The San Francisco call., 1897-05-13
OnE-ARM CHARLEY
IS AMNEST|ED
Cordial Relations Renewed
With the Railroad
Company.
A Letter From Mr.. Fillmore
That Affects Hundreds of
Strikers.
Harmony Effected in the Interest of
Building Up and Developing
Oakland.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,l
90S Broadway, May IL.
Charley Hall, the Paul Revere of the
celebrated railroad strike of 1894, will soon
be operating the signals OF the Southern
Pacific Com pany again after icing away
from such work for nearly three years.
II all is one-armed man and was one of
The most active and prominent among the
strikers. His name has been on the dis
charged list for all that time, and now
through a correspondence between Coun-
Gilman Cuvellier of West Oakland, where
Hall lives, and Superintendent Fillmore,
an amnesty has been granted Of more
radical nature than anything that has yet
emanated from the railroad office.
Mr.. Cuvellier's letter and the reply from
Mr.. Fillmore show very clearly that there
is no desire on the part of the railroad to
harbor malice against any of it's ex-
employees, and that Charley Hall does not
feel toward the company as he once did.
The letter OF Councilman Cuvellier is as
follows:
A. D. Wilder, Division Superintendent South
ern Poetic Compoay, OakiGnd-DEAR SIR: Char
lie Hail having signitied TO me his intention
OF applying to have his name removed from
the discharged list, and also his desire TO re-
turn, If possible, TO the service Of the Southern
Pacific Company. make free TO express the
hope that you will give his request your ear
nest consideration and that you may conclude
10 recommend favorable action in the matter.
Without presuming to make any suggestions
to the company in the matter OF Its relations
10 the strikers of 1894, cannot help but think
tnat If the Southern Pacific Company would
declare a general amnesty to all the strikers
excepting. possibly, those who actually de-
stroyed property or assaulted the men who
might present Itself, allow them 10 return
to work, the people OF Oakland as commun-
ity would bear such action in gra teful remem-
brance and it would doubtless tend very much
10 the bringing about OF better feeling be-
tween our citizens and your corporation, so
that apart from our col fliciing properly in ter
ests, which must be settled by the courts, we
could all work haruoniously together for the
development and building up of Oakland in to
the great city which 1t should be by right of
its location and surroundings. Very truly
yours, B. c. CUvELLIER,
Councilman a Large.
The reply from Superintendent Fillmore
to Superintendent Wilder reads as fol-
lows:
SAN FRANCISCO May z, 1897.
A. d. Wilder, Superintendent Oakland Pier
DEAR SIR: nave your favor OF the 4 h inst,
with letter from b. G. Cuvellfer, also one from
w. W. Slater, our master of signals, and note
what each of you has to say relative to the
application for unemployment of Charles E.
some time in our employ up to the A. X. U.
labor troubles in 1894, he taking very de-
cided stand against the company at that time.
AS understand his case, he was not in any
way connected with those who disabled our
| engines or destroyed our property, and his
record up to the time OF the strike had been
| all that could be expected of any employe.
Hence, particularly as he has a family to sup
| port, the company has no objection whatever
| TO his being taken back in the service. Mr..
Cuveilier and several other citizens OF Oak
| land, as well as yourself and Mr.. Slater, hav-
| ing become interest ted in his behalf, | have
| this day taken his name from the discharged
| list, and you are at liberty to give him en-
ployment in any position he is able to FILL
| In this connection, wish to say that any
| others Especially men of iamily) whose names
| have not been removed from the discharged
list, due TO the fact that they have not applied
| for re employment, but who are now desirous
| of re-entering the service, If they re useful
| men to employ, and if they did not take such
active part as above referred to, namely, to The
| extent of disabling our locomotives or destroy
ing our property, desire that they be given
| work whenever it is availa BILE, in preference
| to engaging new men. We have already
! taken sck ueariy all of he employees who lett
with the prospect of an increase in business in
| the course OF sixty or ninety days, necessitat.
| ing the putting on of additional men, trust
our requirements will be such that the few
whom we have not yet been able to provide
| work for viii be re-employed in our service.
Yours truly, j. A. FILLMORE