The morning call., 1894-07-08
OLNEY ROUNDLY DENOUNCED.
Fresno People Demand That Trains
Be Onerated.

!
Be Operated.
FRESNO, July There is no change In
| the situation at Fresno. Local trains ar
rive and leave on time. This afternoon
Fireman Crowley. local representative of
| the a. R. O., invited reporters to call with
| him and see Superintendent Frazier and
| talk the situation over Frazier was met
on the street and was at once Informed by
| Crowley that freight trains had never been
ordered out. Frazier replied that dozen
| tiremen had been asked, and in his opinion
it would be useless to order out freight.
Crowley then and there offered to fur
nish a crew to handle freight train, fire.
man and all guaranteed.
every WELL" said Frazier, freight No.
| 26 will be ordered out at 8:15 o'clock Sun
| day morning"
To-day'S ExpOsitor says: ''It is matter
| for congratulation that the railroad en-
! plOyes who made their headquarters in
| Fresno have shown such goOd temper in
! trying times through which the country is
| passing. Thus far no very serious nter-
! ference has been reported with men who
/ continue to run our local trains, and it is
! much 10 the credit of all concerned that
! local trains are now run on this division of
the Southern Pacific system. Let US hope
that at least this partial success in keep
ing OPEN communication with neighbOrng
towns may continue, and that public
opinion may soon be so directed that all
freight trains may be set moving so that
farmers and oTchardists may not be re-
duced to bankruptcy because Of quarrel
in which it is impossible for them to have
lot OF part. While other towns have riots
and mobs Fresno has been quiet and or
derly, and the men who have struck
against the railroad have been generally
conservative in speech and action. 1t is
pleasant to state that Fresno, which has
been given a reputation for lawlessness,
in this crisis is showing so good record
for respecting the law"
Yesterday In the forenoon orders were
quietly distributed around town announc-
ing that a mass-meeting would be held in
the city tonight to express the feeling In
favor of the strikers. That seems to
exist 10 a great extent in the minds of
every class of business men, laborers.
farmers, and all Seventy-fve men with
the band started from the railroad reser-
walton to the place of meeting, followed
by a great c0ncourse of people.
C. S. Brewer, editor of a local paper.
al once mounted the stand at the entrance
to the courthouse grounds and stated the
meeting was called to express the SYM
pathy with the movement Of labor against
organ ized corporations and wealth. No
chances were taken to allow certain in-
terested parties to spring an unknown
candidate for chairman.
w. II. Robinson. a real estate agent
was suggested and DO other name was Of
fered. Robinson made a few remarks
suitable to the occasion and suggested that
a secretary be elected. Brewer was
elected The secretary proceeded to read
the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Capital is combined to destroy
labor organizations, and whereas, we believe
the a r. U. demands that the PuI Imam
Company submit to arbitration, and whereas,
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
has taken Pullman's fight refuses to
run mall, express or freight, causing
great loss to the people OF the State. and
whereas, Attorney-General Olney rendered
a decision to favor the railroad companies
against the welfare OF the peoples therefore
be il
Resolved, That the people OF Fresno In mass.
meeting decide not to sit quietly down and
watch the battle and see their friends crush ed,
and extend the A. r. U. sympathy and sup
port nd advise them 10 act with prudence and
holding from all unwise ana lawful acts; be it
further
Resotved, That we condemn the policy of the
| oouthefn Paclbc Railroad by arbitrarily refus-
ing 10 fulfill Its duties as a common carrier.
IeaVlng The people without mail service, while
they join with Eestern monopoes in fight TO
break down this organization.
Resolved, That we condemn Attorney. Gen.
eral olney's circular to the railroad companies,
directing the carrying OF mails in the usual
way and taking sides with Pullman and tbe
railroads against the industrial and nrodnctng
classes, further we cali on him TO demand ar
once and forward mails aud run trains without
Pullmans
j. L. Gilbert, Peoples party candidate
for Congress, W. III. Cureton and Mr..
Shelton and others also addressed ths
meeting.