The morning call., 1894-07-05
sTEINMoRE's PROCLAMATION.
Little Attention Paid to 1t by the
Strikers.

SACRAMENTO, July 4.-This has been
the most exciting day in the history of the
strike. Early this morning 1000 armed
militia arrived from San Francisco and
Stockton and proceeded to the armory. As
they marched down L street, countless
thousands of people lined the sidewalks
and alternately cheered and Kissed the
troops. The anniversary of the birth of
the nation seemed to have been forgotten
in the great struggle between capital and
labor. After reaching the armory the
troops halted. and were received by Gen
eral Dickinson. Subsequently they en-
tered the big building, where they were
served with breakfast. Shortly after IL
o'clock General Dickinson ordered the
troops to load their guns preparatory TO
going to the depot.
In anticipation of a lively scrimmage
between the soldiers and strikers, an i'm
mense crowd gathered at the depot this
morning. It was not until 1 o'clock that
the San Francisco First and Third regi-
ments and the two companies from Stock
ton marched up Sixth street to ], thence to
the depot with Companies and E of
Sacramento at the right of the column. AS
soon as this body of nearly 1000 men was
of people preceded them and crowded the
west 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 to
move.
General Sheehan then reported to Mar
shal Baldwin, by whose request the troops
were sent here and under whose command
they were, and explained that it was i'm
possible to clear the depot without using
force, and asked for a written order to
fire, but the Marshal refused to give such
an order. At first he said that he was not
aware that tho troops we're under his con-
troll, until the law setting forth that fact
was pointed out to him and ii was made
plain that the troops were under his
orders. He was then asked by the mill
fary authorities what he wished the troops
to do. and be replied that he wanted the
Yolo and American river bridges guarded.
General Dimond was asked to make a de-
tail 10 carry out this desire of the Marshal,
which he did by ordering General Sheehan
to detail one company to guard the Ameri-
can-rlver bridge and another COMPANY to
guard the Yolo bridge, Company G of the
Sacramento regiment being detailed for
the Yolo bridge, and Company E Of the
same regiment for the American-river
bridge. Companies and E were reported
as ready to obey orders.
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United States Marshal, General Sheehan
then commanded the Sacramento compa-
MES 10 clear the depot of strikers. The
men marched into the depot amid the
widest cheering. but when the order to
disperse the mob was given they lowered
their guns and marched from the depot.
This was the signal for a tremendous
amount of cheering. The strikers shouted
and yelled, and one of their number
climbed upon an engine and triumphantly
waved an American flag. The Stockton
companies were then called upon to clear
the depot, but likewise threw down their
arms and returned to their barracks. As
the Sacramento and Stockton com panies
marched up Second street to the armory
they were enthusiastically cheered.
Realizing the futility of further attempt
ing to disperse the mob, Marshal Baldwin
ordered General Dickinson to have the
troops return to the armory. Amid the
widest cheering the soldiers then
marched back to the armory When the
excitement had partially subsidized, Marshal
Baldwin climbed upon a switch-engine
and requested the strikers to disperse He
said it was desired that the strike be set
tied by arbitration. He asked If it would
be agreeable to the. men to remain quiet
for couple of hours until he could have
a consultation with II. A. Knox and other
members of the mediation committee.
Many of the men cried out mo, no." but
some of the cooler heads agreed to this
arrangement.
A difficulty was encountered, however,
when the Marshal wanted to fix O'Clock
for The hour of reporting The strikers
insisted upon having it at O'Clock, and
lhe Marshal finally consented. Before
leaving the platform he exacled promise