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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY It, 181)!.
NUMBER -Jll.
FIGHT AT SACRAMENTO
HKtci Today, Sboulil ttic Rcmilars
Arrive lucre.
UAhTIU LAW IS NOT DECLARED
Regular Soldier Arc Ordered to Open
(he Northern und I'm ion
Pacific Lines.
Tiny Fulled to Strike.
CuVaiki, July 11 (Special. Reports
from all I ur t m nf the noun try, and es-nei-'ml
I v lit" principal cities, ore to the
Tet thut KnulitH i)l I.iihor did not
itrlke anywhere in response to Sover
eign' rciH'Ht. No strike can tuke
plait) wiihoul tint consent of the lucul
Mciiiblics, ui"1 Uit'y uh yet have hud no
opportunity li consider the mutter.
After mi exhaustive investigation, cov
erini! practically every lield of labor, the
Kvening Vom fiuiln that 1700 cigur
maker have struck, anil Kllf) German
bakers will go "'it tonight. All other
lines of industry are lining on us usual.
Iielie Arrested.
Chicago, July 1 1. Special. The in
ilictmu'it mi which Italia and others were
arrested yesterduy, contain but one
count Abut nf interfering with the
mails. Sovereign toduy Raid: "Pro
eeedings HI 'f commenced today under
direction of the executive committee, to
impeach Attorncy-Generul Olney. We
bay tlie first legul talent in Washing
ton und ure advised tliut wc have a
lining case against him."
Itaeramento fcarlted
h.u hauknto, July H. The startling
information was received at 1 1 :30 o'clock
tonight that martial law will lJ pro
claimed ut .".o'clock tomorrow afternoon
This would Indicate that the regular
re on their way to the city to disiierae
tbc striker. The announcement that
martial law will be proclaimed here hus
catm-d tht wildcat excitement. The
linkers are iiietly arming themselves
nd are prepared tD resist any attempt
todisierse them. A primincnt striker
tonight elated that if any attempt ii
made to bring in regular Mood will
lurch- How. Guards have been stationed
lung the river bank to warn the strik
ers of the approuch of the iteamer carry.
ing the rcgulura. There la no doubt
that, if the regular reach here tomorrow,
a bloody (onllict in inevitable. So fur an
can be ascertained the strikers are in
possession of about ltHNl rifle, and are
prepared for a long Hiege.
The citizens' committee held meet
ing tonight and thoroughly discussed
the situation. Harry Knox, chairman
of the committee on mediation, wa
prevent, und promised that the strikers
would not attempt to injure the rail
fond coiiipuiiy' property. Ho further
declared that the men were not anxious
to shed blood, hut would resist any
attempt of the regular troops to drive
them from the depot. The Federated
Truiles also met tonight, and decided
nut to walkout Incuse- they were or
dered to do so by Debs. They claim
inch a course would he unwise, as the
member of the trades unions are ready
to contribute to the support of the
strikers, but would bo financially crip
pled if they were ordered out. For this
reason they concluded not to obey any
order to quit work, pending u settle
ment of the trike.
The court-murtiul which ha been
going on for several days wan concluded
tonight. The result will not be known
until tomorrow, but it I generally
known that the convicted soldiers will
l dishonorably discharged.
Iast Wednesday a numbor of strikers
forced an entrance into the headquarter
f the liurgHllurl Guards and stole about
0 ride. The arm were taken to the
triker' headquarters and stored away,
to be used in case an attempt was made
by the regular to drive them from the
depot. This afternoon committee
'inn the guard waited npon the atrik
and demanded the return of the
Nflea. The strikers strenuously denied
they were in possession of the weapons,
nd positively refused to allow the com
nit tee to search their headquarter.
Subsequently the committee visited the
district attorney of this county and
"ght his advise as to how they should
Proceed to retrain possession of the rifle.
Acting upon hi advice, the guard will
tomorrow proceed against the atrikore
to recover possession of the weapons.
1 h Union I'aellle.
