The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-07-13
Railways Tied Up


Railways Tied Up
SAN FRANCISCO, June %. At the
meeting of the American Railway
Union, held in West Oakland last
night, il was decided to order gen.
eral strike on all divisions of the
Southern Pacific, the strike TO go into
effect at 1890 o'clock this morning.
The following resolution was adopted:
WEST OAKLAND, June 2S.-At a
meeting of this union, held on the
above date, it was resolved to notify
the Southern Pacific officers that this
union will ut any time during this
strike furnish men to move trains Car
rying United States mails only, and
that copy of this resolution be fur
nished the press Of Oakland and San
Francisco for the benefit of the pub
lic."
The strike is said to be due to sew
eral men having been discharged by
the Southern Pacific for having re-
fused to handle trains in which there
were Pullman coaches.
The lar reaching consequences of
such strike can be Understood when
IL is stated that its effect will be to
block all traffic as far east as Ogden,
as lar north as Portland, and as far
south a. FL Psso.
Superintendent Fillmore was seen
at the Occidental Hotel at 1870 this
morning by a Chronicle reporter and
informed of the strike. He said that
he had expected such a move but was
confident that traffic would not be
blocked TO any great extent. He s5id
the company was determined TO move
its trains and would make every en-
deavor to 10 so today.
Mr.. Fillmore was asked il the COM
pany had discharged any men for re
fusal to handle Pullman coaches. He
said: mo, but some of the men dis
charged themselves and we put other
men in their places. We have dis
charged no men,"
He further stated that the most
serious Inconvenience to result from
this strike would be in handling
freight trains. He claimed that plenty
of men were readily available. He
did not think the locomotive engineers
would join the strike.
France in Mourning.
LONDON, June ga dispatch to
the Telegraph from Paris says: The
streets around the Elysee presented u
solnber aspect last night. All the
lamps were covered with Grape and
shed a sfckly light upon the scene.
''"a very walls OF the palace were COW
In ~ traDpings.
cred with funer.. - "ras-
Within, the Court d'Honneu.
ents striking and impressive ASPECT.
The colonnade is completely draped.
AT regular distances, dro ped from the
entablature, are long black banners.
bordered with silver and Ornamen ed
with wreaths, with the letters ar. F.n
on the main drapery, aud the letter
III (Carnot) is worked in silver at
frequent intervals.
Overhead the main building Is q
high emblazoned shield encircled
with the motto; "Honneur ct Patrie."
bristliDg with forest of fagstaffs, tri-
cOlOrs, rosettes, ribbons and Grape.
A chapelle ardente has lbeen erected
at the interior entrance of the court.
The catafalque will be in the form of
O small Greek temple with COrinthian
columns, the whole in black and sill
yer arabesque ornamentation. The
coffin will also be in black and silver.
Enormous candeIabra wreaths of inn
and national flags will be
grouped around,
The interior OF NOtre Dame will be
draped with black ermine. Funeral
torches on lofty pillars will be placed
around the catafalque in the center OF
the transept. The regular choir will
be quadrupled in numbers. NJ. Faure,
the famous baritone, will sing, and |
Saint Saens will conduct the Conser-
vatOire choristers.