Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-15
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C|AL SLUCCED
Supt. F. P. Barnes, of a
mogordo Shops Knock
ed Senseless By I'm
known Man

and knocked SeHSeieSS by an I'M
known mar in he city park. The
matter was at first kept quiet in hopes
that the guilty party might be caught.
Mr.. Barnes states that in company
with Master Mechanic Powers of the
Santa Fe at Ell Paso, he sat in the
corner of the park, ear the Hotel
Sheldon building, talking until quite
late. when they told each other good
night and Mr.. Barnes started for the
Angelus hotel.
While passing under the shade of
one of the trees in the park an I'M
known person STEPPED out and struck
him over the head, knocking him
senseless, in which condition he re-
NAMED for some time. when finally,
by the assistance Of some one, he
went to the hotel, where several ugly
wounds on his scalp were attended to.
Robbery was evidently not the mo
tive of the assault, as he had con-
siderable valuables on his person at
the time and they were left undis-
tlrbed. So far he has been unable to
learn who assaulted him.
To Resist Union Demands.
The managers Of all the railroads
centering in Chicago have decided
that they will stand together in the
future in resisting demands Of organ
lied labor which seem unreasonable
This decision was reached at a meet
ing of the General Managers ~associa-
ton, held at Chicago on last Thurs
day. The occasion for the meeting
was the demands which have been
made by the freight handlers on some
of the roads for concessions which,
in effect, are said to amount to an in,
crease in pay. One of the demands
is for double pay on sundays and holi.
days. The matter was thoroughly dis.
cussed and it was decided that the
demands could not be granted, and
thai the men must be told that under
the present conditions of traffic and
falling revenue they must consider
themselves lucky to have any jobs.
The general opinion was that labor
had grown unreasonable in its de-
mands and had failed to recognize the
fact that business was on the de-
crease, and that ~retrenchment was
necessary for all railroads.
The Reason.
A mistaken impression seems to
prevail at Alamogordo and abroad
that the guards which the railroad
company has stationed about It's prop
erty since the strike there, are there
for the purpose of protecting the non.
union men from assault, says the FL
Paso Times.
This IL not the case, as Is shown
by the following: The railroad com.
pany's property Is completely insured
and a clause in the insurance policy
is TO the effect that should, in time
Of a strike, the %company's property
burn from whatever cause, the in
ran companies viii no be re-
sponsible unless the company has
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guards stationed about the property.
II Is for the protection Of property in
this way that will keep the guards
about the works here even after the
men have gone TO The town TO board
Arizona Railroads.
The territorial board Of equaliza
tion met at Phoenix for The purpose
Of equalizing the taxes 81 the railroads
principally. Those present were:
Auditor !. M. Christy, chairman Of the
board; f. w. Nelson, Frank II. Park
er. "A, Z. Donau, Geo. A. olney. The
following valuations were given to
hnC A0siionuS vi III %ttlIllOls . SDOuJD- II
ern Pacific, $7.O22 per mile; Morenci
Southern and the New Mexico and Ari
zona we're each rated at $500 per
mile: the Santa Fe has a fixed rate Of
si75 per mile. The only other bus
of Importance was the appoint.
ment Of Wesley Hill as secretary Of
the board. j
Replacing the Steel.
The santa Fe work train Is dis
tributing steel along the line north
Of the smelter, preparatory to having .
the old rails along that portion OF j
line taken up and replaced with
heavier steel, says the II Paso Her
aid. The new steel has been In use
Tor some time on the main line OF
lho nnra,a,., l..t t y l0tnn raninp.t IL