The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-01

The past tWenty-four hours have de-
veloped but little new in the local field,
though it is positively conceded on all
sides that grave matters will develop
during the next twenty-four and of
nature to clearly outline methods to
be pursued in all relating to the Union
Pacific. The very fact that the night
yard crews in the Union Pacific at Og-
den went out on strike at Z o'clock
last night, shows that they have an
inkling of what is coming, and con
Guided to get in their mark as early
as anyone in the great boycott
The Utah road was not tied up yes
terday, Notwithstanding the assertions
Western No. 1, did not get out OF
Grand Junction, but was run out as
first No. 81 last night, arriving here
at 4:45 this morning. The regular NO.
3 of last night was reported as Delng
nine hours late, but would come
through. Last nights No. out OF
Ogden came out on time, and carried
the line sleepers Elmo and Topaz. But
No. of the night before was held
upon arrival at Grand Junction. The
fact that the American Railway union
did not set the ball rolling against the
Union Pacific on last Friday morning,
was all owing to the fact that the or
at that time understood. The order
was sent from the Pacific east under
Misrepresentation of the facts govern
ing the case-the author believing that
the Southern Pacific had connections
here. So soon as the error was discov-
cred, matters were set straight, and
wheels were permitted to roll until
such time as comes an order for the
grand act'' to be performed. Yester
day the Union Pacific flyer left Ogden
some late with two PullmanS from Salt
Lake left in the yard. There were no
switchmen, and the yardmaster
switched the train on the depot tracks.
The Utah & Northern pulled out an
hour and twenty minutes late carry
ing PullmanS. The Southern Pacific
situation at Ogden is unchanged-not
wheel moving on the entire division.
There was a rouSing meeting of the
American Railway union in Ogden last
night and the union called upon all
| labor organizations to join them, sink
or swim together. The men refuse to
go back until the matter is adjusted
with Pullman, or the railroad annuls
| Pullman contracts. Until late last night
there were greA crowds about the
| Union depot and the feeling was that
the straight tie up would come on to-
day.
There will be held in this city today
a railway employees mass meeting at
! 3 p. m. sharp, in the Federated Trades
hall, No. 60 West Second South street.
This meeting is by order of the COM
mittee, and will be closed to all others
than those in the service.
! From present indications, it certainly
seems as though the strike of the pres
ent age is now on to finish. Were it
/ left to be fought out between the Pull
man company and the American Rail-
way union alone, it would simply be
vanquishment in the end for Pullman
! the American Railway union would win
with hands down in an easy canter
But with the railway mana gers at the
helm, it puts an entirely different look
upon it, as they will go to the extreme
limit, whatever that may be, in this
case. AT the General Managers meet
ing, it was resolved to enter upon and
make this fight, in order to settle, if
possible, the growing supremacy of the
new order. They saw in the Great
Northern affair that which prompted
them to enter the lists and wage war
when the occasion arose. Were they to
now take the back track, it would hold
them up to ridicule and look as though
they had not given that careful thought
to the matter that men in their posi-
ton are supposed to do. Nothing re-
mains for them to do now but hew
sured fact that they will leave no stone
lunturned to best the American Railway
union. Nor do they at this juncture in
any way underestimate the great labor
leader they are arrayed against They
find in President Debs general skilled
in marshaling about him the hosts
willing and ready to obey his man.
dates. The hosts have long tried him.
and they have never yet found him
wanting
There are many VINO may not under
stand just why DebS did not call out
the Union Pacific men when he did the
Southern Pacific-but to those at all on
the inside it is quite plain. 1t will be
remembered that when the wage
schedule was up, very friendly feel
ing sprang up among the men fol
Judge Caldwell, owing to his ruling or
the same, and when he advised The
men to in the future give notice to the
company of any intended departure
from rules governing, telling them that
IN turn the company must do likewise
they were well pleased. And Debs feels
kindly over it too. Bearing in mind al
! this, he has been 10th to call out the
men on the Union Pacific, though the
present controversy is one that no
even he could conceive of at that time
, Th1s fully explains the situation in al
relating to the Union Pacific. Blu
when the order is finally given to "ge
in line" rest assured that young Utah
VIII respond in tune to the time anC
, occasion.
1t is a question whether the Ri
Grande Western will be included in thu
trouble or not occupying as it does {
field peculiarly its own, between con
Meeting lines that are the mark to al
intents and purposes.