The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-26
STRIKE WANING.
Leaves in It's Wake Many
Things to Explain.
Strikers Who Called Names WIZ
Not Be Taken Back by the
Railroad.

The strike is almost thing of the past, and
yesterday IN Oakland and about the railroad
yards and depois one would hardly know that a
strike had ever been held on The Southern
Pacific.
The strikers themselves, however, still main
tain that the strike is not of, bur they hop
ing against nope. President Roberts said yes
terday that the A. K. L. had refused 10 accept
the proposition of The company, (which
amounts TO the reinstatlug Of such men as they
think it," said MIR. Roberts. The A. Il. L.
demands TO be taken back in body before II
will declare the strike of"
The strike may be over In good earnest, but
it has left behind it a clouded atmosphere that
Will take a long time to clear III the heat of
the trouble men have said things and done
things that il VIII take long time 10 explain
away, and the stories growing out Of the strike
promise 10 be numerous.
The Alameda affair in which the editor OF the
Telegram of that place charged members of
Company +, Fifth Regiment. National Guard,
with immoral conduct in Alameda while the
company was stationed there, promises to
bring down about the ears OF the editor an en-
tire nest or hornets, for the conn any is in arms
at what they Term his malicious statements.
Lieutenant Cobbedlck of Company + says that
the article was actuated by malice because OF a
refusal To let the Telegram man enter The lines
without pass The company has sent a letter
10 The editor demanding retraclion, and a suit
for criminal libel may be The result OF the
article.
Al tue Tabernacle meeting OF the strikers on
Tuesday night President Roberts said that the
statement made by Mayor Pardee was false,
and that no committee ef the A r. q. men had
waited on him 10 ask him TO intercede with the
railroad company 10 get the strikers taken back.
On his matter the Mayor has stated In an in
IerYieW that IL was the truth He saId that
Councilman Watkinson, one of the strikers, had
asked him to form committee OF citizens aud
90 with them 10 Fourth and Townsend streets
III railroad
Mayor said there were other members OF the
union who had interviewed him on the subject,
but he would not give their names. He said,
however, that Striker Walton and +. j. Mofitt
had asked Thomas Prather why the citizens
did not 90 TO San Francisco with the Mayor
and inteTcede for the strikers.
Pardee said: "WatkinSo interviewed me
twice. Once he came here in person; that was
Monday morning. In the afternoon he called
me up by telephone"
In reference 10 the Mayors statement that
Natkiuson had called on him. the Councilman
said
'That is not so. 1 never saw the Mayor or
spoke to him about Ii until l saw him Tuesday
with Palmanteer and Frank Leach and others
at Fourth and Townsend streets. l spoke 10
him about 1t then. We went over as a commit
tee from the union TO ask the company TO take
us back without prejudice except such as were
convicted OF crime. They told US that they
would not consider The matter collectively; we
must apply individually. There is very little
difference between US now. The only question
is, will they take US back in body or must we
60 back as Individuals"
In speaking OF the statements made by Rob-
erts, WatKinsOn said
well Roberts don't know everything that is
going on. He is net there (at union hesdquar-
ters) all the time. We did not act without au-
thortty. Roberts was mistaken"
"Are any Of the men going back?" was
asked.
"Oh, YES. some have gone, but not many.
There may be some new men here from tie
East, but the railroad company is badly Grip
pied. 1t can't get along without its old hands.
They are moving most of their passenger
trains, but instead OF sending out twenty-five
or thirty freight trains a day they are only able
TO man about three day, aud the freight Is
piling up on them all along the line"
That the railroad company intends standing
by the "scabs" so called, may be seen from the
following order, issued yesterday by Superin-
tendent Wilder:
To all concerned: Since we first commenced
the movement OF trains, the EN- ployes that were
willing and ready to do service have been in
suited In many ways by the strikers. In every
case where the word "scab" has been used by any
men to those who were in performance of their
duties, under no consideration will they be taken
back into the service, aud as you take men back
say 10 them IL any evidence presents itself in the
part IN this strike aud have inundated men, and
have applied the term ''scab' to any employees
that have not refused to work. 1t will be sufficient
cause for their dismissal.
These are only a few of the outcroppings from
the great strike. The Police Court docket is
filed with petty Ofenses committed by men on
both sides Of the question. and in a political
way Oakland will hear of the strike for a long
time TO come.