The morning call., 1894-06-29
PRACTICALLY NO CHANGE.
Men on the Northern Division Will
Not Handle PuiImans,


SACRAMENTO, June 2S.-The boycott
against the Pullman cars is still ION" in
Sacramento, and the situation to-day Is
practically unchanged. Great inconven-
ience has been occasloned on account of
delay 10 the mails.
Division Superintendent Wright said
this forenoon that. the situation was prac-
tically unchanged s. far as the territory
over which he has jurisdiction is con-
cerned. The men still refuseto handle the
:Pullmans, and no trains can be made up
and sent out except the various locals.
:. Superintendent Wright said that the
stopping of trains would cause considera-
BILE loss to fruitgrowers. especially to
those in Placer County, and also to Wells
tFargo's Express Company. which has been
hauling large quantities of peaches, cher
ries. blackberries and apricots.
. The Colfax local train which leaves
here in the afternoon begins to pick up
boxes of fruit at Rocklin, and by the time
it reaches Pentyn, Loomis. Newcastle and
Auburn it has very large amount of per-
lshable express matter
When COlfax is reached the various
packages are assorted and placed in cars TO
be sent to points in the East being picked
up by the overland express leaving here at
night.
S. ID. Worden, a member Of the local
organization of the American Railway
Union, returned this morning from Chi
cago. He had been sent as delegate to
attend a convention of the union in that
city. The convention decided to boycott
the Pullman cars, and Mr. Worden says
the fight will be bitter one to the end.
'Mr. Pullman had been out Of Chicago
for several weeks" said the delegate,
land only returned last Saturday. When
he was waited upon by committee of the
American Railway Union he most en-
phatically declined to treat with them
when they made a suggestion about arbi-
tratiDg the difficulties. We do not intend
TO inconvenience the travelling public" I"
said Mr.. Worden, land we are not asking
more wages. but we want the same wages
as the men received before the reduction
was made.
ut is the railway company that's stop
ping these trains," he continued, ''not The
a. R. U. If any of these men handling
cars are discharged we will give the COM
pany six hours in which to reinstate them.
If they are not Teinstated we will call out
the while system aud stop freight trains
also"
Mr.. Worden says there are 218O men in
the Sacramento branch of the American
Railway Union.
This afternoon a committee of the Amer
: can Railway Union. which has charge of
the boycott. swoFe 10 an affidavit before
w. A, Henry. notary public, that they
have no intention of refusing in any man
ner to perform their duties as employees of
railway companies upon any trains in the
transportation of passengers or United
States mails. except such trains as may
have Pullman sleeping-cars attached to
them.
The statement is signed for tie American
Railway Union by Ii. A. Knox, James
Mullin and Thomas Compton.
There is nothing new here tonight con-
cerniDg the Pullmau-car boycott. Sacra-
mento, not being the terminal point of any
line, has nothing to do with the starting of
the Pullman cars except on one train that
leaves here for Los Angeles, connecting
with the Southern overland at Lathrop.
The men refused to put in the Pullman
sleeper to-day and the train did not 20 out.
PORTLAND, Ore. June 28.-The Pull
man strike has not affected this city as
yet, except that car-cleaners refuse to
clean Pullman cars. The Southern Pacific
and Northern Pacific both sent out regular
trains tonight. drawing Pullman cars.
The Northern Pacific, however, is tied up
through Washington State.