Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-02
TRAINS AT A STANDST|LL.
A Temporary Tie Up on the
Southern Pacific.
Trainmen on the San Joaquin
Division Strike.
The Trouble Seems to Be Entirely Of
Local Origin.
Aboua zoo Men out--The Strike Unau-
thorized by the Trainmen's Eroth-
erhood-General News,
GIeanines.
BY the Associated Press. ]

BY the Associated Press.
FREsNo, CAL, July 1.-The train men
on this division of the Southern Pacific
(between Mendoza and Bakersfeldl
went on a strike at Z o'clock this morn
ing. The strike was ordered ia compli-
ance with orders received from com
mittee from Bakersfield. The trainmen
have long expressed dissatisfaction with
the superintendent of this division, ].
III. Whited. They say that before
Whited's time $3.50 miles constituted a
months work, but he increased the
mileage to 1850 miles. The officials at
San Francisco afterwards reduced it to
1850 miles, but the men were not con-
tented with this and made endeavors to
have the old schedule restored, without
success, however. The salary under the
increased mileage is the same as under
the former mileage, $50 per month for
brakemen, and 500 for conductors.
Freight train No. 25, which should
have left for the south at O'Clock this
morning, did not get away till 8 O'Clock
this afternoon. The train was manned
by about 10 policemen when it left
Fresno. Some of the strikers alno got
on. When the traifreached the fur
ther boundary of the Darling addition,
one mile from Fresno, the strikers took
out the coupling links and broke up the
train. They then jumped off, pursued
by the officers, and two, ]. Dimick and
John Hsupt were arrested and charged
with nisdemeanor. The train was
made up again and proceeded upon it's
wav. W
Freight train 2S, which should have
left at :l5 this morning, is still on the
side track.
In all about 200 men are out. 1t 10
reported here that not train has left
Bakersfield. h
| superintendent Whited was seen and
said: "At 3 10 D. m. yesterday, tele-
| gram was received addressed to me.
signed simply 'Committee,' demanding
| the adoption of schedule from July
! 1st, adding that if not acceded by z q.
! M, July lst, freight traffic on this
/ division would be stopped. Assistent
Superinteifde dent w Whitman wentefa Ba-
| kersfeld last evening to inquire into the
matter, and ascertain who 'Committee'
| was. 1t was local affair and only
affecting men on this division. He
called the men together and tried to
| talk them out OF it, and requested that
| they appoint committee to come to
Fresno and talk the matter over with
! me. They went into secret session and
at IL o'clock last night informed us that
they would not meet with the officials
of the railroad. but insisted that their
demand should be complied with by 7
O'Clock this morning, or they would 60
out on strike. They seem to have had
matters arrangned so that by sending
signals to Fresno, Mendoza and Lathrop
the men interested would refuse to 90
out"
Superintendent Whited continued:
"The first train due from Lathrop ar
rived on time. That train is about
ready to leave Mendoza. Another is at
Bakersfield and two are at Fresno. There
There are about thirty men engaged in
the strike. The Brotherhood Of Train
men and the Brotherhood of Conductors
do not recognize this strike, as it was
not ordered by them. Grand Chief
Wilkinson of the Brotherhood of Train
men has notified his order to stop the
strike, and to have the law observed,
and if necessary, to furnish men TO take
the place of the strikers. Two trains
with crews are ready to leave Fresno at
this time, but are experiencing trouble
on account of the strikers pulling coup
ling pins off the cars. There are plenty
of men willing to go out, but fear vio-
lence from some of the strikers"
Whited further stated that the Off
cials of the railrosd met with the broth
erhood in May last and decided upon a
schedule which took effect June lst. It
was supposed that this was satisfactory.