The herald., 1894-07-06
AT TIE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

Two Local Trains Started and tho Over
Isnd waiting Orders.
With the break Of day the crowds
again gathered at the Arcade depot and
around the camp of the regular troops.
When the guard was mounted at s
O'Clock the depot gates were closed and
the guard lines extended to cover the
entire limits OF Southern Pacific passen.
ger depot yards, and the crowd OF Curl
ous spectators had to content them
selves with peering through the railings
or the gateway at the upper Alameda
street entrance of the yard.
The first ripple OF excitement was oc-
casioned by the sending of Company F
OF the regular troops, under command
OF Lieutenant Starr, to La Grande de-
pot. Shortly afterward Company H of
the regiment, under command of Cap
tain Darlington and Lieutenant Martin,
took an electric car and proceeded to
the San Fernando street depot, where
they alighted and marched among the
columns OF dead engines to the round
house, where Superintendent Muir was
in waiting. A switch engine was fred
up and Superintendent Muir and several
other officials rode down to the Arcade
depot.
In the meantime the rumor that the
officials of the road intended to make an
extraordinary effort to start out trains
under the protection OF the soldiers had
increased the crowd at the depot to $500
persons, who waited patiently in
the hot sun for developments. Up
at the San Fernando street yards the
aforesaid developments" were begin
ming to materialize. and about O'Clock
engine No. 1888, with Engineer Thomas
at the throttle and Fireman Sepulveda
shoveling coal, was fred and backed up
to engine No. 1912, where Sheedy was
in the box. Captain Darlington marched
his company down to the engines and
boys in blue crawled up in the tenders
OF both engines, the whistles were blown
and with bells ringing the two iron
horses, bristling with bayonets, started
down to the Arcade depot amid good
deal of excitement among the crowds
along the way. When they reached the
depot the railway officials announced
thst train would be made up Tor Santa
Barbara. This intelligence being bull
letinsd up down at the HERALD Office
had the effect of largely augmenting the
CfOWQ NJ tu0 hIChuO uoPOts VhiAO
went out to the San Fernando street
yards to await developments there. A
combination baggage car and two pas.
senger coaches were backed into the
depot and attached to engine No. 1912,
with Engineer Jesse Martin and Fire.
man Hall in the cab. Second Lieuten-
ant S. A. Clomsn Of Company l, in COM
mand OF Is men, marched through the
depot and the soldiers were stationed
on the platforms of the cars. There
were three passengere on board FOR Santa
Barbara, Rev. r. S. Maclsy, dean Of the
College of Theology of San Fernando,
and wife, and nj. Cheattle. In addition
to the soldiers, United States Deputy
Marshals w. II. Weber, l. j. Harrell
and w. w. Sanchez were on the train.
II was a quarter OF 4 O'Clock before
the signal was given to start, and
as tho train slowly moved out
of the depot to Alameda street it was
greeted with a series OF derisive shouts
and yells from a crowd OF 1900 people.
All along Alameda street to the Downey
avenue viaduct the yells and shouts con-
tinued from knots Of people on the
street corners. At the point mentioned,
the switch was turned, and the train
was cent up through the yards. But,
when nearly opposite the River station,
the crowd numbering nearly l000 people,
began to shout again, get out you
scabs, !" ''get off that engine and cries
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