Omaha, July 9. George M. Vrooman,
chairman of the grievance committee of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers; S. D. Clark, president of the
I'.rothei'tioo.l of Kail way Trainmen ; J.
N. Corbin, general secretary of the
Union I'acilic Employes' Association,
und secretary nf District Assembly D2,
K. oil.. ; C A. M. I'eters, chairman of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men ; F. E. Gilliland, chairman of the
Federated Hoard of the Order of Rail
way Telegrapher, and J. Kissick, chair
man of the Order of Jtailwuy Conduc
tors, came here tonight as representa
tives of the federated board to hold a
conference with General Manager Dick
inson. They say the object is to dUcuss
the means of assiting the managers in
restoring complete harmony and regular
truflic on the Union Pucifu: system.
They say Unit In no event, will the or
ganizations comprising the federated
Ismrd walk out now. Having agreed
with the court, they will now, if a
grievance arises, submit it to the court.
They condemn the method pursued by
Debs in involving parties not directly
interested in the tight with the Pull
man company, and say tliut If Sover
eign should call out the Knights of
Labor the call would be of no effect on
he I' ii ion I'acilic system.
'lil'HK IU anil r.mu.
Ciiicaoo, July fl. The Ninth infantry,
V . S. A., Col. C, Ilartlett commanding,
'rrived In the city at 4 :TiO today on a
-pedal train from huckett's Harbor, N.
V., over the Michigan Central. The
soldiers were marched to the camp al
ready established on the I.ake front.
A special agent from the treasnry de
partment sent a report to the depart
ment stating that among the curs
burned iu the railroad yards were many
containing goods w hich were in bond,
being in transit from the port of New
York and other seaports to the Chicago
custom house.
The president's proclamation ugainst
the asumblingof crowds und advising
citizen to absent themselves from mobs
or other gatherings, caused much re
newed excitement in Pullman. For
ward persons were not slow to claim the
lederal authorities bad entered into a
combination with the Pullman interest
to break cp the open-air meetings that
have been daily feature in the tow n.
Nearly thousand militiamen arrived
In Hammond todav. They were from
the Second, Third and Fourth regi
ments, Indiana troops, r-oon after their
arrival the Tinted States troop were
ordered away and left for Chicago.
At Hpokaufi.
Ki-okank, July U. Tne twelve pris
oners who were arretted for rioting in
the Northern Pacific yards here, and
ordered taken to Seattle by the United
States court, were secretly taken from
the county jail last night by deputies
and conveyed in carriages outside of the
city. They hailed a westbound Great
Northern train this morning and went
West thereon. The train which left
here yesterday for the East with.Jtroops
aboard is tied op at Hope, Idaho, where
several engines have been derailed.
At lfiaor.
Dknvkk, July It. President Jetlrey
will try to open the Kio Grande road
west today. A special was rent south
this morning with a committee of 20
employes, representing organizations in
this district, which refused to strike.
They go to pleud with tho strikers at
Pueblo, Sulida, Grand Junction and
other (mints to return to work. It Is
understood they will bo taken buck
without prejudice. Fifty United States
deputy marshals were sent to Salida for
duty under Judge llallett' injunction.
Tito Union Pacific will be opened west
of Cheyenne as soon a the troops are
distributed along the line.
The Day's Klotloc,
Chicawo, July fl. At midnight a
crowd of Pole and Hungarians gathered
at Ashland avenue and the Grand Trunk
tracks, ana before the authorities were
warned, bad torn up several hundred
feet of track. A company from the Sec
ond regiment charged the crowd and dis
persed it after firing several shots. No
one wa hurt as far as known.
Kemalnln- Campania Ordered Out.
Si'RINofiklu, 111., July 9. Upon the
request of Mayor Hopkin, of Chicago,
Gov. Altgold this afternoon ordered out
the remaining; regiment of militia in
the state, ordering Gen. Barkley, com
manding the Second brigade, to proceed
at once to Chicago with all his brigade,
excepting five companies on duty at
interior points.
The 'mlr Monterey.
