The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-14

10 give the names OF the train men.
1t is the desire of Colonel Graham and
the railroad officials to withhold this
information from the strikers.
1t is known, however, that no trains
are running out of Sacramento save two
that were dispatched for the east this
morning. Another train bearing $50
United States troops from Fort Doug
lass, Utah, is west-bound. This train
arrived at Winnemucca at noon today,
and under cover of these troops a west
bound passenger train that had been
stalled at Winnemmucca since June 2S,
was released and started forward under
a military picket established around the
railroad property. The rest of the
troops proceeded west with the passen-
ger train. A wrecking train with two
fiat cars loaded with troops is coming
on ahead of the train. Another over
land train from Los Angeles is also
coming into southern California under
a heavy military guard. This train
passed Bakersfield this afternoon, and
without an incident is due to reach
Oakland late tonight.
At Oakland the yards on the mole
are now under the protection of force
of LOCO United States marines, state
militiamen and deputies. The force has
been sufficient to over-awe the riotous
strikers and today there was no further
violence.
In San Francisco, the event of the
day was the empanelling of a special
United States grand jury by Judge
Morrow to investigate the prevailing
disorders. In the course of his charge
to the jury. which has been specially
drawn from the business men of San
Francisco, Judge Morrow said:
Obstacles Must Removed.
THAT the passage of the mails over
certain lines of railroad in this state
has been retarded and INSTRUCTED
there is no question. The regular re-
ceipts and dispatch of mail over the
roads of the Southern Pacific company
have. in fact, been suspended at the
San Francisco postoffice for a period
of about two weeks. Who is RESPONSE
BILE for this state of affairs? The
strikers, the railroad company or both?
The railway is a great public highway
an the duty of the railroad company
is first to the public. The road must
be kept in operation if it is possible to
do SO with the appliances within reach.
Any negligence in this respect is not
excused by temporary difficulties.
The damage and interruption caused
by the elements are usually promptly
repaired and removed. The same en-
ergy and good faith should be pre-
served with respect to the removal of
labor and other difficulties. The pre-
sent controversy between the South
ern Pacific railroad and it's employ
eeS appears to be in relation to the
movement of Pullman cars. Both par
ties to this controversy have announc-
ed in the public press that they have
been ready and willing from the first
to move freight cars and passenger
trains without Pullman cars. In my
opinion, the situation has been of such
an extraordinary character and the i'll.
terruption of commerce so serious and
long continued, as to have required of
the railroad company to temporarily
waive all question concerning the
makeup of regular trains, as the Of
ficerS of the company claim they have
done, and employ such resources as
the company had in the movement of
other trains in an effort to relieve the
prevailing congestion and distress.
This obligation l believe to have been
a public duty and a willful failure to
perform this duty with respect to the
movement of the mails and interstate
commerce within the purview of the
statute.
Examination Not Limited.
TT is your duty to determine this
question under the law, and present
the guilty parties to the court for pros
ecution. In this inquiry you will not
limit your examination to the con-
duct of any particular class of per-
sons, but carefully scrutinize the acts
of all parties concerned, whether they
are officers of the railroad or employ
ees, and without fear or favor or in
fluence of any kind, point in the pro-
per manner the persons who have
the law and imperilled
the best interests of this state.
I'm your inquiry you may find that
parties have so associated themselves
together in their conduct as to bring
them within the law of conspiracy"