The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-11
sAoRAmENTo's sKIRMIsH.
The Fe deral Soldiery Go Prepared to
Do Some Shooting.


San Franciso, July 10.-The crisis at
Sacramento will be reached in a day or
two, for the United States troops left for
that city early this morning Their pur-
pose is to move trains at any cost, when
the regulars reach the capital. Some of
the strikers have deadly weapons and
intend to use them if Necessary to prevent
their plans from being overcome. If re-
sistance is offered to the United
States soldiers the probability is that
there will be slaughter at Sacramento.
The troops 60 prepared for siege.
Four foot batteries stationed at Preside
and one of the two foot batteries that
have been guarding at Catraz got them
selves in readiness last night to go on
board a steamer, which left Preside
wharf this morning. Two gatling guns
were put on the boat. Each man had 200
rounds of ammunition, which amount sig
nified that these troops will, if necessary,
do great deal of shooting with their
Springfield rifles too. Col Ingraham
led the force himself.
CONFERENCE.
committee representing the chamber
of commerce, board of trade and mer-
chants association of this city had con-
ference with the Oakland strike leaders
this morning, the object being to bring
about an understanding that might lead
TO some arrangement for a compromise by
the two contending forces, but no propo-
sition tending toward a settlement was
made. No concessions were made on the
part of the strikers and unless the com
mittee can offer them something in accord
ance with the position they have held all
throughs the trouble, there is no indica-
tion OF an immediate settlement.
DANGER OF BIOoDsHFD
San Francisco, July 10, 8 p. M-Col.
Graham with 300 regulars from Presidio
five gatling guns aud two Hotchkiss guns
embarked on the ferry steamer at
Alameda this forenoon and were taken TO
Mare Island. There the command was in-
creased by 800 marines and all we're loaded
on two river steamers and started for
Sacramento. When this news reached
Sacramento the strikers became wild.
There are now over 1900 of these strikers
in Sacramento TO resist the federal and
state troops. Flushed with their victory
over the United States marshals and
police on Tuesday last, and a complete
victory over more than thousand state
militiamen on the following day,
they are in just the mood to
resist the regulars to morrow.
There was means of transporta-
tion from Vellejo by trains, but as soon as
the strikers at South Vallejo heard the
regulars were coming they KILLED" all
the engines, ditching one, and spiked the
switches, thus effectively blockading the
track This afternoon the crews from
the Charleston, Monterey, and Indepen-
dence were landed at Mare Island for riot
drill They comprise about 500 men, and
will leave for Oakland tonight.
In the face Of the general preparations
Of the strikers for resistance, the attj-
tude of the locomotive engineers is at
Iracting attention. Representatives of
the brotherhood waited upon General
Superintendent Fillmore at Sacramento
this morning and announced that they
were ready TO return TO work at a mo-
ment's notice.
At all points in the state, except Sacra-
mento and Oakland, the situation has
turned against the strikers.
on GUARD AT SAN JOSE.
San Jose, Cal, July l0.-At 5 o'clock
this morning sixty deputy sheriffs COM
posed mostly Of prominent citizens, as
sembled Ia front OF the court house and
marched 10 the broad gauge depot, To-
Rether with twelve deputy United States
marshals and eighteen policemen, where
oil are now on guard.
Troops arrived this morning from Agri-