Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-15
SNAKEINTHE GRASS.
Railway Hands Alarmed at an Appar'
emily Innocent Announcement
WHEN STREET CARS CARRY MAILS.
The Employees, They Say, Are at the
mercy Of the Corporation, Accord
Ing 10 Oluey's Famous Beclsion.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct Is. - The
Chronicle say:
The announcement by Postmaster
Frank McCoppin that he is endeavor.
ing to bring about the carrying OF the
mails between solicitations and the
central postofiice on tho street railway
liues Of this city IL looked upon very
,usplolously by railway employees, and
especially by members OF the Amer
lean Railway Union. While not im'
putting TO Mr.. MoCoppin anything but
Inc best motives TO facilitate the trant'
mlssIon and dispatch Of mails gener'
aIly. the railway employees claim TO SOD
behind the proposition tho hand OF the
Southern Pacific railway. They claim
thnt II 10 nothing more or less than
arbeme OF tho railway company 10
brInu its immense street car system
within the prot. elton OF that celebrated
omnibus decision Of Attorney General
Olney, during the strike against the
Pullman Car company.
The provisions Of that declsion were
broad enough TO bring under lie wing
all railway companies carrying mails
IL was maintained that tho refusal OF
the tfaiumen to move trains carry ing
Pullmans was Indirectly an intsrfeT.
ference with tho United States MALE,
ana cons. Quently . serious oficnto In
The federal calendar Of crimes.
There IL rumor RilOat that the
officers OF tho Market street combin.
would like, II possible. 10 Trim tho
wages OF its employees little, aud it IA
openly announced II certain quGrItrl
that the moment mail cars begin run.
ming over the lines the reduction viii
20 into effect. In cato OF n sifike under
ihesp conditions, Attorney General
Olney's decision would cover tho case
very nicely aud stand between thr
company aud its dissatisfied employed.
a general strike would OF ooursu tie
up the mall care o. we'll rs the others,
even In case the company used serat'
ale coaches for carrying tho male, and
could be very nicely construed Into an
interference with tho mnils.
In this city there aro about 5000
men employed on the street railway
limos, 81 per cont OF which force Ia con.
trolled by the Southern Faolilc rail-
wBy under tho name OF the Market
Street Consolidated railway system.
A general "walk-ouW would result Ia
a very had state OF ai'Rirs Tor both The
pubno hnutfw'cwncfsv VI tsrv iisvs. bat
tho latter would DO much the wores
suiiersra. In tho past there have
been some very lively ktflkog on acms
PORTIONS VI these syttems, two OF which
resulted disnstTouhly for the compauios.
Should the street cara begin Carrying
mails, as long 40 the Olney decision u
interpreted as It Ia nj present, general
strike would bring the strikers In d.
rect COL flict with the FsdeIal author
itiee, an lE would he impossible TO KEEP
tue mail cars running II the roads were
tied w.
H. ID. biarlA,t, ex.ptesidsnt OF Lodge
No. 845, American Railway Union,
OF this city, says Mt. MoCoppin need
have no fear Of the succeas OF hli
scheme.
az Am only surprised, said Marlatt,
"that IL has not been thought Of before
AS the Olney decision Is Mt present In
terpEeted by the Federal courts the run.
ming Of mail cars over street railway
lines briggs them under tue protection
OF the Federal power In case OF trouble.
Once those mall cars run over the
Market street lines all danger Of n biz
strike or tie up ON that sys,em IL ptRc
tically over. The boys know this ~
we'll a. any one can toll them, bul
what can they do about ~ Simply
nothing. Its case NJ SAW wood, SAY
nothing and trust to the sppointmon
OF new Judges TO the Federal BENCH"