St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-30

SAN FRANCISCO. June 29.-At the
close Of the second day Of the great
struggle between the A. r. U. and
Southern Pacific the strikers seem to
have the upper nani. Traffic on the
great railway system Is plralyzed. So
far as the Pacific coast Is concerned.
No trains are running north or south,
and from Ogden, Deming and Elpaso
west not wheel is turning. The com.
pany's suburban traius out Of San
| Francisco and Oakland are at stand
still. The ferry boats are running, it is
true, but at Oakland and Alameda
there are no connecting trains to take
suburban residents to tEeir homes
Many thousands of people who do
business in San Francisco and live on
the opposite side of the bay are put
to great Inconvenience. Little ef-
fort has been made to move
freight. Evidence that the company
expects prOtracted struggle was given
this afternoon, when from the general
Offices of the Southern Pacific an order
was issued. closing all the freight
offices and informing the clerks OF that
department they were not needed until
further notice. 1t is the freight block
ade that is most disastrous TO the busi-
ness interests of California. Severe
losses to the fruit growing interests are
inevitable and fruit growers and dealers
are face to face with bankruptcy.
Hundreds of cars laden with perishaule
fruit are side-tracked. In Northern
California this is the fruit mans busiest
SHIPPING SEASON
and peaches, apricotS. cherries. plums
and berries are fast ripening in every
orchard, and blockade of very 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 growers.
Tonight there seems little prospect
that the blockade will be raised for at
least several days. In the Oakland and
Sacramento yards few locomotive
engineers have shown disposition 10
stand by the company and take out
trains, but Notwithstanding this appar-
ent willingness on the p art of the
engineers, no trans have been moved.
The firemen. Urakemen and swtchmen
almost to man stand by the union and
so far have effectually blocked all
traffic. The conpany's shops at many
points have also shut down. The in
itiatlve was taken at Sacramento this
morning when 900 men walked out.
This evening it is reported that the
railroad telegraph along the coast have
declared in favor of the union and that
they are ryfusing to transmit railroad
busin, SIS. Notwithstanding the appar-
ent disadvantage of the A. R. u, the
GENERAL OFFICIALS
of the Southern Pacific declare that 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 so far reported here, oc-
CURED at Sacramento this morning
when the strikers refused to open the
draw bridges across the Sacramento
river and refused any overland pas
sepger train west-bound to pass.
Though probably Hundred deputy
sheriffs and United States marsha.s
have been sworn in here and at Oak
land, the company has made no special
effort to police its yarus and tracks.
The east-bOund overland passenger
train that left Oakland last night was
under the protection of United States
Marshal Long and strong posse. This
morning the train was Sidetracked at
Rockline, beyond Sacramento, and the
marshaPS posse has so tar been unable
to get back to the city.