The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-13

The Train Had Very Few Passengers
on Board.

VII DOht III
Los ANGELES, July 1.-THE feeling was
strong to-day that the back of the strike
| is broken in Southern California. and that
| it is now merely matter of little time
before traffic of all kinds will have fallen
back in its accustomed groove. Since the
cars were upturned and derailed sympathy
| for the strikers has weakened in many
! classes of society. Where expressions were
| heard in favor of the woTkmen who as
sumed voluntary idleness and its conse-
Quences for the axe of principle, people
remark that it is good for everybody that
the railroads are as ain open.
After a weeks constant effort to get
trains running at last the blockade was
broken to-day by the Southern Pacific in
starting a train for San Francisco, and
when a freight train followed over the
same route the tie-up was absolutely
removed.
For the first time in twelve days train
| left here to-day for San Francisco. Its
| leaving was the cause OF some excitement
and brought a crowd TO the Arcade station.
| There were seven ears-one Pullman
sleeper, tourist-car, baggage. express and
mail and two day coaches. b Company.
Strother, fifty men strong, accompanied
the train, and were REINFORCED by twenty
five deputy marshals. all picked men. who
can be depended upon. The soldiers and
marshals will 60 through to Oakland. act
ing as guards, with positive orders 10 let
no man near the engine or couplings.
Lieutenant Strother is a cool and plucky
officer. and the Deputy Marshal in charge
Of the posse has a reputation for grit and
fearlessness that BODIES little good for any
mob that might attack the train. His men,
too, are picked for this service.
That train shall 90 through" remarked
an army officer to a railroad official as it
moved out of the depot, ''or there will be
some dead soldiers"
In the maicar there were mails for
Moiave and the mountain and San Joa-
quiu Valley towns. An order came from
San Francisco at 10 A. NJ to start train IS
for the north. Immediately the train
was made ready and at II 80 it steamed
out of the depot in the presence of a curl
Gus but interested gathering of all sorts
of people. Passing the San Fernando
street station, where the A. R. i. men
have their rendezvous, several strikers
crowded close to the engine to learn how it
was manned. They found a crew of regu-
lar men, to their great surprise. though
the engineer or fireman were not of their
order. From the sidewalk a shout OF
derision was given. and with that ended
the feeble demonstration.
The passenger list was comparatively
light, though there are a great many here
anxious to get to San Francisco by rail,
who won't 60 by sea. EX-Chief Burke
was at the depot. but went back to his
hotel remarking that he would wait awhile
Lefore taking chances on the railroad.
Late in the afternoon freight train of
ten cars was made up at the San Fernando
street yards, and followed in the wake of
the passenger train, under guard of thirty
deputy marshals. Two great compound
engines were together in front. manned by |
part union and part non-union men. The |
brakemen and conductors are experienced |
members. While switching to make up |
this freight was going on. crowd OF |
strikers and idlers gathered on the long |
foot bridge that crosses the yards. They |
hooted and cried "scab," and complaint |
came from a yardman that stones were !
thrown at him. The extra force OF deputy |
marshals and police officers was hurried to |
the bridge, where they dispersed the crowd |
and cleared the railroad tracks. Later on
pedestrians were not permitted to stop on
the bridge.
The fortunes of these two trains are |
watched with interest at both ends of the
line by railroad men. Progress must nee
essarily he slow with the passenger train,
as every bridge, tTestle and tunnel in the
Tehachapi Mountains Will be examined.
and should the train only reach the top of
the range to-night it will wait there for
daylight to make the descent Despite the
news from Bakersfield that citizens have
organized a protection society there and
that the blockade has so seriously affected
the town that long lines of mule teams ara
hauling food there from Los Angeles
there are misgivings about that one point.
Indeed trouble is expected In the San Joa-
uuin Valley, not through open conflict, but
possibly after the dastardly way the out
rage was committed near Sacramento
This fear alone has detained many travel
ers here.
Every local on the Southern Pacific lines
here is running like clockwork in keeping
with the time schedules and carrying
as usual. Confidence in the
locals is fully restored and in the last few
days travel has increased enormously. An
exactly similar condition obtains on the
Santa Fe system. Freights are being run
from San Diego. San BernardinO and
Redond and the East. The Eastern over
land for Chicago went out on time at
A. NJ. having the usual service and an addi-