Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1894-04-10 | Page 8 | The Union Pacific Will Not Recede

The Union Pnellic Will > ot Recede Omaha Neb April 9 Associated PressSo far as the Union Pacific is concerned that company will not furnish fur-nish transportation for the industrial I army 1250 strong now coralled on the C property of the Southern Pacific rail ii way tit vjucii kjuieiii iv croft of the mountain division has been advised to protect the interest of the Union Pacific company and not allow the army of the commonweal to come east unless the unemployed are able to pay their transportation across the country from Ogden The officials at headquarters said The Union Pacific will not recede from the position taken by Superintendent Superin-tendent Bancroft unless the army can pay its fare on our line We dont believe be-lieve in moving large bodies of men across the country in the face of opposition op-position of localities having enough unemployed of their own to take car of Many communities between Ogden and Omaha are already burdened with hundreds of men in idleness whom they feel in duty bound to protect To move this large body from Ogden to the river would mean additional hardship hard-ship on Omaha citizens pending their further disposition east of the river