The herald., 1894-12-19
THAT COMING CUT IN SALARIES
1t Is Not Bothering the officials
of the Company.
But Gives the Workers Of the South
ern Pacific Tired Feeling.
An English Knight Passes Through
Town-Personaily Conducted Ex.
cursionists Arrive.

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around during the last few days past.
that the proposed cut in salaries, to
be inaugurated by the Southern Pa
oific company on tho first of the year.
was causing much dissatisfaction among
the employees to be thus affected, 10 de-
MED by the local officials OF the corpor-
alton.
Nevertheless. railroad mon here and
elsewhere on the line are very much
sgitated in connection with this, to them,
moet disagreeable step. 1t has been
denied that there was any unpleasant
feeling existing in Tucson. A railroad
man, not connected with tho Southern
Pacific. who has just arrived in Los An
geles, however, stated yesterday that
while there has been no actual trouble,
long runs and the anticipated cut in sal.
aries have impaired a very ''tired feel
ing" to the employees of the company
in Arizona. 1t was reported on the
| street yesterday that there was much
dlssffection among the railroad hands at
Yuma. This was also denied ct the Ar
cade depot, and inquiries made in other
directions did not confirm the rumor.
For several DAYS, it is alleged, the en-
| gineers and tiremen of the Southern
Pacific in this city. who are connected
with the A. r. u, have been holding
secret meetings at night to discuss
the situation and to devise, if possible,
some way by which their salaries may
not be retrenched. Whether it be true
that such meetings have taken place or
not, and what their purport is, diligent
inquiries yesterday failed to elicit posi-.
lively, but it is very probable, judging
by the source OF Information of the
HERALD, that the engineers and fire.
men, who will be among the first az
fected by the cut, are discussing the
situation.
The feeling of uueRsness is not con-
fined to this branch of the service alone.
A numb ber of employees connected with
other departments are very un pleasantly
affected by the proposed curtslling Of
their hard earned wages. These do not
! believe that there will be any open re-
sistance or outspoken protests against
the cut, but they say tnat the feeling
against Mr.. Huntington ia certainly the
reverse OF cordial.
One man had this to say: ''The
Southern Pacific ia treating its people
badly. The men that stood by it dur
ing the strike wers lavishly cajoled, but
as coon az tho trouble WAS oyer it bs.
came apparent to them that they had
been deliberately deceived. and that il
would be foolish to depend upon any of
the promises held out to them by the
magnate and his lieutenants. Now tho
company proposes to leave tho aslaries
of the high officials undisturDed and to
reduce the wages OF thoss who have
! n arI Nil / do of
believe that any resistance will be of-
tered by the employee, who are to be so
unjustly treated. after the echs dule Of
ktne cut re4ches them. but it is certain
that nothing of any consequence is 60
ing on among the men now, because the
| circular hZing the cut has not been
promulgated yet, ana they are entirely
IN the dark"
BRIEF MENTION.
That the trip OF General Superintend-
ent Towne and Assistant TO tho Man
ager General Curtis had any connection
with Gpy troubles springlnS from the
cut thst-is to-be. ia not at all likely. 1t
WAS given out that the officials were
hurrying westward to meet y party OF
capitalists who are interested in lands
in the central part of Californi. Such
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turned last night, having with them in
their special Car Sir Charles Rivers and
several other wealthy gentlemen.
w. |. j. Shotwell, general freight
agent of the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad, with headquarters at San Fran.
cisco, ie in Los Angelas on business.
The Los Angeles Consolidated Rail.
road company has laid two switches on
| itg line on Spring street, near Fifth
! One OF these will connect with the track
of the old Blue-caf line, and the other
is to connect with track running down
| East Fifth street, and thence southerly
| along Wall street.
Assistant General Passenger Agent II.
X. Gregory of the California Southern
railroad left for San Diego yesterday
afternoon.
| EXCURsIoNISTS.
Following persons from the east az
rived in Los Angeles Tuesday morning
on the Burlington route, personally con.
Quoted excursion:
F. G. Ball. Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank G. Thede, Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Mary Carlton and two daughters,
Knoxville. Ill. ; Mrs. Eliza beth Stennett,
Red Oaks, Ia.; Mrs. Carrie Kerr and
three children, Marion, la. Mrs. Cath
crime Brockway and daughter, Wyom-
ing. ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs. McEldowney,
Chicsgo Miss Emma Cox. Mr.. H. G.
Coz, Wyoming, LII. Ches. Fisher. Paul
Machus Fried, Nsb. >. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
w. Hoffman and five children, Broom.
field, Ia. Mrs. Addie L. Bowman, Chi
cago; Miss Kate Lsininger, Creston, la.