The herald., 1894-07-05
MILITIA DERRD.
AnExciting Daya
Sacramento.
The Strikers Master of the
Situation.
They Refuse to Vacate Rail-
road Property.
An Intellectual Attempt to
Force Them Out.
The Treops Powerless to Cope
With the Mob.
Sacramento aad Stockton Companies
Throw Down Their Arms.
The Citizen Soldiery in Sympathy
With the Strikers.
A Trainlesd Of Armed A, n. o. Men
From the nouRtsinA spssdipg to
the Capital. Cisy-Riotlne a
Went Oakland.
BY the Assoaiated Press

BY the Associated PreEA
SACRAMENTO, July 4.-This has been
the most exciting day in the brief his.
tory of the strike. Early this morning
1000 armed militia arrived here from
San Francisco and Stockton and pro-
ceeded to the armory. As they marched
down L street, countless thousaeds
OF people lined the sidewalk and alter
natsly chsered and hissed the troops.
The anniversary Of the birth Of the ma
tion seemed to have been forgotten in
the great struggle between capital and
labor. After reaching the armory the
troops were received by General Dickin-
son. Subsequently they entered the
big building where they were served
with brsakfast.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Shortly after IL o'clock General
Dickinson ordered the trooos to load
their guns preparatory to going to the
depot. During the loading process
gun in the hands OF q member OF Com
pany F OF San Francisco exploded. se.
riously wounding o. II. Wing, local
fireman, and injuring two soldiers.
Wing was shot through the bowels and
will die. One Of the soldiers was shot
through the right leg and is now at the
railroad hospital. The other escaped
with flesh wound.
CROWDS REFUSE TO MOVE.
In anticipation OF lively scrimmags
between the soldiers and strikers an inn
mense crowd gathered at the depot this
morning. 1t was not until O'Clock
that the San Francisco First and Third
regiments and two companies from
Stockton marched up Sixth street to J.
thence to the depot, with companies g
and Z Of Sacramento at the right Of the
column. As soon as this body of nearly
1000 men were observed heading fer the
depot, q stream of people preceded them
and crowded the weet end of the depot.
The Sacramento regiment was ordered
to clear the depot of the crowd, but the
further advance OF the regiment was
blocked by dense mass of people, who
refused to retreat from the soldiers.
They were reasoned with by United
States Marshal Baldwin and others and
urged to permit the soldiers to enter
without a collision, but they refused ia
move.
NO ORDER TO FIRE.
General Sheehen then reported TO
Marshal Baldwin, by whose request the
troops were sent here and under whose
command they were, explained that il
was impossible to clear the depot with
out using force and asked for q written
order to FIRE; but the msFshal refused to
give such an order. At first be ssid that
he was not aware that the troops wers
under Ills control, and would not give
the order until the law setting forth that
fact was pointed out to him and it WAC
made plain that the troops were under
his orders.
BRIDGES GUARDED.
He was then asked by the military
officers what be wished the troops to
do, and he replied that he wanted tho
YoIo and American river bridges
guarded. General Dimond was asked
to make detail to carry ont this desire
of the marshal. which he did BY order
ing General Sheehan to detail one
company to guard the American river
bridge and another company to guard
the Yolo bridge, company G OF the Sac
ramento regiment being detailed for the
Yolo bridge, and company + OF the
came regimsnt for the Aperican river
bridge. Companies G and Z were re-
ported as ready to obey orders.
TROOPS LOWER THEIR ARMS.
Acting under instructions from the
United States marshal, General shee-
han commanded the Sacramento com-