The morning call., 1894-06-29

declared off the men Will refuse TO Dandle
Pullman cars al this point.
The men on the Santa Fe have waited
on Chief Inspector Robinson of the Post
Office Department and expressed their
Willingness to haul the United States
mail, but they will not haul the mail if
there is Pullman car attached. The men
declare that they are willing to haul the
United States mail anywhere at any time.
Yesterday afternoon number of pas
sengers bound north on the Southern
Pacific offered TO ride in the day coaches
If they were permitted. but Superintendent
Muir said no trains would go unless the
Pullmans were hauled. Over 500 persons
were prevented from taking trains on ac-
count of the strike on the Santa Fe.
Late this afternoon the United States
District Attorney prepared dispatch to
the AttOrn ey- General at Washington ad-
vising him to keep his bands off the matter
in regard to the situation in this city, but
before he could send the telegram be
received d telegram from the Attorney
General at Washington. This dispatch
was exceedingly important. and as Mr..
Denis himself said, 1T made my hair
stand on end"
As soon as Denis received the dispatch
he sent Deputy United States Marshal
Goodrich down to the Santa Fe depot and
instructed him to see some OF the strikers
and inform them that he wished TO con-
suit with them about the transmission of
the United States mails. Mr.. Goodrich
saw some of the leaders of the Ike and
shortly afterward they were on their
way up to the Office of the United States
District Attorney. However. before they
went they had a talk with their attorneys
as to what they ought to do. The men in
this city are ready TO comply with the law
and have retained some of the best attor-
neys In the city on the recommen dation of
the officers of the American Railway
Union in Chicago.
Mr.. Denis also sent for the attorneys
and officers Of the Santa Fe and told them
he wished to have a conference with them
in regard TO the movements of the United
States mails. Mr.. Denis said that the At
torney-General had empowered him to
take all the necessary steps to compel the
the transmission of the mails, and il ne
cessary to bring the strong aim of The law
to bear upon all those who interfered with
it. The telegram is imperative. Mr.. Denis
said that the law was quoted to him bear
ing on the subject, and he was determined
under his instructions 10 enforce it vigor-
ously. He stated that the law applied as
we'll to the railroad company as it did 10
the employees. Mr.. Denis declined to show
the telegram he had received from Wash
ington until after he had met the men who
were on a strike and the officers Of the
road. A large number of deputies have
been sworn in by United States Marshal
COvarrubas, and it is the intention of the
authorities TO push the matter 10 the end
of the law. The Atlantic and Pacific eX-
poets to start its mail trains at o'clock.
1t is reported here tonight that unless
the Santa Fe reinstates the men dis
charged at Ration, \. NJ, all telegraph
operators and agents will 60 out at mid
n ght The mail is still tied up. No mail
has left for San Francisco since Tuesday
night. All Tuesdays and Wednesdays
overland mail is tied up at Barstow. and
all that has accumulated since p. NJ. yes
day is in this city.
At 9 o'clock the mails are still here.
The railroad companies claim that their
contracts with the Government do not
make it imperative that mails shall be
mONtQ db otdIcu p6ElOuS anu lD6y are QaDg-
ing fire.
About 400 strikers held a meeting to-
night to listen to the argument of the Uni
ted States District Attorney as to their re-
sponsibility to the Government in the
handling of mail matter. The District At
tornsy contended that the men in body
were violating the law in refusing to han
die trains on which the mail was to be car
ried. but the men contended that they
were at liberty to leave their posts and re-
tire at their own pleasure. A definite un-
derstanding of the matter will probably
not be reached until tomorrow. 1t is ru-
mored here that dispatch was received
tonight which instructed a general strike
Oh all local as well as overland routes of
the Southern Pacific, which, if true, means
a general tieup of the entire system, re-
gardless Of the Pullman boycott.
On account of the dismissal by the
Southern Pacific Company of employees at
Oakland for refusal to obey orders in re-
gard to the handling Of their trains, a gen.
eral strike has been ordered throughout
the entire system. A meeting of the rail-
road officials is now being held here to
discuss the matter. but up to 1 o'clock no
information can be gained on account of
heir refusal to allow a reporter 10 enter
the hall.