The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-07-12
Northern California Is Still with.
out a Sign OF Railroad
Facilities.
strikors and Soldiers Emblttered
and Slight Provocation Would
Result In Battle.
the Enort 20 Hon TFAins-sAnta
To ON Tins

sAs FRMoIsco. Jui, 1l.-For over twenty
four houra United statos regulArs have
been In the field in northern California
but the rsiload bloekgd has not been
b oksn. In fact, the situation is deemed
moro 80 iouS than IL bns been at any time
heretofore. Human livsa have been saeri.
feel at Sacramento In q horror which tho
strikers nrs accused OF having reFpetfhted.
All Of tho victims but ono we're soldiers.
As a result tho feslines OF the strikers and
soldiers have been wrought upon until the
mon composing the oontending 10 oss are
not only as determined as before. but hrs
ugly and desperate.
IL is clear that tho strikers realize thu
folly to openly resisting the United Htntos
army. From the tactic, employed this
afternoon against regulars aud tho railroad
company 10 10 apparent. howeve-. that the
barbarous and moro deadly tactics OF
guerilla warfars are TO b, restored 10.
Twice during the day were troops am
bushed. 1he Hrst attack from under cover
Was early in the morning. Az sir o'clock
Col. Graham landed al Sacramento with a
force OF over 600 reRulara No effort was
made to resist their progress. The troops
marched direct 10 tho Southern depot and
took possession OF the buildings nnd rail-
road yards. The few hundred people
gathered at the depot dispersed when or
dered 10 do 3d. Al the whares a detaoh-
ment OF state militia had been left to
guard the water front.
The regular troops we're no sooner out OF
slRht than this little band OF militia waa
fred upon with rifles by force of twenty
Eve mon who were concealed In the bushes
on the opposite aide Of the river. The mi
litla returned the f'e. aud about two hun
drsd sho,s we're exchanged before the at
tsoking party Ned. A Japinese boy who
stood on tho rive, bank was killed by a
bullet from the militia.
Under cover OF the United States troops
the iailroad offioisls went into the yhrds
and resumed work unmolssted. The tracks
wore cleared and : aims IN ado up. At noon
n passenger train was dispatched for Oak
land under a strong militia guard. In the
crowds OF strikers In the streets there were
men who openly boastod that the train
would never reach Oikland. An hour lator.
wbon news came bnck 10 sacramento Of a
horrible railroad wreck in which four men
bad persisted. those same men were as
loudly denying that tho men wero stf.kers
who had sawed away the supports OF the
railroad bridge aud eaussd the plunge to
] death. Tho disaster NJ the b,dge caused
the fnilroad company 20 csnse It's efforts TO
move trains out of sacramento.
Until the wrcckcrs now at work shall
have repaired the damage done to the
trestle no trains can be run over that line.
hut whether tho company will try To run
other trains out OF sacramento Tomorrow
remains to he seen.
At Oakland to-day The outlook was also
wal like. An extra force OF 100 specIal
/ policemen aud deI uty sherifs had been
sworn In. Railroad oflicials we're making
reparations early in tho dny 10 staft trains
simultaneously with those aent out from
Sacramento. The strikers resolved 10 kill
the engines that had bern fred up. l3efors
the full force OF deputies had arrived a
bRnd OF strikers charged into the snrds on
the mole. They vera repulsed. They
waited for reiuforocnts from the Alameda
mole. When more men bad arrived tho
strikers cha god again, and this time the
deputies gave way. After all the engines
| that had ben run out were killed the
strike's withdrew. hen cam, news OF tbs
disaster at Sacra monto. When Division Su-
perintendent Wilder heard that the train
had been wrsckol he stopped IN thor prop-
arAtiOn.
"Wo want 10 know where we stand"
said he, before We 20 ahead. II bush
whachin2 ia now 20 prevail, VIZ do not pro-
rose 70 send our men out TO isop dlzs their
lives."
Az yet no marines from Mar, Island
have landed At Oakland. tain was nlso
sent down the Sonou.a valley branch from
Cslistoga this morning but il wss stopped
at Vallejo, who're this strike killed the en-
qino. Tonight trains arc RAINING In
northern California only on the ooast diyi.
sion. Neither in San Francisco nor az San
Joso did the strikers cause any disturbance
during the day. AZ Los Angeles the block
hde appears 10 have cen tffeotually '
broken. After sliRht Disturbances NJ tbst
point on Tuesday nisht the guard Ia the
yards was increAued. This morning
wrecked cars We oe red away aud
trains went ont ns usual.
On the Santa Fe roBd oil regular trains
went out ou time. guard OF troo accom-
pRnyiuR tbs overl8njE This Southern Pa.
eihe's frat overland train from the east ar
rived at Los Angeles nj nine o'clock this
morning uudor military gaarl.
When tho United ttntes district court
convened al Los Angeles this morning
Judge Ross called a grand jury and ro-
ferred briefly 10 the vrecking Of cars in
rai.rosd yards Tuesday night. Ho told
them 10 iudict all parties they found vio-