VAi.i.tjo.Cal.. July V. The Cruiser
Monterey has been ordered to steam up
preparatory to taking the United States
marine and sailors to Oakland. Ten
days' tatioi.s for the men, four small
gutling guns for shore service and oU.UUU
round of ammunition tire now on board
the Monterey.
GONE TO SACRAMENTO
Troops M Mm Gnus on Steamer
Alameda.
coxcekmm; kricks ix livincstoa
Over 3000 Armed Citizens Heady to
Meet the Troops-Blockade I'.rolan
Further South.
ou their Way tu Macranient.
Sa Fuasciwo, July 10. There are
many conservative men of afl'airs here
who fear and Ixilicve that tomorrow will
develop a desperate conflict between
federal troops and the striking American
Kail way Union men and their allies.
Sacramento is the threatening point.
The seriousness of the situation is shown
in the warlike precautions that the
army authorities have taken. Up to 11
this morning the federal authorities had
made every move in secret. At about
that hour the big ferry steamer Alameda
steamed out from the Oakland mole and
steered directly across the bay to the
Presidio w hurf. At 11:4") the steamer
had effected landing, and there was all
the noine and bus-tie of a hasty embarka
lion of horse and infantry. Two troops
of cavalry und five batteries of light
artillery were rushed on hoard. Gatling
guns and two Hotchkiss cannon were in
evidence, und Colonel Graham, com
mandant at the Presidio, was jiersonally
in command of the expedition. The
Alamedu with her formidable-looking
cargo steamed direct toward the mouth
of the Sacramento river, but so guarded
had the army' movements been that it
was not known until she entered the
river channel whether her destination
was the state capital or Oakland. It is
probable that the troops can be landed
at Sacramento before midnight.
The publication of President Cleve
land's proclamation extending the con
ditions of the military regime to Calif
ornia, caused intense excitement in
Sacramento, but this afternoon w hen It
became positively known that Colonel
Graham and soldiers to the number of
300 were en route to reinforce the state
troops at the capital, the excitement
there became wild and ominous. The
striker grew loud la their threats to
resist any further attempt of the troops
to clear the railroad yards and depot,
and their leaders loudly proclaimed that
the Southern Pacific Company would
not be jiermitted to move its trains.
Nor were their hostile demonstrations
confined to talk alone. Armed men
soon appeared oil the streets. As if in
preparation for battle, they transferred
their gun and ammunition from their
storehouse on J street to their head
quarters nearer the railroad yards. No
attempt at concealment was made. The
strikers marched boldly through the
streets, bearing their weapons on their
shoulders, and they were loudiy cheered
by hundreds of sympathizers. It is
claimed that the American Hallway
arsenal holds ut least 1000 rifles and
shotguns and quautities of ammunition.
The strikers who came into the city on a
train, seized at Dunsmuir brought over
200 rifles which they had collected at
Dunsmuir, Ked Muff and Sissons.
Another train from Truckee also brought
in guus and ammunition. This after
noon a number of strikers were practic
ing with their rifles on the Yolo side of
the river.
There are now over 3000 strikers iu
Sacramento to resist the federal and
state troops. Flushed with their victory
over the United States marshals und
police on Tuesday last and a complete
victory over more than 1000 state militia
on the following day, they are in just
the mood to resist United States regulars
tomorrow. The steamer Alameda, with
300 soldiers from the Presidio, arrived
at Mure island this afternoon and took
on 300 marines. There the Alameda
steamed around the point and the meu
were transferred on two Sacramento
river steamers, which had been lying in
wait. One troop of cavalry was landed
on each bank and will march to Sacra
mento along the river as an advance
guards to the boats. General Graham,
while at Mare island, received orders
from Washington directing him to pro
ceed to Sacramento, and leaving the
conduct of the whole campaign to his
discretion. It is anticipated that the
striker will attempt to interfere with
the progress of the troops, but as each
boat carries Gatling and Hotchkiss guns,
an attack front the strikers on the river
is not feared, and the guard on hore
will prevent offensive ojierations there.
