San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-07
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
No Startling Developments of the
Boycott News.

roads are doing much switching,
which is principally due to the
present existing Pullman boycott,
which is affecting every road in
the country. A well-posted rail-
road man said yesterday that the
railroad companies are losing $780,
coo day during the boycott.
When a reporter for the LIGHT
put in his appearance at the Inter-
national and Great Northern de-
pot yesterday afternoon he was
hailed with the question: "What's
the latest news about the boycott?"
"That's what | came out here for"
he would reply and the railroad
men would say: "Well, you're a
reporter, you ought to know" The
employees of that road express
themselves confident that the
road is clear all the way from
Longview to Laredo and that no
boycott is mminent, no matter
what orders they receive. They
say times are too hard to go out on
a strike now, especially when they
have nothing to strike for. All
trains are coming in on schedule
time and the Iron Mountain Sleep
er has always come on time since
the trouble began.
At the Southern Pacific depot
the reports vary. Some will say
that the boycott will not eX-
tend any further east than
Ell Paso, and that it will
soon be over out there. Others say:
ashes liable to be here any time;
no one knows how soon, and when
she does come she'll come good and
hard" The men say they will quit
when they receive orders, but not
before. 1t was reported yesterday
afternoon that the men went out
between Ell Paso and Sanderson,
but the local officials say they have
heard nothing Of it. No. -
came in from the west yes
terday with a Pullman sleeper
chained to the train, under a
United States paddock and a United
States marshal in the mail car.
Out at FL Paso the superintendent
and his chief clerk and the freight
agent and one or two others are
still engaged in making up trains,
and are not being molested by the
men who have quit work.
A secret meeting was reported
held in the vicinity of the L. & G.
n. depot yesterday afternoon, but
nothing definite was learned.
1t was reported that meeting
would be held at Convention hall
last night, and as a result num-
Der of men bled at the place
about half past eight o'clock. 1t
finally transpired that no meeting
would be held and general disap-
pointment reigned.
1t is generally conceded that the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
will also be involved In the event
of a tie-up on the Southern Pacific,
as, it is claimed, the two roads are
under one system.
The boycott has reached Calves
ton and yesterday afternoon six
representatives of the American
Railway union, of Temple, Gle
burne and Galveston held a con-
ference with General Manager b.
F. Yoalkum, of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe, requesting him to
abandon the Pullman sleepers on
all his trains. Mr.. Yoakum refused
to do this and the result of the con-
ference was referred back to the
respective lodges of the representa-
tiVes.
BETWEEN STATIONS.
A number of the wheelmen who
were in attendance at the races
here left for their homes over the
International and Great Northern
yesterday.
Roadmaster A. P: Blue, of the
Southern Pacific, is in receipt Of a
telegram from his son-in-law, w.
C. Lake, of New Orleans, stating
that Mr.. Blue has become grand
pa. 1t is seven-pound boy. Mr..
Blue disposed of box of fine cigars
among the boys yesterday.
J. M. Nixon, formerly of the
Wells Fargo Express company,
and we'll known in San Antonio,
but now of the Pacific Express
company, with headquarters at
the City of Mexico, is in San Anto-
Mo visiting old friends and ac-
quaintances.
General Manager Monserrate of
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass,
is in Cuero, to attend the funeral
of the late Justice Stayton.
C. H. Wilkins, assistant grand
chief conductor Of the order of Rail-