El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-11
MANY OUTRAGES
SUFFERED BY A MAN FROM
FRISCO THROUGH QUARANTINE

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Unnecessary Harshness of the Officials
and the Railroad People Causes
Great Inconvenience and Discomfort.
While in Juarez Saturday evening a
Herald man met j. G. Warren. manager
of the eastern division of the Hearst
ranch near Babicora in the state of
Chihuahua Mexico. and Mr.. Warren
| has a justifiable tale of woe to Tell in
regard to treatment he had received at
| the hands of the officers of the quaran-
tine and the employees of the S. p.
| railroad company.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Warren pas
| sed through this city on his way to
California with twenty-six cars of cat
| tie from the Hearst ranch for the Cal
| formal markets. While in California
he spent several days in San Francisco
and left there on his return home on the
| 31s. ult He was not told that it was
necessary to have a health certificate.
| and knowing nothing about the stop
ping of passengers who had been in
| San Francisco. he anticipated no trou-
BILE in getting to Ell Paso. He knew
that the passengers were asked if they
had been in Chinatown in the last fif-
teen days and not having been there
he did not think of having any trouble
with the quarantine officers.
When the train stopped at the quar-
antine station he was asked ii he could
swear that he had not been in San
Francisco in the last fifteen days and
he said that he could not but he could
make an affidavit that he had not been
in Chinatown. But that offer was re-
jected; he was told to get off the train.
After the passenger train had gone
freight train came along and man
from Tennessee. who was also taken
from the passenger train because he
could not swear that he had not been
in San Francisco in the last fifteen
days. were loaded with their baggage
onto it.
The conductor of the freight train
asked Mr.. Warren for his ticket and he
was told that he haG none. The con-
ductor then demanded that he pay 10
per cent. extra for not having ticket
Mr. Warren told the conductor that he
was going somewhere against his will
and did not propose to pay two fares
for the ride. The conductor told him
| then that he would have 10 get off at
Straus and that he could get something
to eat and ticket to where ne wanted
to go. He tried 20 buy a ticket there
SO he could go on to Deming on the
| freight train. but the agent would not
Il Il
He was hungry and offered to pay
| the agent for meal but he would not
give him anything to eat under any
circumstances. so DR.. Warm says. He
got permission from section man to
put his trunk in the hand car house
and boarded the first freight coming
| this way. which ne rode to the river
ut Rogers switch. When he got off he
found a man who would bring him on
L I, nhac oil 10 In no QA
| there after being out in the inclement
weather most of the night. He said
| if the conductor hadn't misinformed
him about getting a ticket or accom-
modatiors at Straus he would have
gone back to Deming.
The man from Tennessee. who was
sent back with MI. Warren. vent over
the Santa Fe and by going a great
many miles out of the way he proceed
ed on his homeward journey.
Mr.. Warren was accompanied by A.
F. Parks and John Hicks. of Bakers
field. who are going to work on the
ranch. They were allowed to pass the
quarantine station because Mr.. Hicks
had not been in San Francisco and Mr..
Parks had health certificate which he
had issued to him at San Francisco for
just asking for it. Not 4 question was
asked HIM in regard TO his having been
exposed to the Dubonic plague. Mr..
Warren mad his trouble just because he
did not know that he should have
health certificate. 1t would have been
given him without any questions had
he asked for it and in that fact may
be seen the absurdity of the quaran-
tine
Mr.. Warren could have come over
the river Saturday and remained in
town all day if he had wanted to. but
he had no business here and he seems
to be a conscientious man who does not
delight in being obstinate. He says
he guesses that il his trunk doesn't
break out with bubonic plague in fif
teen days he will get it back all right.