The herald., 1898-06-15
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
AN EXODUS OF WORKING MEN TO
KANSAS HARVEST FIELDS
A Rate of One Cent a Mile Will Take
Them to Region of Good Wages.
Volunteers Coming

Yesterday the Santa Fe Railway COM
pany, through its general passenger agent,
j. ]. Byrne, announced that 1t would make
a rate of SIG, or l cent a mile, for parties Of
working men, in numbers Of ten or more,
to go to the harvest fields of Kansas. The
work, it is stated, will last for sixty days
or more. and then the same men can get
month or so more of the same kind Of labor
in Nebraska, the Dako.as and Wyoming.
The information received yesterday by
Mr.. Byrne was to the effect that the pay
would be from 81 to IS a day. and that no
committees would be on hand to meet the
men, but the agent at the place selected as
their destination would see that they were
distributed among the farmers who needed
them.
No parties of less than ten will be &C.
cepted, ard they will have to travel to-
gether. The rate will also not apply to
women or children. 1t is hoped that sew
eral hundred men can be had from this
state, induced by the high rate Of wages.
for the situation is most critical in Kansas,
as the crops are so large that it will be only
by the utmost exertion that they can be
harvested to advantage even if all the men
needed are on hand when wanted. A great
day and today will probably see men on
their way east.
Volunteers Coming
The shortage of farm laborers In Kansas
may be partially explained by the enlist
ment from that and other interior states of
a large portion of the rural population. A
detail Of 125 volunteers from Kansas will
arrive here via the Santa Fe on the 10Th
inst, en- route to San Francisco. They will
be transferred here to the Southern Pacific
and sent forward. 1t is supposab.e that the
wa" board will be on hand with large sand
witches and hot coffee to receive the force.
Notes and Personals
Assistant General Passenger Agent H.
X. Gregory of the Santa Fe Pacific spent
yesterday at Redondo trying to equal lie
fish catch made on Saturday before by As
s.stant Division Superintendent Prior of
the Southern Pacific at Santa Monica. 1t
Is a question which can tell the bieges
fish story.
The Southern Pacific announces that It
will make rate of one and one-third fare
for the round trip between any two South
ern California points for the Fourth OF
July season. The tickets will be on sale
the Cd, Sd and 4h of July and will be limited
fer the return to the 5th.
The North American Turner's union will
hold its convention in San Francisco in
July The Southern Pacific will sell round
trip tickets from Missouri river points for
one fare. Rates will also be announced
from this city. The same announcement
is made for rates to the convention of
the national council of the Congregational
churches 10 be held at Portland, Or, July
7th TO 18th.
Superintendent Wells of the Santa Fe
Pacific leaves today for the east. where he
will attend the convention of superin-
tendents of the Santa Fe system to be held
IN Chicago next week. At this meeting
revision of the rules will be considered ard
effected.
1t was announced yesterday that the
Pennsylvania Central had come into the
cut rate agreement on second class tickets
to New York for $54.55. Tickets viii Apply
from Chicago over the Pittsburg, Chicago,
Cincinnati and ST. Louis railway to Pitts
burg and thence over the Pennsylvania to
New York. The Baltimore and Ohio has
made the same rates to Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington over its lines from
Chicago.