San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-14
THE STR IKE.
Committee Could Not Effect a SeuIe-
ment aud the situation is
Still StrHineu


Still Strained.
The Arkansas Pass began running out
their through freight traii 5 today
This will test the standing of the EN-
ployes of other Texas roads toward hand :
ling Arkansas Pass railway freight.
The Southern Pacific men will have to
handle it.
Peuty of crews to work these freight
trains have Ueen secured.
The case of j. M. Edwards, striker.
charged with CONTEMPT OF court In inter-
fering with a colored switchman at
YOakum while performing his duties, by
cursing and abusing him. was begun yes
terday afternoon in Judge Kings court
Ii will be resumed Saturday morning.
There is plenty OF coal now in San An
tonic, and III road has l60 cars tied up on
the M X & T.
After three days of hard work in trying
to adjust matters and end the strike, the
joint committee who have beer in San
Antonio left last evening for Houston
without accomplishing any results def
nitely. They had cOnsnlta ton with the
road managers yesterday and submitted a
proposition from the former employees,
that il the company woul replace all the
men, (the strikers) they were willing TO
go back TO work. and leave the question
of the pay of the telegraph operator
agents to an arbitration committee. All
that came of this was the following reply
from the receivers
We agree that the old employees, who
agree TO go 10 work now, return to take
employment without prejudice to their
rights in any way, that is that no feeling
whatever exist by reason of the recent
difficulties between these men and the
company; and that the men who have
been employed since the trouble, and are
now in the service of the company, will
not be retained in the service unless they
pass satisfactory examination.
[Signed b. +. YoAKUM,
j. s. MCNAMARA.
This the joint committee alter thor
Oughly discussing were compelled to re-
ject as 1t would not reinState all the men.
and the committee of 43, representing all
lines of labor connected with the opera
ton of the Arkansas Pass railway, then
finally adjourned, after passing the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, that this joint committee,
representing employees of lines of railway
connecting with the San Antonio &
Arkansas Pass, do hereby adjourn sine die
after having used every exertion to bring
about an adjustment of differences now
existing between San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass railway and its employees, and re-
anxious to make concession the company
is willing TO make none. We believe that
the cause of the striking EN- ployes is just
superintendent Van Week, Southern
Pacific, Is in the city, "a lOoker-On in
Venice" The real fight will come to all
roads in Texas when other railroads are
asked to handle Arkansas Pass railway
freights. The question is, will the men
do it?
Soyorol nam IN +ho Tn+o,no +;on,1 cd
Treat Northern were spoken to yeSter-
day and all seem determined to strike if
that company attempts to handles A. p.
freight matter.
They also say that the general opinion
in regard to the notices at Palestine con-
demning the 5. A.. P. employees for their
hasty action is plan of some official to
keep them from striking. Their reasons for
thinking thus is that if the grand masters
of the different orders wished to notify
their members of such an order, they
would not do it through the superin-
tendents of the roads. but would have ii
mentioned at the meetings OF each lodge.
This has not been done.
The S. A. P. attempted to send some
freight ont over the Texas and Mexican
Marrow Gauge Yesterday, but that road
refused TO handle it.
VIM. Speck, the engineer of the San
Antonio Electric Light and Power COM
pany, recently discharged. is in Taylor
He says he was discharged because he re
fused to work for the Arkansas Pass rail-
way.
II other roads refuse to handle 5. A. &
A. P. freight, the weight Of the law viii
be invoked.
Receiver Yoakum said this morning
that there was no news of the strike, ex-
eept that freights would move today.