The morning call., 1894-07-07
STALLED AN OVERLAND TRAIN.
Colonel Shafter Will Not Dismiss
Troops Without an Order From
Washington.

this afternoon Rev. f. w. Ravlin was ar
rested by Deputy United States Marshal
on charge having made an incendiary
and fiery speech, tending to excite the
strikers to riot, and calling them to dis
obey the constitution and laws of the
United States, and melting the people of
this community to rebellion. He was ar
rested at his residence and is now in Jail.
His bond was placed at $1,000.
The strike is assuming a technical char
acter in this city. and instead Of excite
ment or riotous conduct there Is the COO!
deliberation Of law supplemented Dy the
word OF military command and an earnest
appeal of the union leaders for peace.
Withal there appears to he no way out
of the difficulty. Thoughtful men are
worrying over the evil effects of blockad-
ing channels of commerce and communi-
cation.
Advices are coming in from contiguous
towns that porlend the approach OF an
alarming condition of affairs, as food sup
plies are running low and products have
lost all market value for want of guarantee
Of transportation. A large retail clothing
store dismissed ten salssmen this morning
and the firm says it cannotstand the strain
through July. ard although sympathy is
with the strikers mostly, those who are
beginning to feel the pinch say with some
acrimony that the injustice of the tie up
savors OF anarchy.
Train IS, announced to leave for San
Francisco yesterday afternoon. is still at
the Arcade depot and within the camp
lines. Its crew was compelled to sleep on
the ears, and large number of passengers
stayed on board through the night and
waited patiently to-day, only to be dsap-
pointed. Steam has been kept up, the
mails are on the train and everything
ready for a start, but the railroad o fiji ais
are afraid to move without the protection
of the soldiers. which has been denied.
This afternoon Brgadi er- General John.
son and Captain Steer, n. G. c., held a
consultation with Division Superintendent
Muir in response to his request for a COM
pany of the National Guard to accompany
the train to Oakau d. They failed 10 react
an agreement but the belief is that the
militia Will 90 tomorrow. Opt dif-
fer widely as to the advisability of this
proceeding. Tmid people shake their
heads and say the train would not get
tie Tehachari Mountains. An explosion
of one giant powder cartridge in one OF
the sixteen tunnels there would effectually
blockade the track. or little grease upon
the steep grades make ascent impossible.
A mill ia off rer thirsting for gore de-
clared that the Los Angeles National
Guard, if ordered 10 do so, would redeem
the California militia from obl"quy.
That train will go through or there will
be- dead militia boys" he said.
Three local trains left the Southern
Pacific depot to-day for San Pedro. Santa
Ana aud Santa Monica, and two arrived
from Santa Barbara and Santa Ana. The
arrivals were met outside the town by
details of soldiers under the command of
leutenants and suffered no interference.
The depot was kept clear by the police,
but the crowd consisted of sightseers who
liked TO look at the soldiers in camp.
The strikers kept away strictly. They re-
gard the officials highly. even as good
friends, and pleasant words pass when
DO h sides meet.
Five locomotives were going in the freight
yards, clearing the main track and moving
engines into the roundhouse, while the
strikers looked on from their headquarters
across the street. Superintendent Muir
says he is breaking in new crews and little
by little The blockade will be raised.
The engineers, conductors and others
standing by the company wore tricolor
ribbons against the white badge of the
strikers and this, the officials hold, is sign
that all the men at work are neither scabs
nor afraid of their position. They are
mostly m EN- bers of the Conductors, Engi-
Deers' or Trainmen's Unions and con-
sented to having their names published in
an evening paper, making list of twenty
conductors, forty-eight engineers. eleven
brakemen and three baggageMen, eighty
two In all. AS $50 passenger trains used
to come and go at the different depots daily
these elghty-twO men are mere drop in
The bucket.
Two trains were sent ont In the morning
from the Santa Fe depot. one for San
Diego with mails, several passengers and
six Deputy United States Marshas and a
non-uniun crew, the other around the kite
shaped track. A train arrived from Bar
stow with sixteen of the company's en-
ployes in charge of Deputy United States
Marshals who bad them under arrest,
charged with interfering with the operat-
ing of the road by the United States re-
cever recently appointed by the Federal
court OF Southern California, through
which they were held in contempt of court.
The prisoners were taken before the Court
Comm ssoners and the hearing set for the
10Th inst.
The train from San Diego arrived In the
evening ard soon after the train returned
from the trip around the kite-shaped track.
The officials will attempt the sending out
of an overland Tomorrow.
d and Companies. United States army,
were detailed at different hours to guard
the Santa Fe depot. They marched from
the camp. rested under the depot buildings
and returned without meeting with any
show of hostility. Strict discipline was
maintained in the camp, with Lieurenants
Vein and Martin as officer OF the day and
guard respectively.
A committee of the Order of Railway
Conductors, Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers from San Francisco endeavored to
ho Id conference with the local brothers,
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