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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-11-13
AT ruE AupiroRIux.
Greatest Crowd Ever Gathered There
Grests the nig Men In the Hattie.

Soon after the procession reached the
auditorium, the great building was
packed with the largest audience ever
gathered there. The main door of the
building had been cleared Of chairs
with the exception of "A few rows around
the walls reserved for the ladies', and
the people crowded In there until the
floor could accommodate no more. In
the meantime the galleries Were filled.
aud even the alslcs were crowded. Ten
minutes after the speaking had begun,
even standing room could not be had,
and hundreds were Obliged Go go away.
The platform and rooms adjoining were
crowded There must have been fully
5000 people In the great building, un-
dOubtydly the largest crowd ever gotten
together there. Besides many promi-
nent HOlena men, there were upon the
platform over a score OF leading clu-
seua representing counties from pnw-
son la the east 10 RRValli i'm the west;
from BeRverhend la the south To cho-
tenu In the north, The Boston and
Montana band furnished superb music.
The auditorium presented a most
lovely appearance. Its sides were
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-11-13
THE BOSTON
FINE FALL, CLOTHING
ron MEN AND noys.

Why not try us for it1 We offer
nm irreproachablo stock OF Cloth
ing Tor yourselves and your sons.
If you find our promises not iul-
filled, or our Clothes no better than
you have been buying at other
stores, yo i need not buy, and after
you buy If not satisfied, why it's
the easiest thing in the world to
get your money back Should you
come simply to look and not to
buy. youll receive the same oour-
teous treatment IT'S as easy to get
out OF our store as to get into 1t.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-11-13
PILGRIMAGE To THE CAPITAL.
Pilgrimage rendered Hon. W. a. Clark,
Editar Ouinn ana Others,

The day dawned bright and clear.
The air was crisp aud the sun shonc
brightly. An nature seemed 10 rejoice
with the pcop,v. for never was day
mote perfect than yesterday At an
early hour the people began To move
down town, Ranohors from the val
ley, and miners and proapcctors from
scores OF camps near the city began To
arrive. Many drove over from Morya-
villc and Rlmlnl, and each local train
was crowded. by nine o'clock Main
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The morning call., 1894-07-01
NOW THE SILENT STEED.
A Printer Will Deliver Goods in
Nevada by Bicycle.

- w DShFCI NOOdS
Nevada by Bicycle.
The great railroad strike has made this
an hour of emergencies. Steam boats are
being pressed into service to perform the
work of the steamcars now lying idle as a
result of the great strike. That is the
logical recourse when railroads cease their
operations, but it remained for an enter
prising printer to substitute the silent steed
for the iron horse. Some days ago he re-
ceiyed an order for 500 programmes for a
ball to be given by the Harry Wilson
Lodge No. 313. Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. in the pavilion at Wadsworth,
Nevada. The order Included a number of
badges aud rOsettes. intended to adOrn the
lapels of the railroad men on the occa-
sion of their first annual ball. The print
ing was duly done and the goods boxed for
shipment, when decree of the managers
of the labor organizations caused the
Southern Pacific TO suspend traffic and
travel. The ball has been long looked for
ward TO by the railroad men of the
mountains. and the printer determined
not 10 let obstacles prevent the fulfiIlment
of his agreement. He telegraphed his Gus
toners for Instructions, and the answer
came back: do the best you can"
This was enough. The printer imm edi-
atelv engaged the services of Victor Han-
cock. an expert long-distance bicyclist. and
this morning Hancock will start on his
wheel on an arduous journey over the
Sierras to Wadsworth with a package con-
tanning the programmes and badges. The
distance by the stage road is nearly 300
miles, and though Hancock is accustomed
to long distance jaunts on the bicycle he
will probably have the toughest one he
ever experienced. He iBiIl have to over
come an elevation Of 1000 feet, over a road
noted for its rocks and deep sands. Yet
he feels confident of accomplishing the
feat by the Fourth OF July, and his en-
ployer looks forward to the receipt of a
dispatch acknowledging the due arrival of
his poOds
The morning call., 1894-07-01
CUTTING DOWN FORCES.
Three Hundred Clerks Dropped From
the Big Office Building Rolls.

