writs have been in the hands of
| deputy sheriffs since Monday. Under
the shelter of United States troops, the
J Santa Fe company moved few trains
today One train was dispatched to
San Diego. 1t is also reported that a
train went out of San Bernardino on
the kite-shaped track under the pro-
| lection of deputy sheriffs
| At the Southern Pacific yards, not
withstanding the presence of United
States troops no trains were sent out.
This evening train from San Fran
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