Theio was some idea of transporting the
troop from Vallejo by train, but as soon
a the strikers at South Vallejo heard
Ihey were coming, they killed all the
engines, ditching one, and spiked the
switches, thus effectually blocking the
track.
This afternoon the crews from the
Charleston, Monterey, Thetis, Marion
and Independence were landed at Mare
island for riot drill. They comprise
about 000 men, and will leave for Oak
land tonight. In case of general prepa
rations of strikers for resistance, the at
titudo of the locomotive engineers is
attracting attention. Kepresentatives
of that brotherhood waited upon Gen
eral Superintendent Filmore at Sacra
mento this morning and announced
that they were ready to return to
work at a moment's notice. Superin
tendent Filmore promised to notify
them if he decided to accept their ser
vices. At all points in the state, gave
Sacramfr 10, and possibly Oakland, the
events fcf today have turned in favor of
the railroad company. At Oakland
trains were moved. The strikers and
railroad officials there are anxiously
awaiting the appearance of the United
States marines that have been ordered
to that point. In this city and San Joga
passenger traffic was resumed today
over the coast division. Kail road offi
cials say freight trains will be moved
tomorrow. At no point on the coast di
vision was violence offered by strikers,
in Sonthern Culiiurma the blockade is
broken. Local trains are running on
the Santa Fe, and the Southern Pacific
dispatched its Los Angeies passenger
train for New Orleans. A passenger
train will lie sent north from Los An
geles tomorrow.
Debs t'ndrr Arrest.
Chicago, July JO. The federal grand
jury, after receiving the charge of Judge
Grosscup this afternoon, returned in
dictments against Eugene V. Debs,
president of the American Railway
Union, ; George W. Howard, its vice
president; Sylvester Keliher, secretary,
and L. W. Rogers, one of its directors,
and shortly afterward the men were ar
rested. They are charged with conspir
acy to commit an unlawful act in at
tempting to block the United States
mails. Joined in the indictment with
the four leaders of the railway union
was James Morwio, the Rock Isl
and striker who threw the switch
which derailed a mail train at Blue Isl
and on the night of June 30th. Debs,
Howard, Keliher and Rogers were taken
to the office of District Attorney Mil
christ immediately after their arreet,
and after a few hours' detention were
released on bail by Judge Grosscup,
their bonds being f 10,000 each.
While wafting for bail to be arranged,
in an interview Debs said : "We have
been placed under arrest to answer to
an indictment found against us by the
'edera! grand jury, on which we are ac
cused of conspiracy to commit, and of
committing offenses against the United
States by obstructing and intercepting
the mails of the country. Since I have
been brought here, I have been in
formed officers of the court have gone to
our headquarters and taken my persons!
correspondence and some of the records
of the American Railw ay Union. I do
not know by what right this act ha
been committed. Not only did they
take my personal effects and papers,
but carried with them my unopened
mail. It is an outrage, and you call
this a free country. It seems to me not
to be compatible with the stars and
stripes. It is no longer a question of
right in this country, but a question of
force, and a resolute force at that."
Trn en the Way to Sacramento.
Vau.kjo, Cal., July 10. At 3 o'clock
this afternoon the steamer Alameda ar
rived at the navy-yard with Brigadier
General Graham and several hundred
cavalry, artillery and infantry of regu
lars from the Presidio on board. Here
she took on Major Pope and 150 marines
and 50 sharpshooters, 50,000 gallons of
fresh water for the horses and men, and
100,000 rounds of ammunition. The
Alameda went from here to Reuicia
arsenal, where Captain C. C. O'Connell,
with company E, United States F'irst
infantry, consisting of two officers and
fifty men, w ith four gatling guus and
100,000 rounds of a mil nit ion were
shipped. The steamer left Renicia at
0:30 this evening for Sacramento.
the I ulon l'aclflc.
Chkyesnk, Wyo., July 9. F'our com
panies ot United States infantry have
been sent to Laramie, Rawlins, Green
River and F'vauston. One company
with two depot marshals being sta
tioned at each place. The road will be
opened for traffic both east and west as
quickly a possible.
Itlol at Hammond.