The unrelenting hand which took away
the sources of support from hundreds of
families on Friday. when from 1000 to 5000
employees were discharged from the serv-
ice of the company, again found a mum ber
of victims yesterday in the home of the
company al Fourth and Townsend streets.
1t was reported last night that 800 of the
clerks had received notice that their serv-
ices would not be required unit the troub-
ous times had disappeared, and there are
not few sad households in the city to-
day in consequence.
1t appears from the remarks of the Of
ficials upon this subject that 1t is the in
ten ton of the company to dispense with
the services OF every man IN Its employ at
present whose services cannot be made
Immediately useful. The reason assigne ed
for this action is that there is nothing for
the men to do, as the road is idle, and that
The outlook indicates the season of inactiv-
tty may be long one.
The discharge of men is not confined to
clerks and shopmen. but extends to all
branches OF the service. From section m IN
to the skilled mechanic every employe will
be subjected to compulsory idleness. and
will be informed that work will only be
resumed when the road is again open for
business. This order Will not. of course,
apply to certain branches of the operating g
department governed by the operation of
the apreement
The morning call., 1894-07-01

may walk. but it is undoubtedly true. say
the butchers. that the present railroad tie
up is serious menace to the beef and
general meat trade. The stockyards al
ways keep seven-day supply ahead. At
the expiration of that time, unless the
strike is broken, the price of beef must in
evitably 90 UP from to 2 cents per pound.
This was the unanimous opinion of
butchers in the markets yesterday after
noon.
McMenomy, who supplies a very large
suburban trade, said that he had expe-
riencei as yet no difficulty in obtaining
beef, but his hair was about to turn gray
with the worry and veXatiOn attendant
upon his efforts TO supply his customers
south of the city limits. To San Mateo he
was obliged to send individual messengers
on the electric roads, and teams had to
come up from Menlo Park to meet him at
the terminus of the line.
Myself & Rollins said that their country
trade had been almost entirely cut off, as
it consisted mostly of patronage from dis
tant resorts, including Yosemite and
Wawona. As yet they had not
heard of any ante-strike shipments
being stalled on the road. but
the company of course was not receiving
any further consignments and their Gus
tom was considerably curiailed. 1t was
not to be expected that the interior would
suffer any from the cessation of traffic IN
beef. as it could easily draw upon the very
sources upon which the city market de-
pends.
The wholesalers expressed little anx-
iety abont the state of affairs. They said
they we're we'll stocked for weeks de-
mands, and could see within reach by boat
and "the drive" sufficient to tide over any
temporary difficulty. Grace & Ovens of
Oakland are the only wholesalers who had
come to any grief thus far. They have
thirteen carloads of livestock detained OF
this side of the bay, for the use Of which
their Oakland patrons are signing.
The morning call., 1894-07-01
STRANDED VISITORS.
Heroic Efforts of a Newly Welded
Man to Reach His Better Half.

There is a curious admiXture of pathos,
meTriment and rage depicted upon the
countenances and noticeable in the speech
and manner Of the crowds of strangers
who are detained at the hotels.
Some of these persons are in position
where they are unable 10 secure SUPP ly
of money by telegraph to meet wants
which have come upon them Unexpectedly
and they are naturally quite anxious as to
what the future may have in store for
them. The commercial travellers are the
most philosophical OF the detained individ-
uals, as great many of those resourcefu
seekers of trade are usually about as happy
without money as with it and fully as able
to procure the best that hotel affords.
C. L. PiersoD is a newly married man
who came out from Omaha several weeks
ago on his weddng-trip and at the same
time to pay visit to his wife's relatives
in Los Angeles. Mr. Pierson left his bride
in that city last Sunday and came up to
San Francisco. The strike came and since
then he has divided his time between the
railroad and telegraph Offices, endeavoring
at the first 10 ascertain when he could get
through tc where his bride is anxiousIy
awaiting him and at the second burdening
the wires with alternately hopeful and
desnairing messages.
Yesterday somebody suggestedsthat he
get special train and forthwith Mr.. Pier
son made post-haste to Fourth and Towns
end streets. Mr.. Mills, it had been sug-
gested to him, was sympathetic sort of
an individual, and into that gentleman s
attentive ear the tardy bridegroom poured
his tale of woe,
81 guess we can fix you," said Mr.. Mills.
''Y on want an engine and special car, do
you?"
Anything" responded the gentleman,
'iust so get through"
"All right" said the general land agent,
''Pll just give you an order on Mr.. Fill
more for an engine and Pullman car"
MI. Pierson got half way back to his
hotel in joyful haste before tho startling
fact struck him that Pullman cars are lux
uries which money cannot buy at present,
and the last the reporter heard of him he
was making inquiries as to the possibility
of charteriDg the once famous Rosalie aud
making the trip by water.
The morning call., 1894-07-01
STUCK AT THE HOTELS.
Unwilling Guests Who Cannot Get
Out of Town.

