The morning call., 1894-07-03
LOOKING NORTH AND SOUTH.
San Francisco Reverting to
Water Transportation.
SLENDER PROSPECT OF RELIEF.
News of the Troops Being Dispatched
Did Not Seem to Worry the
A. r. u. Men.

sent out of the sheds at the Oakland moleS
yesterday. 1t took one engineer, two fire.
men and two Deputy United States
Marshals to draw it; and even when they
had disappeared in the dim distance be-
hind the first tower, lhe railway officials
were not sure how far 1t would get, or
when they would see it again.
There was a good deal more business on
the mole yesterday than there has been
since the strks started and proba bly, less
accomplished. The half-hour Eroad-gauge
steamer service had been resumed, and big
crowds of people crossed the bay in both
directions and filled the trains to and from
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.
The usual crop of wild rumors, started
from no one knows where, were rife early
in the proceedings. Three men in he en-
ploy of the Southern Pacific Company, the
first story ran, had been brutally mur-
dered at the foot Of switch tower 2, and
their mapgled corpses thrown into the
briuy bay. That rumor was soon dissi-
pated of its own airiness. The second,
aud seemingly more probable one, was
that part of the track TO Alameda had
BEEN torn up and an engine ditched. No
persons were injured by this rumor; bu
it took all the railway officials, crowd
reporters and host of the loungiDg put
lie about two hours to run it down to
nothing.
The hard benches In the waiting-rooms
and the sheds were crowded with the
public-not travelling but hoping soon to
be-who killed time and swore at the rail-
road company at frequently recurring
intervals. They read all the old CORE
spondence between Huntington and
Towne and the latest bulletins of the love
feast still on, ON the part of the gentlemen
named. for the dear public. The latest
interchange of courtesies between the two
and the assurances of their highest con-
sideration for the public was posted up
conspicuously. II read something like
this:
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1894.
All Division Slperinterldents: We have just
received the following telegram from President
Huntington In New York:
''TO 4. ". Topne, San Francisco: Your tele
gram saying that men have opened the Sacra-
mentO River draw and otherwise prevented our
trains from moving has been received. 1t goes
without saying that If we cannot run our trains
they will not be run. i feel Almost sure that
this great wrong Will not continue longer than
it is necessary for our employees to learn that
we cannot take up their quarres with other
parties.
I'VE owe much to the public and shall do all
we can TO serve them, except that the owners OF
the properly will not turn it over 10 be managed
by those who have no interest In IT, and there
will be no change from the orders that hsve
gone out to you. Do the best you can. If you
cannot get the men to run the trains you will
let the cars remain In the yards until you can
get the men TO run them.
sc. 2. HUNTINGTON"
'lt occurs to me-" said a sweet-faced lit
tie woman, whose temper equally sac
charine had evidently been ruffied by the
wait for trains. that Mr. Hunting on
wouldn't be so cheerful and resigned if he
had to remain separated from his children
when they needed him."
The exchange of courtesies which some
were inclined to believe had been ar
ranged to dazzle the public, had only been
posted up a few moments when a curly
headed clerk, who wore glasses, rushed
wildly from the dspatcher's Office to MI.
Wilder's sanctum and 1t was only few
moments later that it became the convic-
ton that the division Superintendent had
received news that made him feel bad. He
had, and he sadly confessed it. General
Superintendent Fillmore had just wired
him from Sacramento that ne was there
and that things didn't look very good.
Aud the clang of bells and the grind of
wheels and the rush of smoke to the
ceiling continued. Trains came In and
they went out. but the gloom on the brow
of the division superintendent deepened
instead of clearing off, and he suffered
from extreme perturbation of spirit all of
the morning hours. Things were no: going
right at all.
Train 35 from San Ramon. Napa and Cal.
istoga arrived at 9:15 o'clock. No. 16. the
Oregon flyer, which stopped suddenly
Sunday nigh: at Davisville, turned back
and got into the city at 10 20 o'clock. The
train from Stockton. No. 92. arrived about
OBS with few passengers. and the Liver
more-Niles train got In somewhere in the
early rush; time not taken.
No. 33 for San Ramon. Calistoga and
other points got out at 10:20 O'Clock; No.
S3 for Tracy, Stockton and Gait, with
Conductor Fillmore in charge. Engineer
Buzzo, Manuel Silva and an extra fireman,
name not divulged, pulled out at 1915
o'clock.
Train 80 for Napa and Calistoga. due to
leave at 4:2S P. NJ, pulled out at 4:35. with
D. Mcintyre, conductor; M. Mcguire.
engineer. and w. Hayden, fireman. II
had quite large Der of passengers
The company's firm determination to
send out at least one lone Pullman became
known to the waiting public. and the ex-
element visibly increased. The sleeping
car San Lorenzo was coupled onto the end of
one mail and five day coaches, and by the
way the depot officials were flying around,
it soon became apparent that it was the
Stockton train. No. 81. with which 1t was
proposed to run the gantlet. Some dis
tance up from the cars stood engine 1411,
minus fireman. Engineer Joseph OPP
penshaw was killing time while he waited
pouring large quantities Of lubricator
where IL would do the most good, and
packing fgurative Ice around prospec-
tive hot box. while Master Mechanic Nc
KeEzie, Yardmaster Dillon and other high
muckamucks were wildly chasing around
for anything that looked like a fireman.
This last fact was so notorious that the
waiting multitude wondered whore, earlier
In the morning, Assistant District Super
.intendent Thompson had got his war