The morning call., 1894-06-29

telegram came another from the same
place. but this time from Superin ntendent
Muir. He said in his message that the
road engineers at that point had refused to
90 any switching in the yard, but were
willing &c haul the trains when they were
made up. Mr.. Muir also volunteered the
suggestion that it would be unwise to
make any arrests at present, in view of
the uncertain position of the men, and
Mr.. Fillmore telegraphed him to refrain
from any action of that kind as long as
possible, and TO only cause arrests to be
made when all other methods had failed.
This, it might be added, is part of the
policy the management proposes to pursue
in dealing with the boycott.
But that the company is preparing for
any emergency that will require the use of
force is evident from the dispatches sent
yesterday to Sacramento and Los Ange-
les, and the preparations made in this city
and Oakland. In the first two cities in
structions were forwarded to the superin-
tendents Of the road authorizing the super
intendents Of police in those cities to en-
ploy all the men necessary to enforce the
control of the company upon its property.
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the American Railway Union is particu-
larly strong. the deputies enrolled yester-
day will mum Der at least 400
Yesterday afternoon the following bulle-
tin was issued. signed by General Manager
Towne. and addressed to the employees of
the Southern Pacific Company, with in
structions that 1t shall be posted in the
depots throughout the system:
I'm submitting to our men through you
our understanding Of the situation as it
presents Itself TO us to-day, it occurs to US
that we have been drawn into a contro-
Versy, the causes for which we could not
control and with which we have no feeling
in common, by a new labor organization
called the American Railway Union, the
leaders of which are apparently deter
mined to destroy and crowd out of exist
enee the wiser and more conservative labor
unions with which we have been accus-
toned to counsel, aud it seems wrong in
deed that these well-est ablished organiZa-
tions, whose lasting and well-detined prin--
ciples have given them stability well
calculated to inspire the confidence of the
public and Of railway managers, should
be carelesSly brushed aside to make room
for an organization that has no record o
the past and whose future is problemati-
cal, especially when it arbitrarily enforces
upon US q contention with which our men
or our company has no concern.
''This new organization not only at
tempts to usurp the prerogatives of your
several societies. but also to infllct upon
our patrons, upon our company and lndi-
rectly upon our employees. much hardship,
-
way a corporation whose workshops are
more than $500 miles distant, for an al
legged violation of understanding between
the employer and employe. While we are
in no way able to judge of the merits of
the case, yet we feel that we ought not be
dragged into this quarrel, since as mat
ter of fact our company absolutely owns
three-fourths Of our sleeping-ears of all
classes.
"In the interest of the travelling public,
and for the mutual benefit of our employees
and ourselves, We. appeal to our men not to
permit themselves to be drawn into this
bitter controversy so diametrically op-
posed to our united interests, which will
surely disrupt our more stable and con-
servatlve organizations and dispel the full
measure of confidence and general good
feeling that has always prevailed when
their committees have felt called upon to
visit and counsel with US.
"1n the interest of good faith and har-
mony we ask that our men stand with us
until they themselves have something to
complain Of"
The local agencies Of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul, Burlington, Rock
Island and Erie railroads asserted late in
the afternoon that all trains were running
regularly over their lines. AT IL o'clock
in the morning the Erie officers received
the following telegram from headquarters
at Chicago:
up TO present time all our trains are
arriving and departing from Chicago with
Pullman cars attached and on time. Indi-
cations are that no changes will occur, not
withstanding the alleged strike"
j. G. Mccall, the local manager of th e
Erie lines. said that he wished the dispatch
published. IN order to show that the strike
was not so vast as it had been represented.
Nevertheless Mr.. Mccall added that the
American Railway Union had not been
thoroughly organized along the Erie.
In the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
office it was said that during the day tele.
grams had been received from Chicago,
which warranted the re-engagement OF
steamer berths for party which had can
celed its order yesterday. Passengers
are being carried over the Great Northern
and Canadian Pacific roads with connec-
tion at st. Paul. No tieup was to be ex-
pected, as the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST.
Paul runs only Its own seepers.
The Burlington route claimed not to be
bothered by the strike up to a late hour
in the afternoon. The union is not strongly
organized along the line. and, besides. the
extensive strike Of two years ago is thought
to have taken away from the employees all
relish for ventures of the kind.
HEAPS UPON HEAPS.