Hotel men are not certain whether rail-
road strikes are good things in their bust
ness or not. The registry lists ontinue
about the usual length. so that it really
don't appear to matter to them. The
names on the lists, however. were much
he same yesterday as they were two or
three days ago-that Is to say. while the
number does not change neither do the
guests themselves.
There are great number of people
stopping al the hotels who are very anx-
ious to get away but cannot
Mayor Steinman OF Sacramento went
home by steamer yesterday, and was very
glad Of the chance.
George 81. Goodman Jr. of Napa took
the steamer yesterday as far rs Vallejo
with the in ten ion of going the rest of the
way by wheel.
At the Grand Hotel there are S. n.
Laughlin of Moss Landing. E. S. Cursor
of Los Angeles, Charles Bernhardt of
San Jose. w. B. Cope of Santa Barbara.
T. C. Law of Merced and w. j. Hudson
of Hanford. who are there only because
they CAM get away to their homes.
At the Lick are John d. Coghlan of Ore
gon and S. Sanders Of Sebastopoi. among
several others in like predicament.
Com mercial travellers are to be found in
all the corridors chafing impatenty under
the restraint. The Palace. the Baldwin.
California-all the hotels have long list
of unwilling guests who cart get to homes
that are out on the line of the tie-up.
The morning call., 1894-07-01
ARBITRATION INDORSED.
A Plan Suggested for Settling the
Present Difficulty.

A timely suggestion. as follows. was re
ceived by THE CALL yesterday:
Editor Cdll-SIR: The differences between
the Southern Pacific Company and the Aner-
can Railway Union should be left to arbitra-
Decentralization right in San Francisco and
not In Chicago. Let the Chamber OF Com
merce, the Board Of Trade and the new Mer-
chants Association be the arbitrators. Let the
Southern Pacific plead its case; let the Ameri.
can Railway Union state its grievances. Place
1t in The hands of The above conservative bodies
TO arbitrate; for if there are differences these
bodies, who represent the capital, affairs aud
finance In this State, will arbitrate them at
once and have this matter settled for IL Is
working great hardship upon the merchant. the
fruit-gr0wer and the wage-earner; aud If 1t is
allowed to lapse into any length of time 1t will
mean ruin TO many.
The holding back of the mails can properly be
construed as a criminal otfense. II has no par
allel in The history of the United States Why
should the Government malls be detained and
allowed TO be obstructed through the obstnacy
of common carrier under contract to carry
the same? If the American Railway Union
Will not handle Pullmans there is no reason in
The world why the Southern Pacinc Company
should not allow their local trains 10 be oper-
ated. Ii understand the situation correctly,
The American Railway Union in their many
branches are perfectly willing TO handle all
passenger cars not connected with Pullmans;
therefore the Southern Pacific Company should,
until this Is arbitrated. allow all passengers 10
arrive and depart, and by all means deliver the
mail. Ills duty they owe to the Government
and the American people OH this coast should
see that tney perform their contract. and TO the
letter.
II is my earnest wish that THE CALL Will use
its influence TO terminate this boycott or strike,
as it may be termed as speedily as possible as
its cost already aggregates nearly the million
mark.
/ trust that have not presumed too mnch
upon your time, but having tire interests OF my
own and those OF my fellow cil izens at heart,
feel IL my duty 10 address you In behalf and in
the interest of commerce in this State and city.
Very respectfully yours, j. w. RAPHAEL.
san Francisco, June 80, 1894.
The morning call., 1894-07-01
DESERTED YARDS.
Laborers, Guarded by Deputies, Re-
move Perishabie Freight.

