Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-18
THE GREAT STRIKE.
Not a Wheel Turns on the
Santa Fe System.
AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
Everything Quiet on the Southern
Pacific's Lines, and no
Trouble Expected.


Trouble Expected.
The condition Of the great strike,
locally, was unchanged yesterday, and
it is thought such will continue to be
the case until the trouble with the
Burlington road is definitely settled.
Mr.. Williamson Dunn, the Santa Fe
systems general agent, and Judge
Brunson, solicitor for the same sys-
tenn, were seen by the HERALD's rep
resentative early yesterday morning,
and asked what they thought of the
condition of affair, and whether
there was anything new or not.
Mr.. Dunn said that he did not know
anything new. They had expected
that the trains would run as usual, in
accordance with Chief Arthur's order,
and were much disappointed to find
that such was not the case.
think" said Mr.. Dunn, "that
the reason for the strike is now ap-
parent. The stockholders of the
Santa Fe Company are, many of
them, largely interested in the G. B.
& @. railroad. and the Brotherhood
are determined to make the pocket
books of the stockholders suffer, for
they believe by doing that, they can
bring the strike to a close quicker
than any other way. BY bringing the
strike to a close, / mean, that the
engineers think they will win."
"What are the indications for
speedy settlement"
=, There IS nothing at all hopeful.
The men are determined to hold out
to the last, and will not give us the
slightest reason"
Judge Brunson said he agreed with
Mr.. Dunn. He thought the cause
of the strike was because the
stockholders of the Santa Fe Com
pany wete also interested in the G. B.
4 Q. A message from General
Manager Daniel McCool, received by
Mr.. Dunn yesterday morning, stated
that no tickets should be sold, and not
apound of freight taken, until further
notice. At the general ticket office
on Main street, the ticket agents were
kept busy all day redeeming tickets
sold within the last few days for east
ern points. The tickets sold in San
Diego for the east, over the Santa Fe
and used to this point, are accepted
by the Southern Pacific Company for
passage east, via. El Paso. OF course
the Santa Fe Company loses by this
arrangement, but it is the best they
can do. As a result, the Southern
Pacific Company is sending out its
trains in two sections.
The large Phillips excursion which
has been side-tracked at the Santa Fe
depot, remained there until yester-
day afternoon, when arrangements for
their transportation east, were COM
pleted with the Southern Pacific Co.
Accordingly, every person in the ex-
cursion was transported yesterday
evening to coaches at the Southern
Pacific yards, and they will leave at
O'Clock this evening for Ell Paso and
from there they will continue the
journey via the Texas 4 Pacific and
Missouri Pacific roads.
1t is stated that the engineer in
charge OF the mail car, which left
this city Tuesday night at 10 O'Clock,
went as far as Peet Springs, A. T.,
and there set the mail car on a side |
track and refused to haul it further.
This statement comes from the Post--
office authorities. In case it is true,
Government may take the matter up
and hold either the engineer or COM
pany resp ,nsible.
The overland train, due in this city |
at Z :05 A. NJ. yesterday, did not arrive |
until 8 O'Clock, being delayed in San
Bernardino on account of the train
men having to do their own switch |
ing. At 2 p. NJ. the HERALD's repre-
sentative visited the Santa Fe depot
and found everything perfectly quiet. |
Groups of men were to be seen stand |
ing around talking in low tones about
the situation.
AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
A few moments after 2 O'Clock, some
little excitement was created by hear
ing the sound of locomotives bell |
which was shortly followed by shrill
whistle. Looking toward the south |
ern end of the yard, switch. engine
No. 57l, in charge of Engineer Mich |
olson, was seen rapidly approaching. |
A large crowd Immediately gathered
upon the platform. The engine came
down to within hundred yards of the |
spot, and then coupled on to a train
of coaches standing on a side-track,
and pulled them down towards the
round-house, in order to switch a |
special car belonging to the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Co. upon the main
track. This was done, and the en-
gineer started back to place the
coaches on the side-track. After doing
this he backed down to the edge Of |
the switch to get upon the
main track, with the inten-
ton of pushing the special car
over to the transfer, where the South
ern Pacific Co. could get it and haul
it to San Francisco. AS soon as the |
main track was gained the engineer
started down to couple onto the
special car. Before he had gone
twenty yards, a man stepped out to |
the track and gave the signal to stop. |
The fireman. mere boy-put his
hand to his face in derision. The
man on the track, who is newcomer
and is known as "Happy jack"
picked up . small lump of coal and
and playfully ESQ he said) threw
1t at the boy. 1t struck the
engine, which Immediately came
to stop. The engineer, "Happy
Jack" Immediately jumped upon the
locomotive and asked its engineer to
tell him his name. This Engineer |
Nicholson refused to do, telling the
man he could go 10 headquarters and
find out if he wanted to. As he said
this, Nicholson stepped off his engine
and went to the office, when he was
told to let his engine stand where it
was until a reply could be received to |
q request (sent to the chief engineer
at San Bernardino), asking permis-