W'AMiiNoros, July 9. General Seho
Ueld this morning received a dispatch
from General Miles, stating there had
been two engagements timing the night
between troops and the mob at Ham
mond, and several rioters hud been
killed and nany captured.
I DEBS WILL CALL IT OFF!
'If tbe General Managers will Re-!
; instate Employes. j
i THIS THEY KEFLSE TO DO !
A Cowardly Crime at Sacramento
Two Killed and Six Wounded
There This Morning. j
j Now it It the Cieneral Managers.
Cure ago, July 1.1. (Special. The an-1
1 nouncement made tliis morning that the
j strike is off was premature. Debs offers
I to call the strike off if the general
! managers w ill accept proposition to re-
instate emploves, but tbia, thev refuse
to da. Debs will not act further unless
J this proposition is accepted.
I'eaca ltentored.
Chicago, July 3. President Debs
after consultation with the other labor
leaders called the strike off at 9:150 this
1 morning.
j Killed at Kacramento.
At 11 o'clock this morning striker
1 took position on top of a high building
1 near the depot in Sacramento, and fired
on a train carrying soldiers, but hurting
j no one. The soldiers replied to the fire
1 with a vol lev killing two strikers and
wounding six.
Shot From Ambush.
Sacbamento, July 11. Train No. 4,
bound for San Francisco, was ditched
two and a half miles west of Sacramento.
Fireman Clark wa? shot by the strikers
and three soldiers wounded. Four of
the cars are in the water under the
trestle.
Tbe engineer, firemen and three sol-
Aiarm V.n on.1 kllll U tl.A .(.M..
I "lib BUV, Ml.' KlllCU IIIU
j era after the train was wrecked. The
j strikers did the shooting from ambush.
It has since been ascertained that
the strikers, after tearing up the raiW,
waited the approach of the train. They
were concealed behind the dense brush
which skirts the road at that point, and
as the train was a short distance from
them they opened fire on the regulars
with their Winchester rifles. Engineer
Clark fell at the first fire, and before the
regulars could respond the train was
ditched. A later dispatch received at
tbe railroad office state that four regu
lar were injured by the ditching of the
train. (Engineer Clark was shot in the
shoulder and will recover. The fireman
escaped uninjured.
The supports of the trestle had been
sawed away, but the rails were intact.
The moment the train went on the
bridge it was ditched. Strikers then
fired into the engine and killed the en
gineer, fireman und several soldiers.
Reports in regard to the number of
killed are conflicting, bt the above
comes from authentic sources.
Immediately on receipt of the news
here General Graham ordered a com
pany of cavalry to the scene. They
were instructed to carefully watch the
strikers and prevent them from inter
fering with the trains. The fact that
only a few strikers are in the vicinity of
the depot indicated that they have de
termined to prevent the moving of trains
from distant points. It is know n a large
number of strikers left here last night
for Davievtlle, and railroad officials are
positive that they are responsible for
the ditching 01 the train this afternoon.
At 2 :30 this afternoon railroad officials
were notified that three men were killed
in tbe wreck. They were Private
Burns, Dugan and Clarke, of battery L,
Fifth United States artillery, Captain
Roberts commanding. A soldier named
Wilson had his arm cut off, and two
others are missing. It is supposed that
thev are under the wrecked train.
Done I noil Olney's Iustruetlons.
WasniNuTON, July 11. The action of
Judge Grosscup in Chicago today, in di
recting Debs' papers soied last night be
returned to him, wa tbe result of a
telegram sent to Special Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Walker, this morning.
Attorney-General Olney, upon reading
the press dispatches of the seizure, im
mediately indited a telegram, took it
over to the president at the White House
and filed it himself by 11 o'clock. The
telegram read ;
"Seizure of leb' papers is not accord
ing to law. It should be publicly dis
avowed and trie papers at once returned.
Even if the seizure were strictly and
technically Ltwful the papers should be
returned. The government In enforcing
the law, cannot afford to be itself lawless,
nor even if it lie within its strict rights
should measures be resorted to which
are unusuul and come dangerously near
invasion of personal right. The govern
ment i too strong and its cause too
righteous to warrant or require anything
of that nature. Please wire at once
what has taken place and what is done
in pursuance of these inbtructions."
