, 1872-11-22
: :
q . D uou. .-satails Of the Block
ade on the Winona &
| ST. Peter Railroad.
No Alarm Felt Over the Situation by the
Railway Officials in Winona.
The Weather M0derating.

tion, 1s very much exaggerated. Ihe W1nona
Republican Of tonight says: sour reporter
| called on Assistant Superiutendent Jenkins this
afternoon to ascertain further nart;cn1ars in re-
s.asa ~ 49, ah..nator - ~, eo.,.,tr1~ 49,. ~.
| garu 70 LIS cnataceer VI LIS coun1is neas LIE
olockade, and to see II any Tears we're en:eftain'
| cd here OF the men suffering for food Mr
! Jenkins laughed when told Of the sensational
daan,tch Which ba3 haan sent tn tba Associated
uo'pH'oI "Dten 1S1 ~ JUL oel' :. .Ao
Press. He says there ~ is no danger whatever
OF the men starving. me tiac5!ayers woraAins I'm
TOR Colonel DeGfaii, arc within 30 nlles OF 9ar.
shall. Even II they are at 1he extreme eno OF
| the track, they have hundred " tie teams, and
can drive over the prairie now as easlly as they
can in the summer time. Marshall is W miles
west Of New ulm. At Marshall they have easy
access to Redwood Falls, and the Minnesota VAL
ley, which is rich with fine farms Only six milee
south OF Marshall is the old settlement OF Lynn,
which has been settled ten Or twelve years. Near
by is . heavy body OF timber Many farmers
| hay grain and stock.
Ihe source Of the difficulty is chiefly In the
fact that the railroad company have not yet got
! their suoW-fences up at the western end, and, OF
! course, the Light SNOW drifting over the prairie
| at once filed up the cuts.
Colonel DeGraff's anxiety to get provisions to
his men is not SO much from the fear that they
will sta1Ve forfood but that, unless supplied with
| they will quit work, and leave him in the lurch
| on his contract
| There is good deal Of stock through the
| country, and the men cannot starVe. The fall
heavy, and would not prevent the men from
| getting out easily into the settlements
1t.i certail that tine officers Of the Winooa d
st. Peter Railroad ria this city, do not feel any
alarm over the blockade, and are confident that
| q fer days more will see the the road clear, il
| the weather ia favorable.
Special Despatch to Ths Chicago Tribune.
| ST. PAUl, Alln1l., NOV. N:-Advlces rom
| along the route Of the Wlnona St. Peter Bail
road indicate that the weather Is moderating-
tuo te1o1ta - aEa11 MoiAnR W alsePy 13e;
49, ~ ~ 1aa.'t~aa t*sA I. aor s[,t ~
with it's four locomotives, five engines and two
construction trains were showed in west Of
Sleepy Eye. None Of them have yet succeeded
IN getting out.
| "A report 1s current that Colonel We Grad, the
chief contractor, took a team at the Big Cotton.
| through to where the first relief train became
| imbedded. It is also said that, as there is
stout; team to every four or i've men, the BE-
sleged may follow the drecnon OF the Streams
or the Line OF road until they meet the rahef
trains. In any eyent, 80 soon as way OF escape
| Is opened, the liberated men WILL do7btless
| make rush Tor civilized hnnlts and thus render
It impossible 1or the company to hnlsh the road
within the time specified BY Congress-: They
W1A thus be compelled to ask Congress-
1or an extension OF time, and, having
put forth every possible endeaYor to complete
me nne, ana, ne1ng ape TO snoW tnas tney Wouo
nave nave socceeueo l3 nao not sn1s nnpreeeoentea
storm aaspenaed AZ VOTE, tnere ought not TO
1e any opposltlon, o, maze 70 me request. l. was
tn tne tP %sent1on OF 1ne company 70 ereGt houses
aoi .ne an ana aay u s.oSh5 OF 5a,1 ~
order to complete the work By March ], 1873;
our = u now eatremely e ooup11al nnesner any
nar ~ ar IN ~ snaa & e!Gd ~ sne J
ee o. t e1s1H Mases g9oa loog1ngs' aug Piensy
11 11 eat, TO f1sE the poss1nlEy OF an experience
aa IKE tnat suadsnly 1s 1oreed upon the men no"
S'o"ea N ~ese o. me Big oostonwooo h'e1s' i
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT
Speciaz Dsapqtch to Tho CHICAGO Tribune. :,
WrSor. Mn. Nov. 21.-No ;ntei]irance hss
1o,,. aaa. .' =. 49,. -. ~, ara-toLaal n...
eeon -1oo-'ea ~ s pom' ~ o1Po.ouuon0 m.
Stewart and his rehef tram Since list 1ueaday-
engines, two snow p1ows, and $50 men, with fuel
and ratlons for thlrty days. cottonwood is
forty-t"o miles beyond ne" olm.' Eelegrapmo
communication extends only to Sleepy Eye Lake,
fifteen mules beyond New Dlm. When last h heard na