Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-24
STRIKE ON THE 8. P.
The Night Switchmen Go
Out Again.
SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED.
A Large Force of Special Con
stables on Guard at the
Depot.

st o'clock yesterday evening the night
switehmen employed By he Southern Pacific
IN tha ciiy went Out on Il strike. The news was
nt tfst received with much nst0uishmcn cnt In
olifidc circles, as Is viii 10 remembered that
the aHiichmgn have already been on strike
once this moath, which was, however, satisfac-
toriiy Geltiod on TIE afternoon Of May 4th by
ocucfal saprrinfcnGcut Fillmore. The present
dsiuFbarce is not, however, an outcome Of tne
previous stsu gle, but agises from entirely dii-
feFGnt gfduaas. Briefly, the matter is 10 foi-
lows: Tammastaf j. 1hompson, who had been
ilr q trip over tha division TO Yuma. returned
"a ihs hty on special nbout O'Clock on
Tues lay morning. Before. going nome
e ia y ought 10 would take UP
iba lover end where he knew some work
alluid bc gDins uu 70 his surprise eyerytning
was qnitt aud ihl men were eyidentiy ylns
AhoNt instead OF Attcudirg to the work before
ihem. 40 stayed ghqutfur nearly 20 hour ana
nhHif. but tbs situaiDu was in nowlse changed,
So las mnsie up his mind to dispense wltn tne
laggHfdn ia The morning. Yesterday forenoon
he ihcgefOfo teat Tor the crew and disehargedl
tbcia one and ALL and also called on Nlgnt
fardmpstcr Foley iQr reasons why the men were
nos Kept az work; Foley sald tnat ~ was ~ III
uussibfa 70 handle everything with the small
fpfce thai was allowed. and as an outcome OF
no dispute that followed, Foley was
6oar trrved Tor t6g nniis6t swltchmen
% so on duty they scnt in demand that the
disehargcd msn be tensialod This, was % nlet
wish prompt refusal, whcrcupon the Whioie
gang annOineed that they were on strike
Teninmasier Thompson and Assistant haru'
mnster Mqolf iamed qtely set u WORK " ihnhS ahs
nj the trains and worked Ike Irojans TO Keep
the line cQnr. Tho strikers appeared 10 tgke II
threatening position 30 special force oi lohe,e,
whs gumiaOned aud armed men stauonea, sn l
about the depot. No disturbance or anything
ke oae oadnrred, however, until about
o'clock, when. ak Mr. Thompson was swltchlng
apaasenger car one Of the inutlneeIs luiapsu M s',
showed no signs " doing so, wberenpon we
muazle nt a revolver wes pointed AT ms hepa M
and iuylhst request made; TINS uthe the
dlreetion OF the hull where the syi!ehmen hhu
VI assembled 70 hold M Indignation n Teseti,ng, ,,l;
u was feared Tint there wonli pe ffoipie mnsn
and a rumof went around the depGt thar an
attempt would be made TO ditch her by opening
akwltch. 1t was
AN EXCITING MOMENT
When the train Steamed out She went at u
snail'8 pace AID ygilait gqnAtables kept care
ful watch over the switeheS atd siuc tracks,
from which points danger might possibly arms
Slack ahend" was sgnallgd ug the train got IN
tho thick OF tho switches, but everything proved
to be all right, and the train weut slowly round
the enrye Snd AL dspseaT as noT sien returned
to the hereulear task they had undortaken OF
making up the morning. trains alone Ihey
g9ked diigeaty s5a Tealoasly ana %hiSen she
thy announced that the regular trains would
be ~ ready 90 leave on time % usual Judging
by the Indications, to-day win be an interesting
one at the depot, us the day switch
men may fall in liue with their striking
brethren, twas feared late LIST night thni SER
ous trouble and probably bloodshed might &C
crue as tho officials have announced that pndnr
no circumstance win they take the offenders
back, aud 1t il probable that when an attempt
Is made to WORK the yards with new men, resis-
lance viii be offered by those locked-out, The
company has made every precaution. though, ~
case Of trouble; and any attempt at Q riot VIII
be met with hot reception,
THE LATEST. I..4
At2 O'Clock this morning all was quiet at the
depot The strikers had made no demonstra-
ton, and 1t was evident that tbsy were await
ing the broAk of day to see what wonld bo done
wien II became necessary to get men to handle
tho trains. The morning trains VIII, 1t was
stated by Mr.. Thompson, leave on time