The large freighiyards were deserted
all day long. except in few places where
pershable goods were being rescued from
destruction. Where. under ordinary cir
cumstances. but few freight trains would
be in the yards, every track was covered
with cars of delayed freight.
Each track, from the switch to the end
bulk head. was lined with material for at
least two long trains. In some scattered
places only were the rails vacant. The
array of freightcars lying idle was greater
than on the previous day, and quite large
enough TO convince a visitor of the
strikes magnitude. There were engines,
too, switch-engines and ponderous freight
locomotives, here and there among the
lines of cars. but the rust was already
forming on their polished iron. and the
big machines presented the picture of
utter helplessness without the mind and
hand of man to guide them.
At the s0utherly end of Peralta street
groups of men worked hard in the hot sun
removing perishable freight. a Gordon Of
deputies kept stragglers back. so that no.
body could cross the tracks and continue
along Peralta street, public highway of
Oakland, where it Is cut up with rails Of
the freightyard. This was the scene of op-
The morning call., 1894-07-01
GRUB FOR CASTLE CRAG.
A Hotel Manager Loots a Freight
Train for Provisions.

Up at Castle Crag. the pleasant noun
tain resort, which is owned by the Pacific
Improvement Company, and where sew
eral of The head officials of the Sou hern
Pacific at present have their families
spending tha summer months. the benef
cent result of being ward of the railroad
was illustrated yesterday.
In the hilarious times which are said to
prevail all the season at this resort, but
little attention is usually paid to the old
in junction to lay by something for rainy
day, because the sense in which the quo
tation is ordinarily used does not render ii
applicable to the patrons, of the hotel
mentioned. However, the steward made
startling discovery on Thursday even
ing. He found that the invoice of edibles
on hand was insufficient for even the mex,
mornings meal, and with many manifes.
tations of dismay he communicated his
dilemma to the hotel manager.
The latter was himself puzzled what tC
do, as there we're no trains running and
no market within distance which could
be reached by team; but after the how
of protest which went up from his guests
at breakfast-time, he armed himself with
crowbar and Ratchet and went over tc
the little station, four miles from the
hotel, where he knew train OF loaded
freghicars was tied up.
Whan the hotel manager and his assist
ants got through with their investigation
as to the contents of the cars, they had
secured q sufficient amount of prime beef
pork and mutton. vegetables, fruits and
other needed articles of tood to supply 8
small army
The morning call., 1894-07-01

Southern Pacific depot yards in this city
and the presence of large squad of po-
licemen a resident who daily visits this
section Of the city would have remarked
nothing unusual in the appearance Of
things yesterday, and would have been
impressed with the comparatively little in
terest being taken in the great strike now
on-at least so far as the degree of inter
est can be estimated by the assemblage OF
large or small bodies of men.
General Superintendent Fillmore yester-
day transferred the scene OF bis opera
tions to the other side of the bay, where
the situation seemed to require the inaug-
uraton of different methods than those
which had been pursued for day or two
past if train was ever to be safely
guided into the open country and away
from the vigilant workmen who have so
successfully tied up the system.
About the depot at Third and Townsend
yesterday all inquiries rs to when trains
would depart were met with the same re-
ply--Dobody knew. Superintendent Hay
dock built no hopes on the men who had
consented 10 go out with the trains in the
capacity Of firemen because he knew that
the persuasive eloQuence of the strikers
was more than most of the new men were
able to withstand.
No effort was made to get the early
morning train out. but after some little
delay the S:15 through mail 10 Monterey
was made up and just twenty-five minutes
late she pulled out of the depot. It had
been only after great difficulty that 6re-
man mad been secured to 60 out with the
off a Watahpd the ANGINA
as it slowly pulled out Of the yard with
feeling of relief.
This contentment, however was of short
duration, for as the train crossed Fourth
street the fireman jumped from the cab
and joined crowd Of his companions who
cheered him Justify. Superintendent Hay
dock. who was In the engine. took the fire.
mans seat and performed his duties until
the train reached the shops, where a SUBJ
stitute was secured.
Following the S:15 train, two others are
usually sent out in the mnrning-the San
Jose way passenger at 10:40, and the Palo
Alto passenger at II :45. Neither Of these
was made up yesterday, but at 2:45 the
Del Nome express, which usually leaves
at 2:20 pulled out of the depot and started
on its way southwark, and at 5:10 the
third and last train Of the day on this dvi-
sion also was sent out
Upon each of these trains a number of
policemen went out as far as the city im-
its, couple of them occupying the engine
cab, and the rest scattered along the vari-
Gus platforms of the cars. In the depot
yard an improvised police headquarters
had been provided by utilizing passen-
ger-c0ach, in which the officers were kept
out If sight when not In use.
There was good deal of rejoicing in the
railroad general offices when the first two
trains were successfully started, but it
subsequently developed that the victory OF
the company was but temporary in its re-
suits. as neither Of the two Though trains
succeeded in getting beyond San Jose.
The morning call., 1894-07-01
ALL KINDS OF RUMORS.
They Were Highly Sensational, but
Lacked Bottom.