Deli In Court.
Chicago, July 11. Judge Grosscup
sent for Debs and District Attorney Mil
christ today. "Mr. Debs," said the
judge, "stands accused in this court of a
grave crime, but he has all the rights of
a private citizen. His private affairs are
not to be inquired into, and if you have
in your possession any private papers or
letters or other document of that char
acter it is your duty to return them."
Milchrist said the officers had taken
papers which they should not have
seized. This vas duo to the excitement
of the moment. He stated the letters
hail not keen opened. Debs said he
was satisfied with this statement of the
district attorney. "I desire to thank
the court," be said, "for the kindness
and consideration and protection given
me." He then accompanied Milchrist
to the latter's office and the letters w hi ;h
were seized last night were given him.
All the books of the railway union
and records filling a large basket were
kept for tho use of the grand jury. The
indictment against Debs and others
contains but one charge, that of inter
fering with the mails.
The L'nlon'a Caution.
Oakland, Cal., July 11. President
Roberts has issued the following notice
to members of the American Railway
Union :
"It is rumored that a secret organiza
tion calling itself "the Avenger" has in
anticipation a project to dynamite and
mutilate Pullman cars, pretending to be
doing such unlawful acts in sympathy
with our association. Now, I take this
method of warning you all of tbe danger
to our cause by countenancing such acta
of violence and lawlessness, and charge
each and every member of our organi
zation to closely guard and protect all
railroad property in whatever place it
maybe, and for whatever purpose it
may be used, so far aa it is in your
power to do so. While we are all
pledged not to handle or haul Pullman
cars, it is none the less our duty to use
all reasonable efforts to prevent the
distructiou of property and all acts of
lawlessness. And we furthermore call
upon all good citizens to aid us in our
endeavors until such time as all these
matters can be amicably adjusted.."
Started for naerameuto at Lett.
Sax FiiANt mco, July 11. Governor
Markham arrived from Los Angeles on
the steamer Santa Rosa this morning.
He did not waste a moment, but Imarded
the steamer Modoc and started for
Sacramento. He will council modera
tion and do all in his power to have the
whole matter submitted to arbitration.
One of the strikers said this morning:
"Governor Markham is a great favor
ite with all ot the railroad employes.
He has a lot of influence w ith them, and
he may succeed iu persuading them to
arbitrate. He is to use all his influence
with the Southern Pacific, and he may
be able to settle the trouble, but I doubt
it."
A ltefltralulna Order at Ht. Joseph.
St. Joseph, .Mo., July 11. Leading
members of tho American Railway
Union here have been served with an
order by the United States marshal re
straining them from interfering with or
obstructing the business of any lines of
railway entering St Joseph. The order
was entered upon application of the
railway companies to United States
Judge Philips, of Kansas City. The de
fendants are summoned to appear for
examination at Kansas City the first
Monday In August.
The Cruiser Chicago llamaffed.
Washikuton, July 11. A cablegram
received at the navy department con
firms the report that the cruiser Cbicago
was In collision this morning at Ant
werp with the steamer Azoff. The dam
age is estimated at (12,000, and a the
Chicago was at anchor at the time, the
owners ot the A.olf will have to pay the
damages. The collision occurred off
Austerweel. The bow of the Az ill
struck the Chicugo amidships on thn
starboard aide, bending and breaking
the latter'a plates.
The freeiilent Alao
Cleveland, July 11. At a meeting of
the local lodges of the Knighta of Libor,
held tonight, resolutions were adopted
demanding the impeachment of Presi
dent Cleveland for high crimes and mis
demeanors, that the majesty of the law
may be vindicated.
First for I'urilaml aiuca the Flood.
Salt Lake, July 11. The Unixi Pa
cific started out it through train for
Portland tonight, being the first ciiire
the floods of lust mouth. With (he ex
ception of the Columbia washour, Hie
roadbed has been put in good condition.