The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-31
THE RAILROAD RUMPUs,


The Harris aud Calder gang, who
have made such u herculean effort TO
gobbe the Dallas and Wichita rails
road, were AZ busy as bees yesterday,
In their efforts TO carry out their grand
scheme M rapidly M possible, These
men aud their strikers were seen
everywhere, and II Ia evident that
they are beginning to weaken, and
are alarmed for the auocess OF their
undertaking, whereby the city OF Dial
las and other creditors, including poor
working men and other employees OF
the road, are 10 be thrown aside In order
that n rolling mill In Kansas may
step In and under the cloak OF legal
authority, feloneously obtained, rob
other creditors OF their rights. 10 Ia
no wonder that this man Harris said
'he did not know how he would be
treated IN the rebel state OF Texas when
he went down there TO take the road"
for he no doubt felt that Others OF raids
cal proclvlties who had gone south TO
rob the people ought TO be n warning
for him.
This whole thing In n nutshell it
nothing less than II grand scheme OF
robbery, for II the mortgage IN fore
closed in favor OF Harris, Calder and
others interested In the rolling mill,
the men who barred their bos0ma to
shovel the dirt; the merchant who
holds claims for goods; all creditors OF
whatsoever character, go to the
wall henceforth and forever,
aud these northern sharps VIII
pocket the bonds aud whatever
else they can; the road will DO fail
ure the large and profitable traffic ex-
pected before the inauguration OF their
scheme To gobble II, will have beea lost
the tax. pay era OF the city will be out
one hundred thousand dollars, aud the
rolling mill gentry will laugh at being
able to play 1t smart on "those Id
Texan heathens."
But az before said 1t Ia evident they
are beginning to weaken, and THE
: HERALD intends TO lash them unceas.
lngly until they do let up on the grip
they now have on the throat OF the
city. This ia fight in which every
man and woman in Dallas who pays u
dollar of taxes Ia deeply interested
and 1t IL to be seen II they are to be
robbed In any such manner.
Regarding their movements yester.
day, nothing OF especial interest trans
PRED about the depot In their great
emery, pcy, they succeeded In getting
IA switch. engine from the Central road
to run out last night after dark TO take
the car load of bolts, spikes and straps
to the end of the road, fearing that Dr.
Reed would attach them to-day.
No trains have gone out as yet, but
after working for two days they sues
ceeded yesterday in procuring an en-
CINE and car from the Texas and Pa
cifio railroad which IL to be delivered
to them to day, when it is presumed
they will commence to run trains.
Respecting the damnable plot ems
gagged in by these men, Calder and
Harris, reported rs rumors, in The
HERALD of yesterday morning, it can
now DO asserted as fact, for a
prominent gentleman, member
of the city council, without solicitation,
acknowledged to HERALD represent
tatIve yesterday that 1t could be stated
us facts upon his authority.
A virtual acknowledgment of the
scheme, whereby circuit Judge of the
United States court was tiagrantly inn
posed on, is made by Calder in his at.
tempts yesterday evening to explain
the matter.
They say that "the interest on the
bonds was due January lat, and was
demanded in February, and the de.
mand vas refused with the answer of
no funds"
These are the facts: The secretary OF
the Union Trust company, of New
York, where the interest is payable on
these bonds, wrote letter in March
to Mr.. Shields, secretary of the Dallas
and Wichita company, that no de.
mand for the interest on the coupons
OF these bonds had been made upon
that company, so that is a disposition
OF false statement first.
They say the bonds were in peril
from prospective lapse of the char
ter. This could not be, for the bonds
have never been registered, hence
they could not he IN peril.
Calder states that "when President
CASTOR returned, he asked him II there
WAS any other way to save the charter
except by u receiver being appointed,
and 1t was agreed that they could not
think OF any other way.n
According to Mr.. CASTOR, when Cal
der aaked him (Gaston) ifhe thought
the charter could have been saved
without the appointment OF u receiver,
Mr.. CASTOR told him he believed that
1t could. When asked what his belief
was founded on, he replied, "On the
promise Of DR.. Reed, that the charter
should be saved II the Rolling Mill
furnished the iron.p
DR., Reed gave Mr.. CASTOR sufficient
and satisfactory pledges that the charter