You could get most any kind of a
rumor yon wanted at most any time on
the Oakland mole yesterday. The first
one they sprang was highly sensational,
and was to the effect that Engineer George
Jeffries. who, it was claimed, had secured
fol himself the dying enmity of the
strikers, had been waylaid ard beaten in
tile yards just before the dawning. His
Il cad was badly battered and his face and
scalp cut. they had ii, and it became
necessary to take him to the Oakland Re
ceiving Hospital Some color was given
to this rumor for Sfne from the fact that
Jeffries was not at his post in The cab OF
the engine in the Oakland local. He was
discovered on the switch engine in the
yards later, however, unscatned. The
attack was merely the fgment of some
ones Imagination.
The second rumor was hardly less SEN
sational and had really more of the
romantic and heroic about it. Foreman
Charles Hall was the hero. AS the story
ran. he was also out in the gioaming that
preceded the dawn. While walking along
the mole in the direction of the sheds he
struck and foied horrible plot. Right
q
into the switch with the evident in enton
of derailing any train that might come
along. Hall grasped the situation in an
instant, went down on his heroic knees
and with one mighty heave of his hercu-
lean chest yanked the obstruction out.
That was execution and the story there
of. The story that follows was even more
beautiful. Eagle.eyed officials of the
Southern Pacific, who were also out in
the cleaning, saw Hall. He being a
striker. they were suspicious and watched
him. They saw his deed of daring ami
then adjourned to Superintendent Wilder g
Office in solemn conclave. Suggestions of
leather medals for bravery were made,
but as leather costs money the officials de-
cided to send him letter com plimenting
him for his bravery. They did so, and
Towerman Hall was busily engaged all
dav in putting compressers on his noble
brow TO keep down the swelling.
Later information knocked this rumor,
too, higher than Glderoy's kite. Hall de-
MED that he had been out in the gloam-
ing or had done anything heroic, and Su-
perrin tendent Wilder said he had no
knowledge of any such letter being sent.
The morning call., 1894-07-01
MOLDING PUBLIC OPINION.
The Railroad Establishes a Bureau
of Publicity and Promotion.

Realizing the peculiarly effective work
which that adjunct of the Midwinter Fair,
the Bureau of Publicity and Promotion.
has done in its chosen field, the Southern
Pacific Company has organized similar
department and yesterday its thoroughly
equipped forces began their labors.
A large force of clerks were kept busy
all day long in addressing wrappers in
which last evening thousands cf circulars
were inclosed and later distributed in
hundreds OF bundles throughout the city.
This circular contained the letter of ii.
E. Huntington and the following additional
matter under The heading Of "Addenda":
By the refusal OF the American Railway
Union TO move any trains having ullman
coaches attached, the issue is met squarely
rendered as TO whether the oper0IiOn of the
railroads shall be controlled by this union or
by the owners Of the proper y. The union has
no grievance against the railroads, but attempts
TO force them 10 take up Its fight against the