The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-01
4 Santa Monica cypress.

United States deputies: @. NJ. Jenkins,
George Insley, j. ii. Johnson, w. II.
Russell, Harry Johr:Sn. A. f. Dixon,
A. II. kuIor, Willie m Landers. ). ..
Oliver, G. f. Belcher, d. Felix. ii. U.
Dodd.
The train went under the following in.
structiona:
Los ANGELES, CAL, June 80. 1894.
United States Marshal. Southern District OF
California, Los Angeles, Cal.
SIR:- The attorney general, under
date June %. 1894, gave me the follow
ing instructions by telegraph:
''Ses that passage OF regular trains
carrying United States mails in the
usual and ordinary way as contemplated
by act OF congress and directed by the
postmaster-general is not obatructed.
Procure warrants or any other available
process from United States courts against
any and all persons engaged in such OBJ
struction and direct marshal to execute
the came by such number OF deputies or
such posse as may be necessary.
"OLNEY, Attorney General"
In pursuance of such instruction it has
come to my official notice by testimony
under oath that there are large mum
Der of passengers in the vicinity OF Bar
stow, in the county of San Bernardino,
on mail trains which have been tied up
by the present strike. Among the trains
is large quantity OF United States mail,
as we'll as certain passengers that are
sick and in needy circumstances.
You are hereby instructed, in pursu-
ance OF the above orders from the at
torney-genera, to proceed from this
city with such number of deputies as
you may DEAN necessary to Barstow,
there to relieve the passengers detained
and to bring in the United States mails.
While you ore not expected to per-
form any Of theae services yourself, you
and your deputies are required. under
the law, to protect to the fullest extent
of the law the train and the crew and
equipment with which you will be con-
veyed from this city to Bsrstow and re-
turn.
1t ia unnecessary for me. in the short
time given me, to instruct you more
fully than to require that the laws OF the
United States must be fully obeyed and
that the mails of the United States must
not be interfered with. Humanity re-
auires that the needy and suffering pas
sengers be also protected by you and
relieved from their painful and distress.
ing situation.
The telegram OF authority above re-
ferred to is on the files of 10Y office and
subject to your inspection at any time.
Yours respectfully.
GEORGE J. DENIS.
United States Attorney, Southern dis.
trict OF California.
No opposition was made to the de-
parture OF the train, in fact the strikers
declared that it could have gone two
days ago if the same conditions had pre-
vailed as on the present occasion.
In fact it Was virtually run by the
United States government but was
manned by regular crew of trainmen.
The remaining membora OF the crew are
Conductor House and Fireman j. III.
Hayea.
There wore special reasons for getting
the train out and it WAS the TACT that
kilograms had been received from Bars
tow stating that four or five people,
women and children, we're severely sick
and in dangerous condition. These
people formed part OF the train load
which arrived at Barstow last Thursday.
Soon after their arrival they wired the
local officials that they were in a bad way
for want of food, and that the heat was
unbearabe. The company did all in its
power to bring them 10 Los Angelica but
without avail. The strikers were COM
municated with and asked to allow the
train to he brought in. 1t would have
been more the desire of the company if
Pullmans could have been brought in,
as it would have added to the comfort
of the passengers. The company was
willing, though, that the Pullmans
should be sdetracked il only tho pas
sengers could be brought in.
The men. however, declined to handle
the Pullmans. After some discussion it
was agreed that the train, without Pull
mans, could come through; but this
finally. from some cause or other, fell
through.
A REPUTATION.
The Esening Express stated in an
extra edition last night that the train
which left had on ''ecab" engineer,
fireman and conductor. This was en-
tirely erroneous, as glance at the
names OF the men referred to will show,