The record-union., 1894-07-27

thence to Gait, and thence to Stockt ton.
He put his engine in the round-house at
Stockton and disabled the engine by re-
moving the knuckle-joints of the valve
stems. He did this because he was afraid
the strikers would steal the engine. On
the morning of July 10th he discovered
the engine was gone. Saw Worden in
Stockton before and after the engine was
taken.
Hart wanted to know what the prose-
cutlon was trying to prove by this testi-
mony.
Cook replied that they proposed to show
that Worden organized company OF
armed men and stole an engine and sent
them To Sacramento, and he remained III
Stockton and stole another engine aud ar
rived himself the next day at the Capital
City.
Witness, continued: Saw Kelly in
Stockton. Worden pointed Kelly ont
and told witness Kelly was his
partner. Met Kelly at the Stockton
roundhouse on the morning of. the 10th.
The engine had been taken out during
man at Stockton, introduced Worden to
witness. Worden remarked that he had
heard the engine had been taken out and
had come up TO see if it was so.
Mr. Griffin talked with Worden.
Worden said he had to be in Sacramento
the next day. Griffin asked Worden
how he could get to Sacramento when no
trains were running, and Worden re-
piled:
''Ihe A. r. U. have an underground
wire. You pull the string, and zip! you
are therer'
Worden said the company was cum
ming in not letting the strikers know
when the train of miliamen pulled out OF
Oakland. If the strikers had known it
the train would never have reached Sac
mento. Worden spoke OF meeting wit
ness at Sacramento on July 4th. de
said:
Il am the man whe cut your air-hose
at the pilot, and l don't deny it!'
Witness asked Worden if he was an A.
X. Z. man and thought that the cutting
of the hose would stop the train. Worden
told witness that ii he had been ten min
utes slower i'll getting out with his en-
gine be would not have got out at all. He
and the men would have taken the train
right there, but were afraid OF the few
soldiers that were left to guard the train.
He didn't know then how the militiamen
stood toward the strikers.
Crosby told Worden that be didn't
think the strikers could win by violating
the law, and Worden asked:
Nv hat is the law?"
Crosby said. 'The people, and Wor-
den replied, I'VE are the people"
Worden made the remark that he knew
Sam Clark, the engineer, sixteen years
ago and fired with him. He said he was
local organizer of the A. r. U., but
didn't say who Kelly was, except that he
was his partner.
Mr.. Gaddis cross-examined the witness
at great length. Witness explained that
on July 9th he replaced the knuckle
joints in the locomotive and removed one
of the pins of the valve-stem. Whoever
stole the engine took pin out of another
engine in the roundhouse and used it for
the purpose. Witness never saw Wor-
den before July 4th at Sacramento.
Counsel wanted witness to define what
a ''scab" was. The prosecution objected
and the objection was sustained.
Mr.. Gaddis wanted to know if the en-
gineer who pulled out a train of soldiers
to shoot down his fellow workmen was
not the worst scab on earth.
Mr.! Cook jumped to his feet excitedly
and asked the court to protect the wit
ness from such insults. The question
was withdrawn.
The defense did not help it's case by it's
tedious examination of the witness. He
was apparently a willing witness for the
prosecution, but he did not seem anxious
to over-color or conceal anything.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The first witness called was G. c..
Grisman, who stated that he was brake
man; lived in Oak land and came to Sac
ramento July 4th; went from Sacramento
to Calf. II was OH the train that took
the military to Sacramento; was on the
rear end; didn't see the trouble at the
head of the train. [ went TO Gait and
from there to stockton. When we side
tracked the train | saw Worden there"
The witness here identified Worden as
the man seen at Stockton on the morning
OF the 10th. He saw him in conversation
with Clark and Crosby. Worden, in the
conversation expressed his disapproval
OF the stand taken by the engineers and
conductors with regard to the strike.
My memory is not quite clear" said
the witness. concerning the conversa-
tion with regard to bombs. Worden said
the company was very cunning in not
letting it be known that soldiers were
coming. If it had been known they
never would have gotten there"
In answer to Attorney Gaddis, witness
stated that what took place at Twenty
second street was not of his personal
knowledge, but from hearsay. In the of
flee at the roundhouse they were talking
about the strike. Worden did not ap-
prove of the action of some of the lead
ers. Crosby asked him how he expected
to win the strike, and he replied, III sub
stance, I'VE are the people," Witness
had a faint recollection of something be-
ing said of bombs, but his memory was
poor on that point.
5. q. Lyons, being sworn, stated in an
swer TO Attorney Cook: Am an engineer
have been employed by the Southern Pa
citic Company since 1879; went to La
throp the 25th of June and remained
there till the night of July 10th. Worden
came 10 me between 8 and 10 o'clock on
the night of July 10th and said, us your
name Lyon?" | said it was. Then he
grabbed me by the coat collar and jerked
me into the street and said; II want you
to run that engine." l asked, "Where do
you want me to run it?'' He said: 1T
don't make a - bit of difference; run it
where tell you top l went and got my
engine out.
Worden was not alone. He had man
with gun on his arm, and with him
were five or six others. Could not say
where they came from, except from here
say. They brought fireman also, un-
der guard. Worden gave me orders to
run TO Sacramento. He travelled on the
Pullman part of the time and part of the
time on the engine. By order of Worden
we stopped this side of Stockton and
took on forty men. We stopped at Gait
to take on water. and at Elk Grove to tel
phone the committee at Sacramento to
meet them when we arrived there. AT a
signal we stopped at Fourteenth street
W orden wanted me to go to the fremont
Hotel with them. did not go, but
stayed in the car.
Defendant Hatch came to the engine in
the morning and rode from the place of
stopping to the yard. He had on a re-
volyer and knife. In the morning sew
eral men, with Hatch as leader, marched
up to the A. K. L. hall. Hatch passed
me by the guard at the door. While in
there | read the letter that Worden gave
me at Lathrop. / took the engine to La
throp last Sunday. On the way up Hatch
asked me to join them. l said I'd think
about it.
ON the arrival of my tram last Sunday