The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-04-24
HOW III LOOKS NOW.


pears at st. LouIs--But Little Prospect
of Arbitration Being Conceded BY the
Missouri Pacific Handling Freight
PrOmptly--The Bridge and Tunnel Com
pany ResumS--Turning the Tables on the
Knights.
ST. LOUIS, April 1S.-Mr. Hoxie's POSI-
ton in regard to arbitration, as stated in
his letter to the citizens arrangement
committee, has made the prospects OF
any good being accomplished by the
citizens in that direction very discOur-
aging, to say the least. Mr.. N. o. Nelson,
a member of the citizens portion of the
proposed arbitration committee was seen
by reporter yesterday and questioned
as to the outlook.
81 have little hopes for a successful
arbitration of the difficulty" he said,
especially since the letter from Mr..
Hoxie was received"
"Have you received any replies from
the notices sent the resident directors7"
I'VE have received replies from two Of
| them"
| care they at all encouraging?"
"In regard to these replies we have
at present, rs it might be premature.
When we have received replies from the
other directors we will hold meeting OF
our committee and the arrangement COM
mittee, when the replies of the directors
! will be laid before the latter, and they
can do with them as they see fit. | can
say this much, however, that still do
not think the prospects encouraging"
OF fnly ~ NJ
statement that the railways comprising
the Southwestern system are now in full
operation?"
81 am not prepared'to say any thing In
regard to the resumption of traffic on the
Southwestern system. If this were the
only point to be gained, and, as Mr.. Hoxie
seems to think, there was nothing but
plain sailing before them, then he might
be right. But he should remember that
the strike is not over yet. This commit
tee on arbitration was not appointed sim
ply to secure the resumption of traffic,
but to endeavOr to settle the difficulties
between the railroads and the strikers for
the best interests of both sides. If the
railroads will not appoint their portion Of
the committee, of course it all amounts
to nothing"
Pacific and Iron Mountain roads to whom
the notices were sent were Messrs r. S.
Hayes, r. G. Kerens, r. J. Lakeland and
Geo. w. Allen. Mr.. Nelson did not feel
at liberty to state from which two of these
replies had been received.
HANDLING FREIGHT PROMPTLY.
ST. LOUIS, April l8.-"We are receive
ing and handling promptly all of the
freight being offered at every point along
the Missouri Pacific system" said one
of the officials yesterday. "The reports
of the several superintendent show that
there were 202 trains or 1875 loaded cars
moved on the system yesterday. Live
stock and perishable freight were handled
everywhere and suffered no delays. II
there is freight at any point for trans
portaton on the Southwest system that
is not being handled we do not know of
it, We are taking all the freight Offering,
and why, then, talk about the road not
being able to handle its regular
business2 From this point there
were l46 loaded cars forwarded
over the Missouri Pacific road to-day.
Then there were 140 cars loaded in the
yards. On the Iron Mountain road there
were 1872 loaded cars sent out and sixty
cars loaded in the yard. Seventy loads
were received during the day
"At nearly all points out of the city
, freight trains are moving night and day,
with the same regularity and in greater
numbers than they were year ago. II
there are any who doubt that all freight
offered is being handled they should ask
the shippers whether any of their goods
are being refused by the company"
REsUMING OPERATIONS.
ST. LOUIS, April l8-The Bridge and
/, Tunnel Company has been trihe behind
the other railroad companies affected by
r the strike in resuming operations. The
; company acted on the belief that its old
: employees, all of whom are capable men,
b, would be allowed to return to work when
the demands of traffic upon the bridge
were such as to make urgent the working
of that property. But such was not the
case, and when the roads centering in the
Q city began to pile up east-bound car. load
g freight, and those centering in East st.
d Louis freight for the western roads, the
!. bridge company was driven into looking
{ for new employees. II has secured them.
[ There Is now full force of clerks in
a the Offices and the warehouses
= are open with the usual mum.
Der of men on the platforms to receive all
the freight offering. Nine day crews are
= at work in the yards, and yesterday there
= were twenty-eight trains, with total Of
# 600 cars, drawn across the bridge. A
d considerable number of those moved
Z East were loaded with live stock brought
d in by the Missouri Pacific and IrOT
a Mountain for the Stock yards.
: Four crews were ready to take ou
!, bridge engines last evening, and freight
cars passed over the bridge during tn,
y night as they had not been doing fO
: several weeks. The day crews viii worI
: to-day, and it is expected that the accu
d mulated bridge freight will be worked Of
d within three days.
TEE TABLES TURNED
y ST. Louis, April l9.-In a report re
" ceived yesterday morning from lie king
ie ton, Mo-, a circular was embodied o
which the following is copy.
IL To ALL RoADMAsTERs: ON and after dat
= you will not employ, as section foreman o
~ foreman OF gangs, any man who Is knigh
Id of Labor. All foremen now In the emplo,
!, who are Knights of Labor must either pre-
- -. a u