Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-30
THE COAST.
The Street Car Trouble
Melange.
ORANGE FREIGHTs CHEAPER.
The Latest News From Various
Points West Of the Rocky
Mountains.

Special 10 the Herald by The Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 29.-A
meeting of the striking street-car men
was held in dark room at late hour
last night, and was continued up to 3
o'clock this morning. Nothing of the
proceedings can be learned, but it is gen.
orally believed that the object was to
bring about general tie-up on oil roads
in the city. The men express strong
determination not to resume work until
their claims are granted.
A report has been in circulation the
past few days that tie.up would take
place at noon to-day of the Market
street cable cars. In the city at this
hour, 1920 P. NJ. all roads are still run
ming. Employees express themselves as
being satisfied with their pay and the
hours of labor, and deny that a tie.up
will occur.
Owing to the discovery of dynamite
bombs yesterday on the Geary street
road by the police, additional precau-
tions have been taken on both lines upon
which strikes are now pending. The
lines are guarded night and day, and
during the twenty-four hours ending
this morning there was policeman on
every block along the entire length of
the Geary street and Sutter street lines.
SAN FRANCIsCo, December 29.-The
situation of the car mems strike to-day
remains apparently unchanged. The
latest feature of introducing dynamite
has been the subject of much comment.
The detectives are endeavoring by all
the means in their power to ascertain
the miscreants who put the dynamite
where it was found. Several arrests are
anticipated shortly. A thorough search
was made on both the roads to-day for
the traces of any more dynamite or ex-
plosives of any kind, but none were
found. 1t was learned that on Monday
last, early in the morning, soon after the
performances of the masked men on the
two roads. police officer, I. r. Flynn,
picked up on Octavia street, near fifty
Sonth Sutter street, cartridge or
ssstick" of dynamite Q similar to those
found yesterday. 1t was lying in the
gutter bu. there was no fuse attached to
It, only in one end cap had been half
inserted and tied in place by black
thread From the manner the cap and
cartridge were fixed it is supposed the
,contrivance was intended to be laid on
the rail and exploded by the car passing
over it. The policeman was looking for
the weapons that the masked strikers
might CHANGED to have dropped when
he came upon the deadly affair.
1t is now stated that the new carmen
have been given to understand that on
the first of the year their wages will be
increased to So. so per day and they will
only be required to work twelve hours.
George W. Kelly, one of the street car
strikers who was arrested during the
trouble on Monday on charge of riot,
was released on $1,000 bonds. A bench
warrant was issued for his arrest this
afternoon on representation being made
to the Judge that the bonds were insult.
ficient and he was rearrested this even-
ing.
The striking carmen held two secret
sessions this evening. one being held by
the general body and the other by the
executive committee. No information
could be obtained by the press regarding
what was done.