Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-15
STRIKERS STOP TRAINS.
THE BRAKEMEN'S WAR ATFORT
WAYNE GROWING SERIOUS.

A Heavy Blockade of Freight in the
Yards and No Dispatching Allowed
Officers of the Road Prevented from
Running Rolling Stock with Their Own
Hands.
FORT WAYNE, IND, Jan. 14.-The
strike of the brakemen of the Pittsburg
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad against
the system of running two trains of
freight in one train with two locomotives
and one crew, styled the ''double-headed'
system, remains unchanged. Only one
freight train local, bound east, left the
city to-day, which eluded the strikers by
running through the city at a high rate of
speed without stopping. The strikers
could not board the train to disable 1t.
The yards are blocked with freight trains,
which the officials are unable to move.
At noon superintendent G. ID. Law him.
self unspiked and turned the switch to
allow a freight train to pull out, but the
strikers Immediately replaced and re-
spiked it, and would not allow the train
to move. No mail, express or passenger
trains have as yet been mOlested.
OFFICIALS FOILED.
Supt. Law arrived in the city from
Pittsburg to-day, and the strikers laid their
grievances before him at noon. No action,
however, was taken. Several attempts
were made to send out trains, but they
were frustrated by strikers. train
consisting of 80 cars of live stock arrived
from the West this morning, and was
stopped by the strikers, who would not
allow it to move until permission was
granted by their committee to transfer
the train to the Wabash Road, which was
done bpvs
over that road. About 4 O'Clock this af-
ternoon Supt. Law, together with minor
officials OF the company, with a supply of
links and pins, took a shifting engine and
ran it to Grand Rapids junction,
mile from the city, where two freight
trains stopped yesterday by strikers still
stand, and attempted TO recOuple the
trains. Notwithstanding that a police
force was present body of strikers fol-
lowed upon another shifting engine which
they had captured, and upon their arrival
at the junction coupled the two shifting
engines together, compelled the officials
to dismOunJ, and after securing the
links and pins carried out by the officials
brought both engines back to the city.
leaving the officials to walk back. No
violence was used upon either side and no
arrests were made. The outcome of the
strike cannot be predicted. The strikers
appear quiet and orderly, but are as deter
mined as they were yesterday. The rail-
road officials show no signs of relenting.
THE MANUFACTURERS PROTECTIVE Al
LANCE.
PITTsBURG, Jan. I4.-The Western Iron
Manufacturers Protective Alliance held
its third annual meeting here to-day. All
the districts west of the Allegheny noun
tains were represented. 1t was the
largest gathering of the alliance since its
1t was unanimously con-
cluded that at the close of the fiscal year,
May 81, the rate tor pudding shall be S4
per ton. The present rate is So 80. The
wages in finishing mills will be reduced
in like proportion. The Amalgamated
Association will this month begin con-
sideratiOn in lodges of next years scale
An officer of the association, upon being
interviewed relative to the action of the
manufacturers, said 81 have nothing to
say. 1t is their privilege to make any
that suits them" Four dollars
per ton has not prevailed here since 1861
During the winter of 1875 the rate was
S4 10 for few months, which was pre-
liminary to the adoption of the present
yearly scale system.
TOBACCO FACTORIES RESUME WORK,
LYNCHBURG, VA, Jan. 14.-Four large
tobacco factories commenced work here
to-day, and q number of others are nre-
pairing to start up. These factories en-
ploy 1000 colored laborers, most of whom
have been unemployed for several months.
FACTORY TO RESUME.
NORFOLK, VA, Jan. 1.-THE factory of
the Norfolk Knitting and Cotton Manu-
featuring Company, which has been
closed for four months, will resume opera |
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