The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-09
Bullets Aimed at Two Northern
Pacific Trains.
The MILITIA TRAIN ATTACKED,
Bullets Aimed &C the Non-Unfon Crews
Regular Troops ut Tacoma-Lsbor
Msss Meeting Called.

later.
The train fred on was the Tacoma local
| instead of the Portland express, of which
| Cowboy" Marsh is the non-union engi-
neer, who brought in his train an hour
| later. The train was in charge of Con-
| ductor Mixer, Engineer C. w. Green and
Fireman ID. Jacobus. and about mile this
side of the Puyallup reservation half a
| dozen pistol shots were fired at the engine
| from both sides of the track. the shooters
| being ambushed in the woods. There were
three deputy United States marshals on
the train in charge of William T. Faucet.
who was on the engine. They were armed
with Winchesters and at once returned the
FIRE, sending twenty-eight bullets into the
vicinity of the assailants. Only one of the
attacking party was seen by the marshals
and he was described as wearing brown
coat. The only thing the marshals could
see to fire at was the smoke from the
assailants' pistols. The tool box on the
engineers side was struck by two bullets,
and a couple more struck the tender,
while the engineer says he heard some
more whistling past him between the cab
and the tender. The train did not stop,
but when it reached Auburn news of the
attack was telephoned to United States
Marshal Drake at Tacoma.
ALL QUIET IN THE CITY.
Aside from this incident there was no
indication of the strike about the city, ex-
cept for the rope barrier around the pas
senger station and the presence of police
men and United States marshals along the
tracks upon the arrival of the trains. In
fact, it was one of the quietest. dullest
days ever seen in the railroad yards. Not
a striker was to be seen about the yards all
day, and at the coming in of none of the
trains were there more than score of
spectators. Trains came and went with
usual regularity on both the Northern
Pacific and Lake Shore roads, and the
day was marked with but single incident
of interest.
Owing to the fears that malicious mis-
chief may be done to the engines of the
Lake Shore road in the company's yard
just east of Commercial street, orders were
given yesterday to the United States mar
shals stationed there TO permit none but
employees of the company upon the right
of-way. The tracks have been used for a
long while as thoroughfare between the
water front ard the southern part of the
town by people living in the latter section
and working uptown, and the enforce
ment of the order occasions them a small
inconvenience.
Master Mechanic Gabriel. of the Lake
Shore road, says he has more than enough
applications to fill ali the vacant positions
in his department, but he is making a
selection of the best men for the places,
and he says that some of the new men are
better engineers than any of the old men
W Tho unit He said that ha unuid bava a
switch engine running in the yards today,
which, with the new yard crew, will
switch trains In the yards aQd thus save
the necessity of running all trains to the
Y at Ballard to be turned around. Among
the reasons for prohibiting non-employes
from passing through the company's yards
Mr.. Gabriel said that some of the strikers
or their friends were putting up Jobs on
the new engineers so as to embarrass them
in their work, such as putting soap in the
water tanks, punching holes in them to
let the water out. or cutting the air hose
on the engine. etc.
LABOR MASS MEETING.
A largely attended meeting OF delegates
from all the labor unions in the city was
held yesterday afternoon in the Western
Central Labor Union hall. The situation
earnestly discussed and preliminary ar
rangements were made for holding q mass
meeting this evening at the Armory.
when the railroad mems side of the strike
will be presented to the public in a calm.
dispassionate way. The speakers will be
W. G.. Armstrong. A. G. Seibert, E. b.
Lafferty, G. A. Lafayette and others. The
full First Regiment band will furnish
music.
A committee OF fifteen from the differ
ent railroad orders in the strike went to
the Lake Shore depot Saturday night and
notified the policemen that they were in
terested in seeing that the parties who
tried to create disturbance by shouting.
etc, were brought 10 justice. They
wanted to watch for the guilty parties. but
the police could not allow them to stay
around the depot. The men went up
West street peaceaoly and said pleasant
goodbye TO the militia that left for Water
vile.
THE GRANTS DEADLY GUNS.
The revenue cutter U. 5. Grant. which
remained in the harbor yesterday. will
probably bs here for day or two and
will continue within call in case OF need.
While the regulations do not allow the use
laws. they may land their forces TO protect
custom houses and other property of the
United States. The custom house is now
located, together with the Federal court,
marshaI's and United States district attor-
news Office, in the Colman block. almost
directly across Columbia street from the
Lake Shore depot so that the Grants
forces could legally be used to put down
any disturbance which endangered that
building. Her crew is put through
thorough drill every day, is well
disciplined and made up of born
fighters, among whom are some giants in
size and strength. She has, besides two
oid-fashioned cannon, two rapid-iire guns
OF the modern type. with which every
first-class navy is now being equipped, AMI
will soon have several more. These guns
will tire forty one-pound shells minute,
aud are made of the finest steel, tested 10
a pressure of twsnty-six tons. The shells
will penetrate eight 10 ten feet beyond any
ordinary barricade and then burst. scat
tering 8 shower of bullets through a
radius OF fifty feet Thus they would be
particularly effective in dispensing
street mob. They can be aimed with sueh
accuracy that after shell had knocked
hole in a target at Sandy Hook proving
grounds at range OF one mile the next
two were put through the same hole. They
can be easily removed from their pla ace on
board ship placed ON gun carriages and
transported ashore.
Gov. MeGraw yesterday received the fol-
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