Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-27
The Locomotive Engineers on the Pan
handle Railroad, and its Leased
Lines, Won't Work at Re-
duced Wages.
One Of the Deepest Laid and Most Per-
feetly Concerted Movements on
ReeOrd-VariOus Railroad
Lines Affected.
A General Strike at Noon Yesterday
Great Inconvenience 10 Shippers
and TraVeIers-Partieulars
OF the Trouble.

ISnIANAPOLIs, December 8.-The
angine,,rs on the Pittsburg, Cleveland
and - Louis, Indianapolis and Vim
cennes. aSad Jacksonville, Madison and
Tndianapolis railroads, struck at twelve
oiclock. All the trains leaving Their
Starting point before twelve o'clock were
r1n through on the Indianapolis and
Vincenues road. The regular passenger
train went ont on card time, and the
night passenger trains on both the Pitts
burg. Cleveland and st. Louis ana JeIi-
arsonvilIe. Madison and indianapolis
roads will go out as usual, IN cnarge OF
engineers not members OF the brother-
hood. There has been no disturbance as
vet, and it is not anticipated toat the
strike will extend to other roads. NO
trains have arrived on the PlttsOurgi
Cleveland and st. Louis road since
Twelve O'Clock. The regular train leav-
M Louisville at two O'Clock in the af-
+eS, ,oon on the Jeffersonville, Madison
and Indianapolis railroad, came III
few minutes late.
AT CINCINNATI, OHIO.
CINCINNATI, O., December pa
strika Of engineers on ithe Panhandle
Toad csn7menced here at noon today.
IN striLe is against the reduction of
ten ner cent. in the wages of those en-
,,Ioves from he first of the present
month. of which the agents of the COM
pany saw previous notice was given.
Since noon two passenger trains, and IN
an. eiyht trains on tue Panhandle road
we're unable to leave She city. Reports
saate that all the branches OF the Fan-
Handle and Pennsylvania Central are
simultaneously affected by TINS strlKe'
The reports concerning it connlct IN re-
spect TO the true nature OF the slrlKe'
One story is that the strikers were 10
leave the trains wherever they Inlgnt
be at twelve o'clock to-day, and 1t is salo
thig was done on the down train, at
Xenis. aud that the conductor and
brakeman took the locomotive and
brought the train to the city. Another
story is. that all the strikers on trains
before twelve O'Clock noon, should take
then 10 their destination before leaving
Silem-
Superiutendent Ellison, who went
ont on the nine-fOrty-five Panhandle
train east, reports an attempt to throw
n off the track at Pendleton, which Is
the eastern part of the city, about three
miles from the depot. be says the Oo-
..frurt5on was made by winding some
thing around the rail in two places,
.cioss t,1pether. At the first obstruction
"a, locomotive jumped the track
-. swinging round the obstruction
- che rack sgain and ran on with
- i1im-y. The precise character
20 +ho obstruction had not been
.,so..rtainod The Panhandle officers
60 dojng u they can TO keep trains
-1 TI,nring Tba Silroad shops in the east
I'm mari Of the ci, v have stopped to al
- So1r tths he nacbsnic-z 20 take the places OF
the striking epginee, =. Out OF seven pas
senger trains TO leave this city this after
noon. tour went and thr, Ne had TO remain
here. Nothing better is Nlaelpated ~
marrow. Cp to midnight no Hslght
has left since noon. Th,S oiuceI5 en-
here had no intelligence OF the ST IKE .'4i
noon, the hour appointed for it to NgL ID
They had vague rumOr OF conte w
plated strike, which came last night, bLV
gave no indication as to the time when
Il would begin, and it was not credited.
DISPATCHES to the Gazette from Rich
mond, Indiana, and various other
poipts, report the strike simultaneous
on all the branches Of the Pan-handie
road.
AT PITTsBURG, PA.
PT4vrsBURG, December GA great
strike took place to-day among Tue 10
comotive engineers Of the Panhandle,
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago,
Erie and Pittsburg, and Cleveland ana
Pjttsburg railroads., operated by the
Pennsylvania Central company. Ihe
cause of the strike was a reduction OF
ten per cent. in wages from December
lst. This deduction includes the sais-
ries of ali officials, clerks, conductors,
engineers and other employees. The en-
gineers concluded TO demand restora-
ton Of former prices, and If not gram
20 declare a general strike. The ON
GERS of the company are making every
~Vertion TO supply the places OF the men,
{, trains are expected to depart as
1,.',al nuu 'p-pight.
At CLEVELAND, OHIO.
C,,,,rI.Nn December 26.-The loco
rootiEs 0dEsen9H engineer, on the Cleveland and
n..tls Inoslse y Led s.ruek to-day at noon.
The passenger trains we're somewhat
DELAYED, but were all run :oEough' oev-
erai freights we're abandoned. II is re-
ported that there is q misundersespdlns
among the engineers, and that the
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