Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-05
NO TRAINS MOVING.
Troops from Fort Marcy Finally
Reach RatOn-U. S. MarShalS
for Las Vegas.
Fifteen Freight Cars Wrecked at Dill
lon Junction-The D. & R. G.. Line
Makes an Announcement.

The railroad situation to-day is just
about what it was three days ago, SO far
as the A., 7. & s. F. is concerned, and is
almost as bad as possible not to be
by actual riot.
TROOPS AT RATION.
The two companies of U. s. troops that
left here at 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning
for Ration were detained three miles east
of Las Vegas until yesterday afternoon,
when the engine was finally patched up
and the train started east with soldier
serving as engineer. The troops reached
Ration at $50 last evening, leaving the
train in the vicinity of Dillon junction
and walking into tewn,a distance of some
two miles.
DISTRACTIONS ON THE TRACK.
They had to cover this distance on foot
because of distractions on the track. A
freight car, said to have been wrecked by
strikers on Sunday last mile or so west
of Dillon, was the first obstacle met with,
but right at Dillon station, which is the
junction of the Blossburg coal mine
branch with the A., 7. & S. F. main line,
n much more formidable obstruction was
placed across the track yesterday.
WRECKED FREIGHT CARS.
From Dillon junction up to Blossburg
the coal branch mounts steep grade.
Yesterday fifteen freight cars were turned
loose at Blossburg and sent flying down
the branch until they struck the main
track at Dillon and here they were
wrecked, piling a mountain of kinding
wood over track and right-ofway. 1t is
alleged that the cars were turned loose by
miners at Blossburg who are in sympathy
with the railroad strikers.
AT RATION
everything was in statu quo yesterday
and is reported 30 to-day. The arrival of
the troops is said to have had rather a
pacifying effect upon the strikers there.
No trains, however, are running. So there
is really no occasion for the strikers to
be otherwise than peaceful.
It is now feared that even should a
mail train with Pullmans attached be
sent out of Trinidad and past Ration, it
would encounter obstacles
AT OR NEAR LAS VEGAS,
where the strikers are almost as strong as
at Ration, and if they could be convenient
ly had there seems little doubt that
troops would also be ordered to Las We
gas. 1t is probable that U. S. Marshal
Hall and forty or fifty deputy U. s.
mnrshals will this afternoon leave Ration
and proceed to Las Vegas with view to
preserving order and protecting the COM
pany's property there in case new train
men should succeed in getting that far
west with train.
THE PROSPECTS,.
The outlook for the movement of a
regular train over the Ration Las Vegas
division within the next forty-eight hours
is not at all propitious. In the first
place obstacles on the track would require
the presence of a work train, which it is
doubtful if the company can man, and in
VIC AOAV piuCC WIG hhCllhOou vi UTouUle
at Las Vegas in case train should get
past Ration is such that the situation is
on the whole far from reassurlng.
SOUTH OF ALBUQUERQUE.
Local trains have been running between
Albuquerque and southern territorial
points up to this time, but the moment
that the company undertakes to run a
regular train with non-union locomotive
engineer the understanding is that gen
eral strike of engineers will be ordered
and this will tie up even these local
trains. 1t is limited that such an order is
expected this afternoon from Chief
Arthur, Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
ON THE d. X r. G.. LINES.
The following telegram came to hand
last night from Denver:
I. j. Helm, Santa Fe.
DENVER 4 Rio GRANDE R. R. Co.,
Office G. p. and 7. Agent.
Commencing July trains will run on
regular schedule between Pueblo and La
Veta, connecting at La Veta with train
which leaves Alamosa at 8 q. m. and re-
turning reach Alamosa about p. m.
Trains are running regularly on the 4th
division and its branches.
This will enable the 4th division and
the Rio Grande Southern passengers to
get to and from southern points of tho
state and Denver. This service will con-
tinue daily urtil further notice.
Tickets must be Endorsed: Sold only
at holders risk of delay.
(Signed) s. X. HOOPER,
G. P. A., d. & r. G. r. r.
THE THROUGH MAILS.
The Interpretation of the above is that
the strike at Salida has tied up main line
trains on the D. 4 r. g., but that the
company will try and handle all business
south of Pueblo over the old Veta Pass
line in use prior to the building of the
Salida cut off to the south. The under
standing is that through mails from the
east and Denver will arrive in Santa Fe
over this route, such eastern mail coming
west from the Missouri river over the
Burlington route.
1t is said that score or more of pas
sengers en- route to New Mexico points
have been tied up for week at La Junta
and Trinidad and that the A., T. & 8. F. Is
figuring on trying to get these over to
Cuchara junction, where they can take
the narrow gauge and come to Santa Fe,
going from this city south by stage.