The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-01
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Fruitless Attempt to Raise the Block
AIDE at Oakland.

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 3O-The Amer
lean Railway Union men to-day successful
ly maintained the blockade started yester-
day on the Southern Pacific system, and at
no point north, south or east, save Oak
land, were trains moving. In Oakland the
railroad officials succeeded after great diff
ficulty in establishing an irregular train
service on it's suburban lines connecting
with ferry-boats on San Francisco bay,
but this service was so Irregular that it
could not be depended upon. Business here
is almost at a Standstil.
The Southern Pacific company, shortly
after l O'Clock this afternoon, moved its
Southern overland train, the New Orleans
express. out OF the Oakland yards The
train included six mail cars. two Pullmans
made up by General Superintendent Fill
more, Division Superintendent Wilder and
other officials. The United States marshal
G.: b. Clark, brotherhood engineer, and
Thomas Fox, nonunion steamboat fire
ents then appeared to have exhausted their
resources. During the day the company
maintained only an irregular suburban
ser bsen ofsr deeiaFe on sns' Of ne 81 a amy
promises OF life employment to engineers
who would remain loyal, but even this
failed, and the blockade this evening Is as
complete at all points as it was twenty
four hours ago. So far there has been no
violence.
Tonight the Chamber of Commerce Of
Oakland and other commercial organiza-
tons OF this city are endeavoring to ar
range conference between the American
Pacific management They hope to effect
such a settlement of the trouble as may
result in the moving of mails and freights:
1t was reported here to-day that General
Manager Towne, of the Southern Pacific,
had tefegraphed to Governor Markham, at
Sacramento. demanding that detachment
p Tot rrnfli he ra6 To no u
land to preserve the peace. In their APP
peal for interference by State troops the
managers of the Southern Pacific road al
legged, 1T is said that they were about to
start passenger train carrying Pullmans;
also that the Mayor of Oakland was luke
warm in extending the police, protection,
and that their trains were already sur
rounded by threatening crowd of strik-
erS.
1t is the effect of the strike upon the
Embarrassing industry OF northern California
that is causing the great uIeaSness in
business circles. While the American Rail-
way Union and the Southern facific are
scores of commission men and cel .hers
stand helplessly by and hope for speedy
settlement of the trouble. Every hour the
struggle is prolonged places the perishable
product OF a vast section or the country in
greater jeopardy. If the strike shall be
prolonged many days fruit products to the
value of several millions CT dollars will rot
on the hands of growers and commission
men. Under a hot sun, peaches, apricots,
berries, cherries and many other varieties
are ripening rapidly. The crop must
total loss Three days OF block
ade has already caused much loss
Fruit has become too ripe for shipment
and must be thrown away. Even the
canneries cannot be reached by many
growers. 1t is estimated two hundred car
loads of fruit are perishing between Cali
fornia points and the Missouri river, but
this loss will be very small as compared
with the loss in the orchards. The San
Francisco fruit market was giutted to-day
and there was a general tumble in prices
All the steamers from Sacramento river
points and around the bay came in loaded
Every grower who could reach tide water
rushed his fruit to the city lest it should
be his last and only market. Much of the
fruit has been under a hot sun on river
beds and had become very soft. The city
market. too, is limited. Most of the big
cannerieS are at interior points, dependent
altogether upon railroads.