The Helena independent., 1894-07-18
THEY CAN'T GET THE MEN
lr Thoy Could the Southern Pacific
Could Run All Their
Trains.
Nom u nion Men Ara Applying
Only In Very Limited
Numbers
Dobs In jail at Chicago, Having Refused
to Furnish Bnii-Nsws Of tho
btrito.

Fan FRIECAoo, July 1.-THE Eouthern
Paoiho continues TO run passenger trains
more OF ieSs TsRulnTly during tho hours of
dhJliRht, but all night trains arc still sban-
donsd. Noa- union train crews hro not
Docking ,o diyiGion headquarters, and this
10 probably tho reason why 40 few freight
trains hro being moved. The fh fruit
train dispatched for the east since the
strike was seat out OF Sacramento this
morning.
At Sacramento tho onl5 exciting Incident
Of ,hs day wAa the disphIehing of a GAin
bearing sixty United statos regulars TO
Duusmuir. on the Otseon branch. Tho
oomEhny's agent ~ Dunsmuir reported
that ihs strikers there usie becoming ugly.
Tho strikera al Ssoransnto continue ho-
tive, Yesterday several hundred men
who had obsysd the order 10 strike
tetufnSd 10 work In tho mnOhins shops.
Tbis morning most OF thsm remained away.
The men said tboV feared vioIsnos ut the
hGnds OF the A. Il. u. men. A. N. Towne,
vioe-president and general manager OF thO
Southern Pacific. posted notics to-day
that the Sacramento shopa would bs Teop-
ensd TO. morrow. aud that protection would
be afforded oil men who dssitei TO rs,srn
10 work.
In Oakland ths railroad officials ara
meeting with difficulty In getting enough
men TO run their shops and man thor
trains Tue strikers have been pretty sue
oessful In Intimidating mon who otherwise
might hnvS stepped iuto the vacant poii-
tions. One man. supposed TO be 4 striker,
and in whose possession several sticks Of
dynamite wero found. wAs arrested near
the railroad yards by soldiers and taken TO
the city rrison.
Strikers to-day instituted hRbess corpus
proseedings TO recover Edward Jost, one of
their lenders, who is locked up in a car on
the mole. aud guarded by soldiers. Jos,,
disguised GO q sailor, vns arrested last
night Soldiers found him orouching un-
der Pullman car In the railroad "a di.
4 he railroad oompanys pay car, bearing
over Slb0 600, passed down Oakland mole
TO. day and through the city. disbursinR
wages for May and June. Strikers who
came to the car we're told 20 decide whether
ihey would return TO work OF not. II they
esectsd TO return their Msy wages wtrs
Paid them; IL they refused ovoyy dollar
that the company cwsd them was handed
cut.
SACRAMENTO, July III is Just reported
! that General superintendent Fillmore and
the mediation committee OF the A. X. y.
have held conference, Fillmore showed
| the COMMITTEES q contract between the COM
| pnny and tho Pullman company TO run
sltepeTs. Fillmore said tho strikers could
retn 10 work without prejudice with the
exception OF tbose arrested for crimes.
The committee will have the contract cad
al the meetings Of various unions Tonight.
Acting Chairman Douglas, of tho media
! tion committee, said. Tho committee
and Fillmore held a conference. 10 wac
brought about by the fruit men. Ibe
strikers have no power TO declare tbs strike
of. IL is with Debs. have wired him
the situation
SACRAMENTO, Cal. July 1.-THE media
tion committee Of the strikers to-day made
formal offer to Gov Markham aud United
States Marshal Baldwin to furnish from
| 2. 900 10 5000 members OF the A. Il. L. to
serve as deputy United States mGrsbals for
the purpose Of protecting non-union train
men employed by the Southern Pacific
company TO operate It's trains. The mon
otlsr to serve wishout pay, aud make only
one condition, that they shall not bo oall9d
upon 10 assist in any way In the movement
OF trains except TO protect property and
men. The strikers say this offer is ade In
good faith In tho interests OF tho farmers
and merchants of tho Pacific coast 40 they
may move their products and morchnb disc,
| provided the Bouthe PAol1o company
can fnd men 10 run their tfnina