San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-18
THE STRIKE.
THE REAL FIGHT NOW BEGINS.
Southern Pacific Men Will Not
Touch the A. r. Cars-Aii Texas
Railroad Men Say the Same
Meeting Yesterday With
Resolutions.

A meeting of the employees Of the 1. &
G. N. railway was held Saturday night.
1t was resolved not to handle s. A. & A.
p. freight.
A big meeting of the strikers was held
at Convention hall yesterday afternoon,
VIM. Altwein, a deputy sheriff from San
Antonio, on guard at Yoakum, accident
ally shot himself in the lungs while wash
ing his face Saturday last. His pistol
dropped out of his pocket. He is in Sc
rious condition and is now in San An
tonic.
Chief Graham, Order OF Railway Tele-
graphers. is on his way to San Antonio to
take action in regard to the strike.
The /. & G. N. railway train arrived at
IL o'clock last night.
John NJ Edwards was convicted OF con-
tempt before Judge King Saturday az
Jernoon and sentenced to three days In
| jail He is striker who gave his opinion
| of 'scab" negro switchman at Ioakum.
The case of A. w. Webb, of West Point,
Fayette county, for trying to arrest an
| engineer, for not complying with the law
| In not blowing his whistle at railway
crossing is set for January 25. Webb
| seems TO be in contempt of Judge Kings
| court for trying to make the engineer OF
| the train do his duty.
| The Southern Pacific and l. & G. n.
| men deny that they have handled any s.
| A. & A. p. freight since the strike. There
| is difference of veracity somewhere.
The s. A. & A. p. officials say there has
| been no reduction of wages of the bridge
| men. The strikers have informed the
| LIGHT that there has been such.
Engineer Fuller, formerly Of the Elec-
trio Light and Power company, this city,
| denies that he was compelled to take an
| engine out for the Arkansas Pass, to sup
ply the place of a union man. He adds
that his reason for going on the road
was the treatment he had received from
the Brotherhood while he was in Texas. y
| He acknowledges he did it purely out OF
personal spite. That is his excuse.
Twenty cars of Arkansas Pass freight
were handled by the l. & G.. n. railway
men last Saturday at Houston.
The Fort Worth railroad men will have
meeting tonight in that city, to take
action on the strike situation.
| Prof. o. A. Phelps delivered a lecture
on Individual Liberty" at krisch hal
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The
following resolutions were adopted:
| Whereas, There is now in progress q
conflict between the employees and officials
of the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass Rail
way company; and
Whereas, The facts and justice appear
1 10 De OH bNt Slut vi bIlt
| Whereas, We recognize the fact thai
the interests of a few men are upheld
while those of the said employees and the
| whole community are entirely Ignored by
the management of the said railway COM
pany; therefore lie it
Resolved by this meeting, that the
public generally ought to rally to the
support of the strikers.
| Resolved, That our heartfelt sympa.
thies are with the men, their wives anC
their children.
Resolved, That it is the sense of thi;
meeting that the strike should be at once
terminated in favor of the striking en-
poyeS.
Resolved, That we most earnestly ap.
peal to Judge w. w. King to remove the
principal obstruction to such favorable
termination, to-wit: one Sands. the ex'
pert wrecker of railway companies.
Resolved, That the business men of oul
city are hereby appealed to, to attend en-
masse the meeting to be held tomorrow
evening and then endeavor to prevent the
spread of the strike and effect its eQuit-
able settlement.
Resolved, That the thanks of this
meeting are hereby rendered to Prof, o.
| A. Phelps for his able and eloquent lee
ture, and we kindly invite him to re-
main in our midst and give a series OF
| lectures.
| heSOlNeu, L Udb we uOSb uB-
test and hold up to public scorn all scabs,
and especially men who sell themselves
| for dollar, to harass, arrest and insult
| with their weapons our best citizens.
| Resolved, That we earnestly hope and
expect that all employees OF lines connect.
| ing with the San Antonio 81 Arkansas
| Pass will be true to their principles and
stand by the strikers in the present con-
| test.
| Speaking of strikes, the members of the
Emma Juch Grand English Opera COM
pany. from the leading singer to the
| chorus and orchestra, went on strike at
| Fort Worth last Friday and Saturday, for
| their wages. The curtain was delayed
| untif11 o'clock Friday night, the opera
| closing at o'clock in the morning. They
will appear tonight in this city, however.
Conductor Gillis and Engineer Parker,
of the Southern Pacific, yesterday morn
| ing refused to take out freight train
which had one car of the Arkansas Pass
railway attached. The car was cut out
and left behind, the train proceeding on
its way.
The M. X. and T. men at Taylor had
similar trial yesterday and refused TO
handle the Objectionable cars.
Freight trains came in yesterday from
Rockport and Kerrville.
Seventeen cars of coal were stopped
yesterday at Taylor.
Superintendent Van Week arrived this
morning.