San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-16

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adviser. The members of the press
as well as several railroad men
members Of railway orders, were
not admitted.
Another meeting was held this
morning, which was in secret.
The men remained firm, as does
the company's managers. None OF
the old men have gone to work
and many of the boy conductors
have also refused to go to work.
| Four cars were started this
morning, however, with picked up
men and boys. The cars were not
very we'll patronized, though, even
by the former regular patrons of
the road, the citizens being in such
| sympathy with the strikers that
they chose a long walk rather than
a sacrifice Of their sense Of Justice
and equity.
One man who took out a motor
car this morning got as far as the
Arkansas Pass railway depot, when
the railway employees assembled
there guyed him so numerically
that he deserted his job.
All along the streets as the cars
passed, the motormen doing duty
were jeered by strike sympathiz-
ers.
On Houston street a great crowd
of strikers and sympathizers re-
manned all day, and the door of
the company's office was block
AIDED. There were few APP
plications for work and none from
skilled motormen.
1t is stated that Mr.. Buford, the
secretary of the company, has been
crowded out also.
All other street railway systems
in this city, the West End, Alamo
Heights andCitizens' lines, are rum
ming nicely and residents along
these lines are congratulating
themselves that they live along
such roads, run by fair manage.
ment.
Said one prominent citizen today,
voicing the general sentiment:
81 don't see why this tied up
system can't pay living wages as
we'll as the other roads which are
known to do less business and are
known to have less favorable
routes through the city. The West
End, Citizens and Alamo Heig hts
lines pay their men good wages,
and they have no trains to meet
or thickly settled portions to pass
through. 1t is a question of hui
manity, which the city council
should take a hand in
and perform the necessary legis-
latiOn to remedy. The city would
soon jump in and jerk an offender
before the recorder if he were
caught beating his horse or his
dog, or his family. Then why
should one little corporation be al
lowed to so dictate to the govern
ment Of community as to be able
to do pretty much as they please
on our streets, on their cars and
elsewhere"
City Marshal Druse has detailed
no more men to take care of the
peace of the community than yes
terday. A few of the sanitary
police were taken off their regular
ward beats, which sadly need their
attention, to stand guard yesterday
and today, but the regulars were
kept on their special beats. 1t is
understood guard has been de-
tailed to keep a strict surveillance
of the company's car sheds at San
Pedro park and of the car sheds
and power house on Tenth street,
but the preCaution seems to be I'M
necessary, as the men are very
peaCeable and orderly and act in
every way as other gentlemen.
MR.. WEISS STATEMENT.
President Weiss was seen by a
reporter for the LIGHT this after
noon and said:
"W e are now running five cars,
and expect to put out more as rap
idly as the new men who are being
employed are properly broken in.
We have applications of more than
twice the number of men necessary
to run the cars, but as it takes a
little while to break them in, and
as we have only five experienced
men who can break in these new
men, it will necessarily goa little
slow for today and perhaps tomor-
row. have telegram from Dali
las offering assistance to enable us
to run our cars, but with the great
number of idle men here want
ing work l do not favor
bringing in any more I'M
less it becomes necessary.
AS stated in my reply to the COM
mittAals demand Yesterday. we