The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-14
TRAmPs IN CALIFORNIA.
They Travel in Companies Under
Sort of Military Discipline.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

FROM the san francisco chronicle.
The tramp evil has become so serious
that the Southern Pacific is about to take
strong measures to check it. A message
was received yesterday that I'll tramps
had taken possession Of a train at Ash
land, Ore, yesterday, with the intention
of coming to San Francisco.
The tramps h ave used the freight trains
as if they owned them. They have trav-
eled in organized companies from Port
land to FL Pace and back again. Each
company has a captain, and the number
in each band is so great that sort Of mill
tary discipline, that is as against the rail
road is enforced. Trainmen are power
less to put the tramps of, aud when the
company has succeednd In doing so, it
has met with loss caused by the malicious
acts of the evicted men. The wreck near
Lordsburg, N. M, and that which oc-
Cured near the line of San Mateo county
recently are believed to be the spite work
OF tramps.
Not content with transportation once
accorded, the tramps travel up and down
the railroad. A gang which left the San
Joaquin Valley for FL Paso no sooner
reached the Texan line than its members
began to beat their way back to Califor-
mia. 90 an
Just now San Francisco is the objec-
tive point for the tramps, both north and
south. The heg1ra from Oregon is, per-
haps, the larger Of the two streams of
tramp immigrants, and every encourage
ment seems to be given the tramps by the
Oregon people to leave the state. They
are told Of the fine climate here, so much
milder than the Oregon weather and are
assured that they will find Californians a
hospitable people.
The Portland Oregonian, IN a recent
. 81.
employed, siXtY-eight in number, had left
on the Southern Pacific train for the
warmer climate of California, and that
they had been promised free ride In the
box cars to the California state line.
Arthur Macarthur organized the tramp
party. He and the captain and several
other members of the party saw the chief
Of police of Portland and obtained passage
across the Willamette to Albina where
they took the car.
Capt. Beary, of the tramp party, made
the following statement;
1--WE intend to go where we can get
work. In our party are thirtyone log
gers, fifteen miners, railway ticket
agent, two cooks, a waiter and seven
brakemen. Most Of them came here from
the Sound. We are honest men, and
want work. We can't get work here.
and we do not want to impose on the good
nature OF. the city board of'charities Of
flcials and manager. Some OF OR party
may be bad men, but will promise that
no one will violate the law Most of our
men are well educated, and myself am
a graduate of college. | came here six
years ago with some money, which | lost
in specializing, and have since been work
ing In logging camps. The chief has
, treated US very well, and if every body
uses US the same we will be fortunate"
YES" said Macarthur, "aliye and
happy when we got to Frisco JENNY
l don't know what makes me so iubilant.
/ feel as though l fell of Christmas
tree"
why didn't you men join the armyl"
asked the chief.
II and Forbes intended to do that to.
day." said Beary. "but we gave it up
when the party was formed. 2"