The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-07-28
NO. IA | ESTABLISHED, 1919

meeting there yesterday afternoon
and passed resolution, unanimously
that they would not drink anything
nor enter a Saloon. They are ,n,ie
and determined. The train had uul
few passengers.
THE AKKlTALs % TEt gaAfs.
Our reporter paid a visit 10 the union
depot previous 70 the arrival Of The
north bound tain. He learned N n
the freight train in the afternoon.
southwark bound, had passed down
ali right, and that the passenger train
from the north hsd arrived well dllsd
With passengers, and two s!eepers a..
tsched. When It left here IL bore ~itl
IT committee of Central employee
who We're ell route for Houston, 70 At
tend The conference. Exactly On tim.
The train from the south appeared, aud
We Interviewed the conductor, ,en gineer
aud several others while the train wAS
halted for supper. What We learned
goes 10 prove the report of q geuera.
strike on the road is greatly exagyer-
ated, and that at the present ~Tit.us
everything is moving along the line.
The facts in the case are these: 4
committee has been appointed, COM
posed OF delegates from the aifIsrsI.:
branches, who meet in Houston to-day
10 confer with the management In
the meantime, telegrams have been
sent to the men along the line, To gt-l,
on working II they choose, snd await
ihe report of the committee. On that
report will depend entirely wheih~t
there Will be q general strike OF not.
But this much We do assert.
that Mt this present writing, II pm,
thefe Is no general strike Oh the Csu-
iral- Passenger trains are all moving.
ard the south bound freight A freight
lrnin was soandoned yesterday, north
ward bound, because there "a. not
business enough. At CorsicauA some
oi the men have quit WoTK ia he
shops, but il Is not defined yet a. q
strike, but merely "a stOppage during
the excite nent. We are Of the opin-
ION that tEeIe viii be no strike OF any
moment take place, a. the manage
meni is disposed To be literal, and the
men reasonable.
AT al early hour a large crowd a.
seiHb!ed al the Pacific depo, wAitiur
Tor this train. \ srea; many of ths-.
were drummers, bound for Fort Worth.
At the office We learned that
-he train was thirty minutes behind.
out II was fully three-quart, ~ al
hour before IL whi-;led for the uniou
depot; When it came ia our reporter
sought cut the conductor, and he said
ihat ali WAS quiet in Marshall, aothins
ioiug. The men were waiting for
Colonel Noble, who would probably
be there ;O-dsy. One of the employes
engaged al the depot received n postal
,ard from u friend ia Marshall, which
gave the following information
The men were quiet. NoIle a. "a
Petteu to-day. The fleets had -ke,i
.'einiission 10 send "a -reci i Tor ham g.
IeNsrkaua, which wa refused lie
VII have 10 come On the regular tsa--
seBEsf. II terms are not auiysl a.
10 day TO more passenger cars ,.i.l ts
70 come through only Lls,
mali cars The tfisu are quiet ssill ia
teTminvd. Good order prevails. IA.
lrsin last night Lad tu4ri.n.
house ear, and a tat hi;ched on teiiul.
" hich was detached anu left Ia fhs
yard al ii.is loInt- las ended tac
matter T.. tie night and al vas a.
iuiet aud peaceable - a S4bi4lrn dsg