The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
Strike-Breakers
Seek to Avoid
Meeting Carmen
arley Reported to Have
Asked Railroad to
Delay Trains.

Stfike-breaker Farley and his men
have a wholesome fear of reaching San
Francisco on Labor day. According to
press dispatches Farley has given or
ders TO have his trains delayed so that
they Will not come until late Monday
night or Tuesday.
In a telegram from Ogden Farley is
repoJted 70 be asking the Southern
Pacific officials to. kill time" AS a
result the trains have been dragging &
across the desert At snaiTs pace.
They were tied UP last night at Hum
boldt. New. where they will remain
until o'clock tats morning before
Farley seems to fear a probable La
Dor day demonstration, and his idea
appears to be to delay the arrival until
late Monday night or early Tuesday
morning, thus avoiding making San
Francisco on Labor day.
The telegram reads: A large quantity
OF provisions for the strike-breakers
left here on No. train at noon today.
The fact that the store of provisions
taken on board the two trains when
they left here yesterday was small
makes il evident that il had not been
Farley's original intention 10 kill" so
much time on the road Much fear was
expressed by the men while here last
evening at the result of going into San
Francisco on Labor day, and they ap-
peared apprehensiVe about the treat
ment they were likely to receive, and
no doubt the feelings OF the strike
breakers caused Farley's men in charge
10 call for a further delay.
Humboldt, which is 407 miles from
ogden. can boast OF only about one
hundred Inhabitants. and for that rea-
a. l.
that could have been selected for stop
over night There Is no railroad eating
house located there for the men to
commit their vandalistic depreda tions
on. as they have done at the various
railroad restaurants across the conti-
nent
II is stated that fever had broken
out among the ranks OF Farley's men.
as local wholesale house filled an or
der for 10000 z-ounce grains OF Qui-
nine. This IS not a surprise as. during
the stop here, IL was expected that
sickness would break out.
Few strike-breakers came TO the city
yesterday. though James Mcdonald.
chief Of the union pickets. had a large
force of scouts about the city and sew
erai alarms were sent to headquarters.
II strike breakers did arrive they came
IN without parade. Small parties were
seen to enter the inclosure al Fillmore
and Turk streets and II was presumed
that recruits were coming into the city
quietly and splitting up into petty
groups to avoid suspicion.
All the afternoon the streets about
the car house were Allied with strikers
discussing the situation.
The picket army is carefully or
ganized. The men are divided into
watches and these report for Assign
ment 10 Mcdonald at Sheet Metal
Workers Hall. Market and Thirteenth
streets. When any news Is learned
BY the scouts they telephone to both
Mcdonald and 10 the headquarters of
the union on Webster street. where
Cornelius, Bowling and members of
the executive committee are on duty.
Today the pickets viii take no Sab
bath rest, nor will Cornelius or Bow
ling take today Of. Both officers will
be at their desks watching the situa-
ton as II develops and Developments
ere expected 70 come fast