The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-06
What They Say About the In,
dustrial Movement.
WILL NOT HAVE THE MEN.
ARRANGEMENTS CANNOT BE MADE
WITH CONNECTING LINES.
Palmer Expresses Himself
EmphaticalIy Upon the Subject
Statement as to the Arrangements
Previously Made FIatiy Contra
dicted-A Talk With Colonel
Dodge-RaiIway Notes.

A Rio Grande Western special with
private cars ''B" and ''Nomad," contain
ing President Palmer, General Manager
Dodge and General Superintendent Wei
by and party of ladies, arrived here at
$3.50 p. m. yesterday. Herald represen-
tative called last evening upon those
officers, and found all three of them
pleasantly chatting in one of the pri-
vate cars, entirely oblivious of the fact
that there was any industrial 90 band
camped adjacent to their line, who had
an eye single to confiscating rolling
stock for the avowed purpose of going
congressman as a living petition" in
the interests of legislation they vocifer-
ously claim they will not alone bring
about-they will hurry it up.
The special had been out on the Eu-
reka branch and came in to lay over
here last night, and will more than likely
go out again this morning to complete
thorough tour of the entire system
ere returning east. When General Pal
mer was asked what his road would DO
in the way of furnishing train to the
industrial (?) band, he replied:
our road does not in any way con-
template hauling those people. Any step
| looking to that end cannot for mo-
ment be entertained-the proposition
limpracticable, inasmuch as connecting
lines absolutely refuse to receive them
save in the regular way on passenger tar
if. Let US take a reversal of the case
for instance. Suppose the trend of this
movement was westward instead of east
ward, and this contingent was starting
from Denver, intending to go TO San
Francisco. We will assume that one of
the roads carried them to Grand juno
ton, and the Southern Pacific would re-
fuse to haul them from Ogden-6nowing
consistently bring Them over here, and
| let Ogden and Salt Lake bear the bur
| den? I think not. Your people here
would enter an early and vigorous pro-
This sinihtude applies equally we'll in
working Northumberland Junction
should not be made 20 bear the burden
A conservative public must incline
tion--no other is tenable All this is suf-
iciently plain, I think, and shows fully
our position on the matter The Rio
Grande Western will not carry them save
in the regular way
General Palmer is at heart kind, hut
those who know him best say that he
never for a moment allows sympathy to
override his views taken on any matter.
and The Herald representative has Iea-
son to know that in this matter there
can be no. change from his ultimatum as
gone forth.
There is one statement the indus
trials" have paraded before the public.
that when run down proves barren and
misleading No doubt but it was set
gredient in the make up of this move
ment that is vitality necessary to its long
er sustenance. The statement that the
Rio Grande Western made the offer to
carry them to Denver for $1,000, or the
river for $1,000, is not true The facts in
the case are, the proposition came
from the other side, and General Passen-
ger Agent Bennett wired to Colonel Dodge
on the matter. The latter took it up
with the other roads, but they didn't want
the traffic. That's all there is to it. w
L. Hubbard was a member of the first
committee, and on the proposition to un-
load them upon the people of Grand juno
ton, without any arrangement or show
to get them beyond, he sat down upon it
Mr.. Hubbard will verify this. To clinch
the matter, when The Herald man asked
Colonel Dodge about it, he replied:
Il was wired by Mr.. Beanett on the
matter and after submitting it to the
other lines, they refused to entertain any
such proposition to that end. There's
nothing mora to add to that
1t may be well to add right here that
the Rio Grande Western is not going to
haul the INDUSTRIAL contingent and while
1.-THE question of possible attempted siez-
ure of a train was not conversed at any
great length, if any such move is made.
the strong arm of the law will be called
in to punish the perpetrators