Show DEFIANCE air lloro Iri says they wont obey the utah authorities ats ties san francisco april 9 C F r crocker first firs t v vice p president re aident 0 of f the S southern 0 C r n pacific company was today to te day asked what tile the corporation w would do it if complaint should be made that the interstate law had been violated by taking 1003 1000 members of the insausti kal army out of 0 california across nevala nevada and and Int into utah for GOO when the regular fare would have called tor for faw 1 I for one would like to bo be convicted it we have transgressed the law responded ur mr crocker 1 I have il a curiosity to know what the crusts could do in such a case the rho interstate commerce law appears to be against such a procedure but could a court decide that IL a company should refuse to carry such a crowd of men n en in ili a way convenient to itself and incidentally remunerative to a certain degree dc when to refuse would be to invite tho the forcible incursions of those men in ell the company was obliged to do as aa it did or it if they declined to do s so 0 the men would have ridden anyhow we have had bad experience and know now what it means when a large body of men like that takes a notion to change their location I 1 it xv was as the only sensible thing we me could do said superintendent fillmore M ore this lh I 1 s in alkire of charity rates for those poor fellows it was waa a humane let act that had to be performed perl armed regardless of the legal effect those unfortunate men wanted to ret got on the road toward their homes and wo we helped them it if the law wants to punish us for that I 1 guess we cart can stand it 11 will you obey the hie utah authorities and haul those men back bach to california was asked not much not unless pay full fare was mr FlU Fill mores reply |