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Deseret Evening News
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
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In Dunkirk, Cal., on July 2, striking American Railroad union men courteously assisted stranded Mrs. Jane Stanford during the Southern Pacific strike by providing carriages, a decorated train car, flags, bunting, and a brass band escort.
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Dunkirk, Cal., July 2.-A felicitous incident of the great strike on the Southern Pacific system was witnessed here today. Mrs. Jane Stanford, widow of the late Leland Stanford, had been for two days stranded in her private car north of here. Today a delegation of striking American Railroad union men proceeded to her car with carriages, brought her to this city and put her on board another car that the men had decked in bright colors with flags and bunting. A brass band led the party.
"Would this cigar be made to Mr. Huntington?" asked Mrs. Stanford.
"No; Mr. Huntington would not be allowed to even walk on this road," was the answer by the spokesman for the strikers.
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Dunkirk, Cal.
Event Date
July 2
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mrs. stanford was assisted and transported to another train car without incident.
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During the great strike on the Southern Pacific system, Mrs. Jane Stanford, widow of the late Leland Stanford, had been stranded in her private car north of Dunkirk for two days. A delegation of striking American Railroad union men brought carriages to her car, transported her to the city, and placed her on board another car decorated in bright colors with flags and bunting, led by a brass band. Mrs. Stanford asked if a cigar would be made to Mr. Huntington, and the strikers' spokesman replied that Mr. Huntington would not be allowed to even walk on this road.