The morning call., 1894-07-04

Compton, - Mullen, S. ID. Warden. Jack Har-
ris, - Hughes, George Vice. Robert Sterriit.
members and tfIicers OF said union, and there
urou your orator alleges and shows TO the
court that all of The defendants above named
are residents and citizens of the Stale of Cali
fornia, residing within the Northern District OF
California, excepting the defendants the Amer
lean Railway Union, +. Porter, G. W. Lindsay,
c +. Denniug j. c. March. Robert Sterritt and
other me mGers OF said union whose names are
unknown TO your orator, who are residents of
the nTed States outside Of the Northern Dis
tIet of California
Your orator further alleges that the Sou h.
ern Pacific Company is a CORPORATION duly Or
GanfZed and existing under the laws OF the
Stale OF Kentucky for The purpose of operat.
ing steam railways within said Stale of Califor-
MIA and other States and Territories OF the
United States; that said company now owns
and oueraes and has for many years past
been engaged in The operation of a sys-
TEN of steam railways within said State
of California and in other States and Terri
tories OF The United States; that among other
lines Of railway owned aud operated by said
company is the overland road from San Fran
=: cisco via Los Angeles, Cal, Tucson Ariz El
PaSO, Tex, 10 New Orleans La; that another
OF said lines OF railway so owned and operated
by said company is the overland road from san
Francisco Wa Sacramento, Cal, and Reno
% New 10 Ogden IN the I rrtory OF Utah; that
another line Of railway so owned and operated
by said company is the overland road from San
. francisco via Sacramento Cal, aud Salem'
Or, 10 Portland, Or; that said company also
OwDs and operates many other subsidiary lines
OF steam railway within the State oil CaIilor-
MIA, connecting al suitable points ol
junction with the aforementioned lines Of
-. overland railway, aud forming, win SAID
= lines routes of transportation forUnited states
mails and other Government transportation
p and of express matter, ana also for passengers
.. and freight, such transportation forming inter
state commerce; that is 10 say, that upon and
over said lines OF railway and connecting lines
: there have been for many years last past con-
;tinuousiv aud daily carried mails from different
postoffices Of the United States Government
. outside the state of California and in foreign
. countries 10 the different postofiees within
the State OF California. and from different post
Offices within the State of California to all other
.postofces without said State. including foreign
countries.
said lines of railway have also for many years
last past been continuously and daily engaged
in the transportation OF passengers, express
matter and freight from points without the
Stale of California 10 points within the State Of
California. and vie versa. That said lines of
Railway have also furnished 10 the Government
ofIhe United States for many years last past
and from time TO time as required all transpor-
tation needed by said Government and that
said lines OF railway are essential and neces-
sary public highway anc routes for the trans
pOrtallOn OF United States mails and other
Government transportation. and of express
matter, passengers and freight as above stated
Your orator further allie ges that the said
American Railway Union is an association os-
teDsihly formed of railway employees engaged
IN the operation of railways within the United
States, and that the defendants above named
are members Of said union; that said union and
lis members have combined and have con-
sDired together and have formed a conspiracy
for the purpose of reSCI aiming and hinderiDg
trade ana commerce among the several States
of the United States, and for the purpose of
obstructnC and retarding The passage
OF the mails Of the United States and
OF express matter, passengers and freight
over the said lines OF railroad; that
10 the execution of said conspiracy said
American Railway Union and It's members
above named together with many other men,
berS OF said union unknown TO your orator
lave foTcibly taken possession and control Of
trains upon saId railway engaged in the trans
pOrtation OF United States mails and of ex-
press matter, passengers and freight, and have
refused 10 allow said trains to move or D. used
in said L ansportation; that for more than four
days last past the ordinary transportation OF
the United states mails and OF express matt r,
and almost entirely suspended upon the said
lines Of railway, and particularly the said
through lines from San Francisco TO New Or
leans, from San Francisco to Ogden
and from San Francisco TO Portland; that In
many places trains carrying passengers have
been and are detained to the great discomfort
inconvenience and injury CT the passengers and
in many cases such passengers are suffering
from restitution and sickness occaSioned by
said delay; that the suspension OF mail and ex.
press traffic have greatly Interrupted business
and travel and commerce within The State of
California and between other States and Terri
tories and foreign countries; that trains en-
gagged in the transportation Of freight have
been held and detained at many different
places within the State of California upon said
lines of railway, and that for several days past
lie transportation OF fTeighls has been almost
If not entirely suspended upon said lines; that
large portions Of said freight consist of fruit
products Of the State Of California The greater
portion Of which is shipped for transportation
TO points without the State of California and IN
the Eastern States of The United States; that
said fruit products are perishable in their na-
ture and that many thousands of dollars In
value OF said fruit products have perished and
are perishing upon said trains carrying the
same so detained and held as above stated :;
that the suspension Of freight TRANSPORTATION
was accomplished and brought about by the
said American Railway Union and its
MEMBERS as above stated, and il il
IS allowed TO continue VIII prevent the
transportation Of The fruit product OF California
and that said fruit product must perish and be
allowed TO 90 to waste for lack OF such trans
portatlon.
That in order to accomplish the suspension
Of tie railway transportation The said de-
1ehdanls have resorted In many cases to force
ana acts OF violence; that among other acts
done by said defendants and their confederates
are the following: They have forciby discon.
Dected the airbrakes upon mall passenger a I'd
freight trains, put out the fires in the engines
drawing such trains and thrown switches tu
order 10 prevent the passage OF such traine
through depots and stations. They have opened
The drawbrldge over the Sacramento River
navigable stream at Sacramento. Cal. to nre-
vent the passage Of such trains. They have
creased the railway tracks at or near The tovn
or Red Bluff, in California. for nearly a mile In
extent so that locomotives could not draw over
such tracks he trains 10 which they were at
tached. They have stopped the trains upon the
railroad crossings and upon switches ana for
chilly refused to allow such trains to be remov d
from such crossings and switches in order that
the tracks might be blocked to prevent the pas
sage OF trains.
That the said conspiracy and the acts done
hereunder as above stated have created great
public excitement throughout The State of Call
fornia and that at different places within said
Slate large ciowds of people have assembled IN
such numbers as 10 absoluteIy preYeut the