The record-union., 1894-07-21
More Applied For Work Than the
Company Needed,
But The Number viii be Increased-Vi Villains
Caught TanPering With Train
-Intmidat0rs Arrested

ten UenL NflgDG 10 a IECOKD- L NlON re-
porter yesterday. "and had to refuse 100
more, for whose services we were not
ready. The shop departments will be in
better shape by Monday, and we can get
200 or 300 more men easily enough if we
should want them.'
superintendent Wrights statement
was verified by walk through the rail-
road shops and yards and a visit TO the
pay-car at the end of the Third-street
bridge, where the employees were paid
their wages for May.
Indeed, to see the hundreds of work
men who gathered about the car to re-
ceive their money, one would not have
supposed there had been such a thing as
strike of railroad employees.
Among those who have returned to
work are many who were very firm in
their declarations week ago that they
would never surrender. Those of the
class who were known 10 have been the
instigators of riotous acts committed,
were politely informed that they were
not wanted.
There are still great many deluded
men holding out who are buoyed up
from day to day by absurd kilograms
from demagOgical leaders telling them
That all they have to do is to stand firm
and victory" will be theirs. Just what
sort OF victory they hope to win il would
be difficult 10 explain. While they stand
about the street corners and bloviate
about what they are going to accomplish,
sensible men are going to work, and at
the rate vacancies are being filed the
street corner strikers will in very few
Gays find that there are no places left for
them.
This is what almost invariably happens
Is the result of such senseless strikes as
the one recently inaugurated here. Even
the Pullman strikers, in whose behalf the
well-paid California railway employees
lett their work, are returning
10 their shops utterly regardless
ct the fate of the men on this
coast who 'sympathized'' so deeply with
them that they were willing TO let their
families starye rather than handle cars
made in the Pullman shops.
1t seems almost incomprehensible that
men Of average intelligence, as the rail-
way employees in California were sup
posed to be. could be so blindiy rash as to
sacrifice their only chance for making a
living merely out of misplaced sympathy
for such creatures as are said to compose
the rank and file of the Pullman en-
ployes.
INTIMIDATION AT WORK.
There are still several hundred of the
Idle men about the streets, and among
them are many of the more vicious class
who are held in partial subjection only
by the presence of the military. Some of
these men employ their time in attempt
ing to intimidate men who have returned
to work for the railroad company. Being
towards, they do not molest men who
are physically able to resent insult, but
select those whom they know they can in
suit without fear of personal harm-pro-
yided the military happen to be at safe
distance.
There are those among the men
who have returned TO work who
would not ask military protection in
dealing with such men, were they inter
tered with, but. as before stated, honest
workers OF this class are given a wide
berth.
Two of these intimidators were arrested
yesterday, George O'Donneli and Emil
Bach. They were taken in early in the
day by the military patrol and turned
over 10 United States Marshal Baldwin
Oh warrants sworn out by the latter. The
Marshal took the prisoners before Police
Judge Devine, who on proper showing
committed them for appearance before
the Federal Court IN San Francisco, bail
being fixed at $1,000 each. Bach gave
bail, but O'Donnell did not.
The friends of Bach obtained from
Judge Catlin a writ of habeas corpus in
his case, returnable before the court at
1:30 o'clock to-day.
Not desiring to have clash of author
ity between the Federal and local courts,
Marshal Baldwin consulted United States
District Attorney Garter of San Francisco
az to what course he should pursue. The
latter replied that it might be impossible
for the Marshal tos produce the prisoner
IN court should the latter be admitted to
bail, and that he Ieed not release him on
the bond which had been given.
Marshal Baldwin called upon Judge
Catlin and informed him of the situation,
and the Judge advised him to accept the
bail bond and he would trust to the pris-
oner being in court at the proper time.
Bach was accordingly set at liberty.
The third man arrested was late in the
afternoon al Third and X streets. AT
that and other points crowds of strikers
had cOngregated at the hour the shOpInen
were returning from their work. A troop
OF cavalry had been sent over from the
depot to break up the crowds and protect
the men, ana one of the soldiers rode up
to the gang at Third and * streets, where
an old man who had returned TO work
was being insulted. He ordered the
crowd to move on. One fellow became
bellgeIent and whipped out a knife.
The cavalryman was just as quick with
his sword, however, and, dismounting,
dashed into the crowd and arrested the
man. Other cavalrymen came up and
the prisoner was taken to the guard house
at the depot.
The crowds were very sullen and dis
posed not TO obey the orders TO dlsperse,
SO one of the soldiers rode over to |
street and blew blast on his bugle. In
less than a minute the troop OF white
horse cavalry came dashlng over, and
then the crowd broke up.
At Fifth and J streets few strikers de-
ned cavalrylnan when told to keep
moving. The latter reached for his sword
and at the same time made dash for
them, but the strikers got out of the way.
a rRAIN-w -wRECKER CAUGHT.
The more vicious element made another
attempt last evening to wreck or cripple
a train, and one of the villains is now in
the custo dy Of Marshal Bald win.
About O'Clock the Folsom train left
the city under charge of conductor Lucas
aud the regular crew. 1t stopped at the
Buffalo Brewery, at Twenty-first and 4
streets. to take on some ice. There was
small gang of idlers about there, but no
one thought they were bent on mischief
While sthe Ice was being loaded two
men slipped up to the train, and were in
the act OF uncoupling the cars and open-
ing the air brakes when they were dis
covered. The alarm. was sounded. and
Oeuutv United States Marshal Walter b.
Ferral, the only officer on the train,
rushed to the rear end where the scoun-
drels were at work.
The latter became alarmed and started
to run, but Ferral caught one of them.
and called to the traln1nen and Officer
pennlsh, who was in the vicinity, to get
the other. FerraFs man showed fight,
and demanded to know by what author
ity the officer attempted to arrest him.