The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-12

are not likely to go ON strike without some
emergency at present unseen should arise.
1t appears, from statements of c0nduc-
tors running on the coast division that
miSundeTs' andlng exists among a few re-
gar ding the payment of salaries during
'he period of the recent strike. Some of
them are of the opinion that the Southern
Pacific intended paying the regular sala-
ries 10 those who reported for duty daily,
the matter Of running trains being only a
side Issue as far as they were concerned.
Others discredit the rumor, believing 1t to
be a ruse of the a. r. u, with view To
r0using the non-strikerS. while many
claim that the matter of receiving DO sal
airy during the strike was thoroughly un-
derStOod.
1t is a fact. however, that as yet the
July salaries have not been paid, from
which fact il ls evident that the men are
left in suspense regarding their Claims.
1t was announced that the pay-car would
start out within two weeks from last Mon
day, and until that time nothing definite
will DE known.
Cruz run, who have turned in their July
nav lists claim that as far as they are
aware tie amounts have been accepted.
These call for IA full MONTHS wages.
There has been no claim raised for
such an allowance, and no thought of
L
ID. Billings, a prominent member of the
Oakland B. l.. E. division. yesterday after
noon. ''The engineers are paid So much
per the mileage travelled during the month,
and when they don't travel they don't ex-
rect TO get paid. l have atteDded the
meetings of the Oakland division regu-
larly. and last week wrote the minutes of
the meeting. and am in a position to know
that not only no action has been taken,
but no suggestion has been made to ask for
paw for work not done. Those men whose
trains we're tied up by the strikers out Of
tOwn-that is, between terminal points
will expect pay for the time they were laid
up t such place. and they will get it, ac-
cOrding to custom. Otherwise they expect
nothing. and If they get anything it will
De a surprise party TO Them"
Did not the engineers understand Mr..
Fillmore's promise to stay with the men
who stayed with the company 10 mean
that they would be paid full time ?"
Certainly not. We understood that we
would find our places waiting for us when
things got 10 going again, while the other
fellows would be waiting Tor places that
were filled. That was ALL"
II. L. Stevenson, road foreman of en-
gines, characterized the story as an inven-
tiob of the strikers to create disatfection
that did not exist.
George W. Randall, engineer of the
Defkeisy local, tAIheo III ile same slEalh.
The fruit shipments on the Southern Pa
citic for some days have been much larger
than during the corresponding period last
year. The largest shipment on one day SO
far this season was 127 cars, which beats
the record.
The noticeable activity in public senti-
ment through the San Joaquin Valley in
favor of the proposed railroad is making
itself manifest in many ways. Yesterday
| Traffic Manager Leeds received a telegram
from Stockton To the effect that it was
proposed To have the county convention
declare in favor of the proposition. Many
offers of assistance come In from individu.
ais, ana when these individuals get to
gether and make an organized effort the
public Will have some idea of their com.
bned strength.