Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-17
MATTERS AND THINGS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Labor Troubles-Art Saie-Rail
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ters-FOreign Items.
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
Labor TrOubIeS.

Depot, one hundred ana Twenty-fiftf
street, Cross Town and cable road, which
runs up Tenth avenue from One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth on to and beyond High.
street bridge. This is owing to the refusal
of the company to accede TO the demands
of the Empire Protective Association. that
the company discharge five non-union men
The officers of the Empire Protective Asso.
citation said this afternoon that if the Third
Avenue Railroad did not give in within
forty-elght hours there would be a general
tie-up of all the horse car lines in the city
That If this did not succeed the movement
would be extended to BROOKLYN, Philadel-
phia and other cities of the United States
He said this could be done in two days.
STATEMENT OF THE STRIKERS.
New YORK, April 16th.-The strikers
this afternoon issued a card to the public
in which they say that the company has
not kept faith with them, violating its
promise TO work the men only twelve
hours, by keeping the cable road men on
duty twelve and half hours, and by pay
ing trippers only 81 per day. instead OF
81 so, as agreed. The company also re-
fused to raise the pay of the time-takers
from 81 % to 81 65. 1t also charges the
company with heartless disregard of the
condition of their employees. The COM
pany to-day ran six cars, making in all
thirteen trips,
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.
The leader of the strikers sent message
to the Railway Commission at ALBANY.
asking lis members to come at once to this
city. A reply was received, stating that the
Board would accord a hearing at 10 A.
NJ. tomorrow. The strikers say that tbey
expect that the Commissioners will insist
on the running of cars at once or else de-
clare the company's charter forfeited, land
if the charter is forfeited we shall apply
for it, said one of the committee. Thus
the matter is in abeyance until tomorrow
The company will run cars again to-
morrow.
SHOOTING AT THE DEPUTIES.
EAST ST. LOUIS, April 16th.-Late last
night the deputies patroling the railroad
yards were startled by hearing several
shots fired at them from the direction of
several houses near the junction of the
Cairo Short Line and the Pittsburg Rail-
road. This sort of attack upon the guard
has become so frequent, that, although
none has as yet been injured Reece, com
mauding the militia forces here. has issued
an order that hereafter. if shots are fred
from any building in East St. Louis. the
and arrest all the guilty or suspected per
sons found in the building.
BRUTE FORCE EMPLOYED.
Two Deputy Sheriffs, while guarding
the Fandaiia Railroad yards last nighi,
were approached by a number of men. sup.
posed to be strikers, who engaged tile
deputies in conversation during the prog
ress of which they attacked the deputies
and beat them badly. Upon the approach
of several sentiUels who were on guard in
adjacent yards, attracted by the cries OF the
deputies, the assailants escaped. leaving
their victims in an unconscious condition.
Last night an unknown man, who has
occupied position made vacant bv one of
the strikers of the burlington wards. was
attacked, while standing on the street cor
ner, by party of men, who knocked him
down and beat him severely before he
could escape. During the fight shot was
fred by some one, which had no effect.
Neither militia or police We're in the vicin-
ity at the time
ANOTHER STRIKE OF RAILROAD MEN.
CHICAGO, April 16th.-All the union
switchmen ofthe Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road went out Oh strike this afternoon.
The difficulty grows out of the fact that the
Swltchmen's Union has demanded the dis
charge OF few non-union men, and the
refusal OF the company to comply with the
request a local agent of the companv
says the Objectionable men were taken into
the employ of the company at the time OF
the last strike and have been faithful work
men, and he thought the company would
now stand by them.
Between fifty and seventy of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy switchmen went
out this afternoon for the same reason. and
Lake Shore switchmen threaten to go ou;
tomorrow.
Railroad Notes.
New YORK, April 16th.-The Kiernan'
News Agency says The Central Pacific
Company will receive S1,200,O0O rental
money May 1st from the Southern Pacific
Company, under the terms of the lease
made April L, 1885. 1t was expected when
the lease was made that this money would
at once be available for dividends on the
Central Pacific stock, inasmuch as pro.
vision for the floating debt was supposed
to have been fully made by the s., ,000, ,00(
in convertible bonds remaining unsold al
that time 1t transpires, however, that the
debt is still floating, but unprovided for
and that the management of the Central
Pacific Company is discussing the adyisa
bility of urging the rental money due May
1st to pay off the floating debt instead q
giving it to the Central Pacific bondholders
G. P. Huntington says the transconti
mental troubles are not settled yet There
was no meeting yesterday about the mat
ter. He also says there is no truth in th,
report that the control of Pacific Mail i.
being bought by transcontinental interests
Charles +. Crocker, of San Francisco
writes to Vice-President Charles Crocker
M hp Qr,t M thar Do oif
that the cutting of transcontlnental rate
was of immense benefit to the compan,
and the Pacific coast. He says he is order
ing additional rolling stock, and if he coult
get 1000 box-cars Immediately he coul,
use them until far into the winter.
Huntington said it appeared now that al
| the roads intended to let the trouble cur
itself. This meant that the war will b
kept up some time longer. He had re
ceived no new propositions of settlement
| from the other lines, and he did not intend
on his part, to make any,
| A general feeling of indifference to tn
| time of final settlement existed among tn
several arrangements. Harris. Presiden
of the Northern Pacific, said Oakes, at ST
| Paul. had charge of the matter. so far a
| their roads were concerned that the, break
| ing up of the pool, of course. saffecte,
1 lucAu llC toQiO iiDt cdf NUtu tOU
| tending powers would agree. The proba
| bility was that they would not combin
| very soon.
Letters for Criminals.
| WAsHINGToE, April 16th-An interestin
story comes to the Postoffice Department
from North Platte, Neb. One OF four ac
cessories to murder near that place yea
ago, has turned States evidence. Two G
| the accomplices have been arrested by tn
police. The fourth, Eugene Myers, is stil
at liberty. The Postmaster at North Plat
has been requested by the Sheriff and th
foreman of the Grand Jury to detain tn
letters passing through the office to an
from the Myers family, believing tha
Eugene's wife knows where be is and j
writing TO him. They desire to open th
letters, and. after having read them, sen
them to their destination. The Postmasts
asks the Department whether he is author