The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-18
A DASTARDLY DEED.
A Train Ditched by Alleged Strik-
ers Near Sacramento.
An Attempt to Run Trains Guarded by Sol
dlers Results In tho Loss of Five
LIves-The Train Goes Through
Trestle.

SACRAMENTO, July 12.--The Southern
Pacific company broke the blockade at
Sacramento to-day, and the engine that
hauled the first train out lies on It's
back in slough by the side of broken
bridge with three of the cars that made
up the train. Under the wreck, in the
ooze and slime of the stagnant water,
lies the bodies of the engineer who held
the throttle and three soldiers who
were guarding him. The dead are:
Engineer Samuel Clark, Privates Byrne,
Lubberden and Clark.
Three men were injured and one OF
them will almost surely die. This is
Wesley Dugan, also a private in Battery
L, fifth artillery. He was on the tender
of the engine, and was thrown to the
shore Of the slough. One of his arms
was torn from its socket and broken in
three places and his jaw was broken.
The wreck of the train was accom-
plished by means of loosened rail.
The fish plates were removed, spikes
drawn and bolts taken out. The rail
was left in place and there was moth
ing to show the engineer, who was run
ming his train slowly and cautiously,
that there was anything wrong with
the track ahead of him. When the
wheels struck the loose rail II sent the
heavy engine onto the ties. The cars
forward and the whole forward end of
the train plunged into the muddy
water. The trestle is complete wreck,
rails are bent like shepherds crook
and ties are ground to toothpicks The
locomotive turned a complete, somer-
sault.
The scene Of the wreck is little over
two miles from Sacramento. 1t was
well selected for the disaster. The
loosened rail was just at the end Of the
bridge, and the momentum of the heavy
train could not fail to hurl the great
part of II into destruction. The effect
of the outrage has been to make the
soldiers desperately bitter against the
strikers. The feeling is shared by the
militia, and II is almost a certain thing
that the lives Of other men will pay for
those Of the three soldiers
President Cleveland's proclamation
did not quite place Sacramento under
martial law, so that the civil authori
ties will deal with the accused men
otherwise military court and firing
squad at daybreak would deal theiI
fate out to them.
The catastrophe came entirely with
out warning The soldiers had cleared
the depot without particle of trouble
and except small riot, some desultory
firing at long range between militia
and the strikers in the early morning
there was no sign Of violent opposition
The railroad people were already con
graduating themselves on the success
full breaking Of the blockade and th'
soldiers were shaking hands QXer th'
bloodless campaign whenr rth6 awfu
news came.
1t was discredited at first, but pres
emily messenger arrived from tn
wreck with a note from the conducto
telling of the horror Dispatching O
cavalry to the scene to find If possibl
the guilty parties followed, and in
very short time the soldiers were bacI
with their prisoners. The strikers den
responsibility for the disaster. At ga
the regular troops were forcing tn
crowds to disperse and using thei
bayonets occasionally.