The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03
FEDERAL AID IN CALIFORNIA.
Regulars Called Out for the First
Time in state History.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July S.-United
States troops have at last been called
into use in connection with the
great railroad strike In this State.
For the first time In the his
tory Of California the military au-
thorities Of the Federal Government have
been called into the field to prevent
trouble within the borders OF the State.
BY order OF Gen. Ruger. six companies
Of soldiers, fully armed and ready for
thirty-five days service. are now on
their way to Los Angeles. This mill
tary assistance to the railroad com
panies has been given at the request of
the United States Marshal OF the South
ern District OF California. who felt that
he was unable to give protection to the
United States mails
The departure OF United States troops
from Anglo Island has double signlf-
canoe. 1t shows that the United States
Government has become involved In the
trouble, and that the Southern Pacific
Railway Company is succeeding admi-
rabiy In its effort to open simultaneously
the two greatest stragetic terminal
points In the State.
To start Up the Southern Pacific.
General Supt. Fillmore and n score of
United states Marshals are at sacra-
In Los Angeles to-day. Together they
Will try to break the blockade on the
southern Pacific system.
incidentally. the strikers will be over
awed on all important points on the
southern line at Bakersfield and Fresno,
TWO or The strongest positions.
me military assistance, so valuable to
the railroad and so earnestly sought by
II, has by series Of curious crcum-
stances been given without the request
of the railways.
The State officers OF the A. r. u.
claim, however, that this important
change in the situation will not affect
In the slightest degree the Sc, conditions
OF affairs SO far as the Southern Pacific
inonto as the key to the Southern Pa
cine system, and until 1t is lost they will
not be discouraged.
II Is evident that the strike here, as
combatants have locked horns at last
The strikers have nothing but their own
strength and their fidelity to themselves
upon which to rely. The railway com
pany has Its own enormous power and
the greater one OF the United States
Government upon which to depend.
Southern Pacific Losses.
SAN FRANCISCO, July s.-w. G.
! Curtis. Assistant General Manager OF
the southern Pacific. estimates that the
company losses owing to the tie-up, is
100000 day, and that in five days that
the roads have been blocked aggre-
gate over million dollars.
The fruit business will be seriously
menaced II way out OF the difficulty
u not found There are 200 cars of fruit
between here and Ogden. the cars being
valued at $500 each. so that $50, 900 Is In
VOWED In this one Item. Fruit is
rapidly ripening. and within the next
ten days sixty additional carloads will
be ready for shipment
In addition TO the twenty-three depu-
! ties sworn In by Marshal BALDWIN ten
men have been made Government off,
GERS. Two are placed on each out
going train. Ten special policemen, In
addition to twenty patrolmen, sworn In
on Sunday. have been detailed TO guard
] the Southern Pacific property.