The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-13

stone that meets with the bitter disappro-
baton of the strikers and the A. r. U.
members in particular. 1t is as follows:
"Privates James Byrne. Peter Clark,
Wesley c. Dougan, George w. Lubberden,
Battery L, Fifth Artillery. Murdered by
strikers near Sacramento, Cal, July II,
1894"
The shaft is erected as memorial to the
soldiers who were killed in the wreck neaI
Sacramento July IL, 1894.
Although this monument has been
erected for nearly six months, it is only
recently that its existence and the serious
imputation it casts upon those who were
out on strike at Sacramento year ago
last July has been called to the attention
of the American Railway Union, and with
this knowledge on their part came g
storm of indignation and denunciation
which daily grows in intensity.
The history of the movement which led
to its erection is no less interesting than
its peculiar inscription. A few days after
the wrecking of the train near Sacramento.
on July IL, 1894, in which four soldiers lost
their lives a number of prominent Sacra-
mento citizens, representing the Citizens
Protective Association, waited upon Gen.
eral William M. Graham, in command of
the Federal troops then at Sacramento,
and after expressing their condemnation
of the act of few days before, stated that
they had raised subscription fund for the
purchase and erection of a monument, as
q mark of appreciation, to the soldiers who
had lost their lives in the wreck. The
gentlemen who presented the proposition
were: George B. Katzenstein, V. 8. Nc
CATCHY, Frank Nulter, George M. Mott
P. G. Drescher, III. e. Smith, Frederick
Cox, ]. s. Coleman, Lewellyn Tozer and
A. A. Van VOORHEES,.
General Graham at once consented to
look after the matter, and the $500 that
had been subscribed was subsequently
turned over to him.
The monument is of Rocklin granite
The foundation is 6 feet deep and
feet square. From this springs an obelisE
II feet inches high, with base 2 feet
square and tapering to square at the tor
of foot inch.
C.E. Crandall, then and now prominent
ly identified with the American Railway
Union and one of the strike leaders al
Sacramento, had this to say with reference
to the monument and its inscription:
THAT inscription, Murdered by strikers,
has no business on the monument they
have placed over the graves OF the foul
soldiers killed in the wreck. The wreckins
of the train was not done by the strikers
or with their consent or knowledge. Sew
eral of them we're arrested on the charge
of having been implicated in 1T, but all
with the exception of one poor half-witteo
fellow, were dismissed from custody, a:
there was no evidence to show their guilt
"Worden, the man convicted and now
under sentence of death, was convicted or
what we have always claimed to be per
jured evidence and through his lack of or
binary intelligence. He should never
have been convicted, as will be showr
before we are through with the Southern
Pacific.
'If the citizens of Sacramento who con-
tributed to this monument are aware Of
the imputations thus cast upon some Of
their most reputable fellow-citizens, ns
terms of opprobrium are too severe to b.
applied to them. If they are not aware o.
the use that has been made OF the monu
ment, presumably intended simply tc
show their appreciation of the services O.
the regulars but not designed to cast the
imputation of murder on every citizen en-
gagged in the strike, then their gratitude
has been most shamefully abused by some
body"
General Graham was seen at his head
quarters at the Presidio in reference to the
inscription on the monument. He said:
1.-The inscription was put there on my
instructions, with full knowledge on my
part of what it meant. The Sacramento
people who were kind enough to provide
the funds for the monument simply asked
to have the inscription referring to theil
appreciation of the services of the soldier.
placed on the shaft. The crossed cannons