The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-20

tana Union. Tho four companies from
Omaha are expected to arrive at o'clock
tomorrow p. m. on the regular Union Pa.
citic train from the south.
| 1t 10 stated by q man who claims to
know that these soldiers have orders to
remain In Butte for three months.
Another detachment Of troops from
Fort Assinaboine reached Helena
this evening In special
train Of 10 cars. There 10 now no possible
doubt but that Il 10 tho intention to uso
tho Fort Assinaboino troops In opening
up the limo between Butte and Boseman,
and 1t Is learned on excellent authority
that detachments will be sent to both Of
these cities carly In tho morning.
Tho Butte contingent will he the largest
and II Is hinted that the sokliers may
reach Butte before daylight tomorrow. In
any event thcre IL no doubt that they will
arrive horo by the ti,no tho troops get In
over the Union Pacific.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
WOODLAND, CAL, July 19.-The pre-
liminary examination Of the five strikers
| charged with murder as result of the
recent horror at tho railroad trcstle. was
| resumed to-day. Tho case Of Wortlen,
however, was permitted to 90 over until
Monday. The hearing of the evidence
against Knox, Mullen, Hatch and Comp
ton, oil members of tho strikers
| mediation committee, was then begun.
Johnny Sherburne was tho first called
and proved telling witness for tho prose-
cution. He is 14-year old boy who 10 In
the employ Of o Sacramento liveryman.
l Thu lah hat thx.f NJ tha
day OF the wreck he drove Worden into
| the outskirts OF Sacramento and took into
his wagon crowbar. some wrenches and
other tools. Later Worden was joined by
five other men whom the boy did not
know. They then set out for the trestlo
at which the train was subsequently,
wrecked, and five mon killed.
When within few rods OF the trestlo
all tho men loft tho wagon. taking their
tools with them. The lad testified that he
was then ordered to drive short distance
toward the city. he did NJ instructed, aud
while waiting ho heard loud explosion.
Soon afterw ard Worden came up and tho
boy drove him back to the city. Az they
were entering Sacramento they were told
that train had Just been wrecked. When
told that Engineer Clarke had been killed,
Worden applied o vile epithet and do
clared he was glad OF 1t.
| This testimony left little doubt In tho
minds Of most of the hearers that the mon
whom the boy had taken to the trestle
were responsible for tho wreck.
| A sensational climax came, however,
when young Sherburno testified that on
the day following tho wreck his employer
sent him to Wordcn with bill for the rig.
Worden went with him to tho A. X. U.
mediation committee in Sacramento, and
there the bill was paid.
DEED OF DEVIL.
PRESCOTT, Ariz., July ia large
amount Of giant powder was found this
morning along the track of the Santa Fc,
Prescott Phoenix railway in tho city
limits. 1t had evidently been placed on
the rails with the intention of wrecking o
train which arrived at 2:30 o'clock this
morning. but not being fastened II had
been Jared of by the approaching train.
Had 1t remained on the rail 1t would have
blown tho train to pieces.
As the company has had no trouble Of
any kind during the strike tho officials arc
at loss to understand what motive any
ono would have to commit such deed.
IN CALIFORNIA.
SAN Francisco, July 19.-The strikers
at Oakland are excited tonight over tho
report that Roberts, their local president,
has In his possession q telegram from
Debs instructinR him to effect o settle.
ment with the Southern Pacific company,
provided the company agrees to take back
the strikers without prejudice. II is also
reported that Debs telcgraphcd that he
has como to an understanding with Pull
man.
Beside this announcement there has
been little excitement in California to.
day. This morning the Southern Pacific
dispatched a train for Portland, tho first
that has been sent out on that line since
the strike begun, and tonight the railroad
officials declare that they have mon
enough, and arc conducting business
without hindrance.
The strikers, on tho other hand, insist
the train service 10 still badly crippled
Military guards still 60 upon all important
trains and tho trouble IL by no means
over.
At Oakland, relying upon the militia
tho company has reduced tho number OF
deputy sheriifs from 800 to 80. A com
rany OF state militia was to-day ordered
from Nevada City to Port Costa. where
tho strikers have caused considerable
trouble. At Sacramento many striker,
are returning to work.
Later reports from Oakland are to tho
effect that tho dispatch received from
Debs did not state the strike had been dc
clared OF, but merely informed tho strik
ers that the strike in California could b,
ended by q majority vote of tho union.
concerned in Il.
COMING RIGHT THROUGH.
CHEYENNE. July 19.-Four companies o
the Second infantry from Omaha. fou
; companies of tho Ninth cavalry. dis
mounted, from Fort Robinson, and ,hro,
companies Of tho Eighth infantry from
Fort Mckinney passed through Cheycnn,
this afternoon en- route for Butte, Mont
Colonel Bates of the Second infantry is il
command.
WORKING AS USUAL.
|, CHICAGO. July l9.-Debs' manifest,
warning the railroad men at the stool
yards to "desist from work or be brandc,
as scabs." seemed to have little effect oil
the railroad employees and they were a