The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-01
Gossip About Railroad Matters
and Other Things.
THE CRIPPLE CREEK ROW.
UTAH is TO THE FRONT ALL
THROUGH THE EAST.
Heard from All the Time ON 1000
Mile JOurney-The Wage Confer
ence in omaha--No Strike Immi-
nent-Utah and the Gulf Southern
Pacific Officials in the City.


trains for the past three weeks, and
Travelled 1000 miles in the aggregate,
is prepared to say in clear, ringing
tones that Utah is strictly in it." Not
in any half hearted, desultory way, but
clearly so in every sense far beyond
question. This great truth can best be
verified by transient invasion of other
sections of the Union far removed, and
there observing conditions fairly and
impartially as found to exist. In those
sections SO removed Utah people will
invariably extract pleasant informa-
ton, i. e., Utah is regarded as not alone
being to the fore, but actually forged
ahead, and to the end that she is right
now enjoying an era of prosperity Who'll
ly unknown to any other section west
OF the Mississippi river. Our home in
dustries are pleasantly enlarged upon,
and great credit given for our encour-
agement to manufacturers that have
already been prolific of good results.
The new gold finds are also largely
adding to the outside interest displayed,
and right here l wish to say that the
large amount of advertising literature
sent out on
UTAHS GENUINE RESOURCES
has had an unmistakable tendency to
"bull' sentiment largely in our favor.
am free to say that all advertising
matter in pamphlet form, TO achieve
the best possible results, should be both
brief and compact to inSura that at
tention it is deserving of. If facts are
enlarged upon and unnecessarily long
drawn when telling of our resources,
they will in many instances be dis
carded as a whole, no odds how elegant
in ali al Tfin aft &c
something and people find an encyclo-
pedia much too tiresome, however val
liable. Happily, though, past errors in
this line are already remedied in both
fact and perspective, and a timely word
is not out of order for guidance in the
future. The furthermost points touched
in our absence were Chicago and New
Orleans, and being usually considered
two extremes from which to base ideas
of supply and demand in the country's
commerce, afforded food for serious re-
Election on things that be-. While those
arteries of commerce are seemingly
pulsing with their usual activity, bust
ness in all the different trade channels
has not yet got back to where it was
when the tide of depression set in last
year. This is best evidenced by the
thousands and tens of thousands of
idle workmen found in all the larger
cities These idle workmen are from
every honest walk in the world of Ia
Dor and conditions are truly appalling.
II may safely say that never before in
the history of the country were there
more than one-half the number Of
FIRST-CLASS RAILROAD MEN.
going about wholly unable to pro-
cure employment. Deadhead travel has
so increased that some of the railways
have posted bulletins against it, and
- II. Il lc 70 Il
tons. 1t rs currently believed. the ar
engagements are already being entered
into whereby the roads and organiza-
lions will agree on some plan to tide
over the mergency-something must
needs be done.
Prominent railway officials in Chicago
concede that the Santa F'e held the
winning hand from start to finish in
the late rate unpleasantness and when
all will be settled that line will have
no apology Or retraction to make. All
this is in perfect alignment with The
Herald's forecast at the early begin
ming and proves the correctness of the
position assumed for the guidance of
the public on matters of such moment
Reference to the misleading state
ments sent out regarding the Union
Pacific wage conference now on in
Omaha, the public can rest assured
that the employees are meeting the
receivers on their own grounds, i. e.,
in the courts, and the matter is not one
of wages SO much as it is to determine
the standing of the associations in
courts as duly organized bodies, en-
powered to treat and contract and
have prior contracts held valid in the
courts opinion. Such men as q. E.
Clarke, for the conductors, and Eugene
V. Debs. for the American Railway
union, ably seconded by other eminent
and conservative leaders, will meet
General Solicitor Thurston and Judge
Dundy in the great arena of the law
in a question of such Importance. l
have talked with presidents and gener-
al managers who privately admitted
to me that Solicitor Thurston made a
great mistake in drafting that famous
restraining order, and it brought about
the very thing railroad corporations
were not DESTROYS of. Virtually, it will
be found that the outcome will be to
relegate him to other walks than rail-
road counsel. Without being specific,
will say unreservedly that there will
NO STRIKE ON THE UNION PA
CIFIC
by the organizations either singly or
collectively over the present question
when you see it in The Herald-it's
So"
A fair analysis of the Denver trouble
consists briefly of the following:
The police force, fire department, and
sheriff's following are all standing in
together, and hope to 'hold the fort
against the governors interference.
They rely upon court quibbling to help
them out, we'll knowing that a clean
sweep will be made of the whole gang
in police and fire circles so soon as the
new board gets possession of the
premises There exists in Denver a
state of affairs that could noticing con-
tinue in any other city or The country
the people wouldn't tolerate it. As a re-
suit, the police and fire depar-m ants
are completely demoralized and their
effectiveness destroyed, as witness
Denvers two destructive fires and the
great number of robberies going on
that are not reported. Under other
conditions the Union depot would new
er have been permitted to burn down.
The same may be truthfully said of the
Champa street fire. There are men in
both these departments who stand
ready to acknowledge they would hail
with delight the new board,' but
they must not show it, else they
will be shut out into the swelling
ranks of the unemployed-this they
could i'll afford All fair-minded and in
telligent people will concede that such
conditions make house divided aginst
in the inevitable-it can
not stand. And all this time the peo-
/ pie are the losers. Sheriff Burchinell
says to Governor Waite-sEven without
any police force 1 can preserve the
peace" Well--Governor Waite won't