Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-14
READING GALORE.
Tucson Belongs to the World
Once Again.
Illustrated Matter and Magazines to
Make the Hours Go With-No
Change in the Local Strike
Situation.

Yesterday Tucsonites read over their
CITIZEN till they knew them by heart.
They then dug out books such as the
Official Report of the Secretary of Agri-
culture" the Worlds Almanac" and like
useful reading, laid away for an indefi-
mite time, and read them in lieu OF more
entertaining matter. For ten days no
mail had arrived, and the world seemed
a very remote place indeed-at least as
far away as the moon. Nothing had
been heard from it except that they had
been killing men in Chicago and what
Debs and Pullman had been doing.
1t was therefore with something very
like annexation to the world that this
morning mail was found at the post
office. There it doomed up, boxes cram
med full, with magazines and illus
trateds galore. Ia Tucson today they
did almost nothing but read.
The mail comprised papers, etc, only.
No letters arrived. 1t came from Dem
ing. The letters were there when the
papers left, but they were purposely
left behind. The postal regulations per-
NIT the handing over OF paper mail 10
freight conductors, but not letters. Tue
sopites would gladly waived the point,
and had the letters brought too. The
mail came over the Santa Fe road. 1t
took a box car to carry it out OF Dem
ing. The car was in Tucson to-
day. 1t still contained wagon load fol
Phoenix and Tempe. Tucson came in
for a wagon load this morning. A let
ter mail is greedily awaited here, but
none can arrive till duly sworn and au-
thorized postal clerks can bring 1t in.
FRUIT, TOO.
The blockade has taught Tucson to
live without fruits from California.
This morning fifty boxes of early grapes
arrived from the Salt river valley, and
peaches in considerable extent. Now
if that car load of watermelons would
only get lnTucson would get along pretty
we'll on it's own hook for while.
There is nothing new in the strike
proper. Local trains go out as usual,
two leaving today, one each way. Nc
trains have left Los Angeles, SO none
are at Yuma awaiting trainmen. Nc
trains have been moved except the To-
Gals.
In the round house may be seen q
grand sight. All the engines on the di
visions out of Tucson except few need
ed outside are in Tucson. A total OF
seventy two of the big fellows, with
shining sides are there, all dead
Twenty five of them have been takeI
outside the roundhouse and are now or
a switch. Most of them are in gooC
order for the heavy drain that will b.
made on them when traffic is resumed.
The Tucson shops are still running
ON work there before the strike occur
red. No other shops on the Southern
| Pacific are running.
THE SANTA FEE RUNNING.
This morning l.. Nj. Jacobs arrived
from Chicago via The Santa F'e an
Deming. He rode through on a Pull
mann. strike Notwithstanding. At l.
Junta, Trinidad, Ration and Las Vega
soldiers we're stationed, and no violenc
was offered. The Santa Fe expects
move trains henceforth.
PHOENIX WANTS SUGAR.
From Phoenix they are telegraphin
RIGHT and left to l.. Zeckendorf & Co.
send them sugar. Mr.. Zeckendorf re
fuses to ship any, and says he will hol
it for his customers. A sugar famine
now on in Phoenix.