The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-18
HAS NO MEN.
Southern Pacific in a
Quandary.
ALL READY TO RUN.
But Cannot Send Out
Trains.
TALKED TO MR.. FILLMORE.
He Went to Call on the Striking
Employees.
NOTHING CAME OF THE MEETING.
The Railroad Would Not Leave Out
the PulImans, and That
Ended 1t.

Francisco weather, the situation has taken
on new and what is considered more
startling aspect than ever tonight. An
other general tie-up is regarded as GER
talnty. The switchmen have left the
yards. the engineers and fremen are dam
gerously nearing the line when refusal
merges into consent, and in brief every
thing seems to poin to more serious con-
dition of affairs than has yet existed. The
general impression is that Sacramento is
TO suffer another period of stagnation in
railway circles. and that the time has come
when the great question will be decided
here at least.
This has been another moDotonously
quiet and generally uneventful day.
Trains have come and trains have departed
with all Of the Old-tme rush and regularity,
md the civil and military authorities have
sweltered through an intensely hot morn
ing and more intensely hot aftern Oon,
and, in the minds of them, their duty has
been sufficiently done. IL was we'll for the
civil and military authorities that the day
was uneveniful as far as actual occurrence
went. The heat of it was not easily
bearable as it was, and had there been oc-
currences sufficiently serious 10 require
general hoofing about on warm and dusty
pavements there would have been work
for three times as many hospitals as are
now combined In civil and military Sacra-
mento.
Every one sought out some fairly cool
nabitation and the situation was the topic
discussed. 1t has become the proper thing
to talk of the situation here in Sacramento.
t. Ixy mid fnr
debate. Every one knows about the stu
alton, and the most intellectually delin-
Quent lounger in the most disreputable
dampening-up institution knows all about
the situation. Their news is amusiDeiy
erroneous at times, but logical in meas.
ure and supremely interesting.
There has been any amount OF talk to-
day about the resolve of the engineers and
firemen to leave their engines. just about
fifty times it has been reported that these
very necessary functionaries in the opera
ton of railway trains had gone out upon a
general strike, and as many times more
has it been rumored that the engineers
and firemen of Sacramento have gone out
Independently of their national organiZa-
ton. Still, trains have continued running
and there has been no decrease Of activity
at the Southern Pacific yards. 1t has been
realized, however. that there is more truth
than fabrication In the report about the
Sacramento engineers and fremen going
out. Railroad officials have not been en-
tirely Indifferent to this all important
phase of the great question. and during
the whole afternoon there was deal OF
anxiety and general nervousness exhibited
among the men who have been delegated
with the direction OF railway traffic. Of
course, they denied it. They always do in
such instances. But no one counts much
on the denials of railroad officials when
extraordinary strikes are on.
These same directors OF traffic have had
something else to trouble them to-day.
Their swtchmen have nearly all gone out,
and so far hopes of securing more conf
pIete force have been sadly Disappointing.
Yesterday there were nearly dozen men
working on the switch engines. To-day
there were about two. Jack Wright did
bit of switching himself and when
division superintendents come to that
there is plainly bolt loose somewhere.
The yardm asters too were pressed into
service with few other men who prob
ably knew switch from an engine. but
not from a boxcar. They did some fairly
satisfactory work in the yards, but the
BOLTS still somewhere unfastened.
Tomorrow morning there will be a
whistle blown and all men who desire to
resume work will be furnished employ
ment. 1t is expected that nearly 800 will
appear at the shops. Soldiers will be
locate about the streets to prevent any
interference with returning workmen by
strikers. This is at railroad offices con-
sidered an indication that the strike Is
over, but the men of tie American Rail-
way Union persist that their ranks are
stronger than ever.
The railroad company expects to have
all its tfains running on schedule time to-
morrow. A number of swi.chmen ar
rived here tonight and Will take the
places of the men who joined the strikers.
To an Associated Press reporter last night
General Superintendent Fillmore said that
the report that the engineers had decided
to walk out is untrue.
"They are firm as a rock" he said, land
no amount of coaxing will induce them to
quit work"
The trouble experienced in getting out
the trains to-day was due to the switch
men having gone back to the strikers. 1t
is expected, however, that several of them
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