The morning call., 1894-06-26

The full power of the railroad directed
against us.
'The fact that the railroad company
owns these cars does not appear to be gen.
orally known. but yet if any observant
man or woman who has rode on an over
land train for any distance in other than
a Pullman car will recall their observa.
tions during that ride they will recollect
that the accomm odatiopS were far from
attractive. The cars provided for the gen
eTal public are OF nature calculated to
cause self-respecting person to keep his
head out of the window as much as pos
slbIe in order TO avoid the unsightly and
odoriferous interior. These inferior cars
are kept in service for the sole purpose of
compelling all passengers travelling any
distance to take a Pullman as q matter of
self preservation.
There is another feature about the
rumored boycott which would go far
toward rendering it ineffective. and that is
an undercurrent of antagonism to the new
order. which. although it may not be ap-
parent. is nevertheless in existence in the
minds of many of the members of other
railway organizations. In the Order of
Railway Trainmen, for instance, there is
W NiOCo plCdu IOClIDB Gldb tliC h4cSlOn VI blC
new order means an impairment of the
power and usefulness of the older ones.
There may be no reasonable ground for
this assumption, but lots of the boys think
there is. For these reasons don't believe
an attempt will be made to inaugurate a
boycott here, and if it is don't believe il
will be successful"
The local branch of the American Rail-
way Union in West Oakland has rooms
over the Postofice, and will hold its regu-
lar meeting tonight. 1t was with some
difficulty that a reporter succeeded in To-
eating one of the officials last night. and
when found he refused to be intervie wed
unless his name was withheld from the pub
lie. Just why he was so sensitive in this
respect does not appear on the surface, for
he certainly divulged nothing of a startling
nature or which was calculated to alarm
his employers.
Yes" said he, II have heard the rumor
of strike here, but that is all l know
about it. We have received no orders to
strike that | know of, and do not believe
we will. Our order is not very strong here,
but it is formidable in that respect In
almost every division from Sacramento
east. In Sacramento we have over 1000
members, aud If We are called upon to
boycott the Pullman cars we will surprise
4 good many people when they learn our
actual strength. One of our men who
came in from the East tonight told me
that there would certainly be trouble at
Reno and other points between there and
Ogden. but have received no confirmatory
advices."
General Superintendent Fillmore said
last night that if there was TO be any
trouble along the line there had been no
indications of it so far as his advices
went.
Several engineers and fremen who were
approached in Oakland and asked their
opinion as to the possibility of a strike or
boycott were disposed to ridicue the
TumOr.
"TRis is tough time for some of US to
make living while we work." said one of
them, when short time and uncertain
runs are taken into consideration. Fur
thermore the trouble is not a local one
and, consequently, it fails to arouse the
enthusiastic support which it would COM
mand if other conditions prevailed"
All the railroad agents in this city were
selling through tickets yesterday after
noon ana there seemed to be no appre-
hension of an interruption Of travel in
this vicinity al least.