The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-30
HAVE THE UPPER HAND.
Many California Fruit Growers VIII
BE Ruined.

BE Ruined.
San Francisco, June 29.-At the close
Of the second day of the great struggle
between the American Railway union
and the Southern Pacific, the strikers
seem to have the upper hand.
Traffic on the great railroad system is
paralyzed SO far as the Pacific coast is
concerned.
No trains are running north or south,
and from ogden, Deming and ElPaso
west not a wheel is turning. Even the
companv's suburban trains out Of San
Francisco and Oakland are at a stand
still The ferry boats are running, 1t
is true, but AT the Oakland and Ala
media moles, there are not connecting
trains to bear suburban residents to
their homes. Many thousands of peo-
pie do business in San Francisco and
live on the opposite side of the bay,
and are thus put to the greatest in
convenience.
Little effort has been made to move
freight. Evidence that the company
expects d protracted struggle was given
this afternoon, when from the general
Offices Of the Southern Pacific an or
der was issued closing all sfe l-aight
offices and informing the clerks of that
department that thsir pey would cease
until further notice.
Ard it is this freight blockade that
is the most CiSa Stl7ouS 70 The business
interests Of California Heavy losses
to the frgit-g7owing interests are now
inevitable. and many fruit-grewers and
frllit-dealers are face to face with bank
ruptcv Hundreds OF cars. laden with
perishable freight, are side-tracked.
Fruit Growers Ruined.
In northern California this is the fruit
mems busiest shipping season and
peaches, apricots. cherries, pluns and
berries are fast ripening in every orch
ard A blockade of only few days
will see fruit to the value Of hundreds
of thousands of dollars too ripe for
SHIPMENT All this will be a total loss
to the fruit-growers.
I Tonight. there seems little prospect
that the blockade will be raised for
at least several days. In the Oakland
and Sacramento yards, a few locomo
tive engineers have shown disposition
to stand by the company and take out
trains but Notwithstanding this appar-
ent willingness on the part Of the en-
eineers. no trains have been moved.
The firernen, brakemen, and switchmen
almost to a man, stand by the union,
and, so far, have effectually blockeded
all traffic. The company's shops = at
many points have also shut down. The
initiative was taken at Sacramento this
morning, when two thousand men
walked out This evening it is reported
that the railway companies telegraph
operators all along the coast have de-
clared in favor Of the union and that
they are refusing to transmit railroad
business over the wires.
Claim 1t Is Only Temporary.
Notwithstanding the apparent ad-
vantages of the American Railway
union, the general offices of the South
ern Pacific company declare that the
success of the strike is only temporary,
and that the company is determined in
its policy of resistance as expressed
by President Huntington and General
Manager Towne last night.
The nearest approach to violence SC
far reported here occurred at Sacra-
mento this morning when the strikers
threw open the drawbidae across the
Sacramento river and refused to allow
an overland passenger train West-bound
to pass Though probably a hundred
deputy sheriffs and United States mar
slals have been sworn in here and al
Oakland. the company has made NJ
special effort to police its yards and
tracks. The east-bound overland pas
senger train, that left Oakland late last
night was under the protection Of
United States Marshal Long and q
strong posse.
This morning the train was side
tracked at Rocl,lin beyond Sacramento
and the marshal's posse has SO far beer
unable to get back to the city.