The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
TROOPS FIRED ON.
California Rioters Shoot at
State MiIitiamen.
The Overland Train is Wrecked
on Long Trestle.
FOTR MEN KILLED.
Rails Taken Up and Cars Go
Into the River.
FOUR MEN KILLED

Northern California, but the railroad
blockade has not been broken In
fact, the situation is deemed more
serious than it has been at any time
heretofore. Human life has been
sacrificed at Sacramento. in a horror
wherein a train plunged through a
trestle, the underpinning of which
had been sawed out The killed and
injured are:
Dead-Samuel R. T. Clark, Private
Byrne, Private Lubberding. Private
Clark
Wounded-Private Daumler, in
jured bout head; Private Wilson, left
leg seriously lacerated; Private Du-
gan, left arm cut off; Private Ellis,
internally injured.
All of the victims but one were
soldiers. As result the feelings Of
the strikers and the soldiers n the
the men composing the contending
forces are not only as determined as
before but ugly and desperate.
1t is clear that the strikers realize
the folly of openly resisting the
United States army as they have re-
sisted all municipal and state author
tiles From the dastardly tactics EN-
ployed at Sacramento against the
regulars and the railroad company. it
l. apparent, however, that the more
barbarOus and more deadly tactics Of
guerilla warfare are to be resOrted to.
Twice during the day were the
troops am pushed The first attack
from under cover was early in the
morning. At o'clock Colonel Graham
landed at Sacramento with a force of
over 600 regulars No effort was
made to resist their progress. The
troops marched direct to the Southern
Pacific depot and took possession of
the buildings and railroad yards.
A few hundred people gathered
at the depot, but dispersed
when ordered to 10 SO. At
the wharves a detachment Of state
militia had been left to guard
the water front. The regular troops
were no sooner out of sight than this
little band of mIitiamen was fred
upon with rifles by a force of some
twentyfiv men, who were concealed
in the bushes on the opposite side Of
the river. The miIitiamen returned
the tire and about 200 shots were ex-
changed before the attacking party
fled. A Japanese boy who stood on
the river bank was killed bv a bullet
from the militia band. None of the
attacking party were apprehe nded.
After this skirn iSh 1T was hoped hos
tilities had ended. Under cove Of the
United States troops the railroad Off
Gals went into the yards and resumed
work unmolested. The tracks were
noon a train was dispa tched for Oak
land under a strong militia guard
The train consisted of nine cars, five
of them Pullnans When the first
trestle west of Sacra mentO was
reached the structure gaze way and
the engine plunged down into the
stream below. The wreck was caused
by a rail having been taken up. spikes
palled, fish plates removed and then
the rail put back again in place The
locomotive went over bottom up and
landed il six feet of water The
next two cars piled on top. On the
engine were six privates and the en-
gineer and they were buried in the
wreck. Those of the men who were
not instantly killed were weighted
down with their heavy Announcements
and sank into the muddy water. En-
eineer Clark was pinned under the
engine and his body has not been re-
covered. The trestle was a bout eighty
feet long and was compile tely
shattered Fully half of the fill
buried in the mud and water with the
four forward cars. Another car is
hanging over the edge of the EN- banlx-
ment. They were all mail cars and
none of the Pullmans were injured. I
The disaster at the bridge caused the /
to move trains out of sacramento
Il ntil the wrecxers now 1t work shall
have repaired the damage done to the
trestle no trains can be run over that
line
General Graham has detailed Troop
i, Fourth cavalry, to patrol the rail-
road in the vicinity of the wreck and
to arrest all suspicious characters
The men in the troop are bitter
against the strikers since the deraiI-
ing of the train. and their comrades 4
at the depot predict that they will
deal severely with anv of the strikers (
they may encounter
Harry Knox, the leader of the
strikers. has issued the following: II
desire to state in behalf the A r. U.
that this order has not the remOtest /
connection with the ditching of the /
train between Sacramento and Davis
vile this afternoon, in which several 1
people lost their lives We condemn /
this act as outrageous and barberOus,
and entirely contrary to the spirit of I
the A. r. o.. which IS engaged in IN
honorable struggle in the interest Of I
labor and is opposed to violence or the I
sacrifi fee of human life. This act was
done by sympathizers, and we regret +
it the more, as it is calculated to in Z
jure rather than help us We sim (
cerely trust that this first act Of VIC /
lence Will be the last
At Oakland the outlook was also /
warIi<e- An extra force of $50 special /
policemen and deputies had been I
sworn in The railroad officials were I
making separations early in the day +
to start trains simultane Ously with /
those sent out from Sacramento. The I
strikers resolved to .'kill' the engines 7
that had been fred. After the full +
force of deputies had arrived. strikers +
charged into the yards on the mole /