Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-10
VERY SERIOUS.
Much Perishable Freight Detained on the
Gould Roads.

Much Perishable Freight Detained on the
Gould Roads.
Sr. LOUIS, March 9.-The condition of
affairs to-day in relation to the strike OF
The employees upon the Gould Southwest
system, is as follows No freight Of any
kind is allowed to pass over the tracks of
the Missouri Pacific railway, and copse'
queutly the cars loaded with merchandise
to be shipped from the city, can 6ud no
exit. Many are laden with perishable
property and great loss will result from their
detention. unless they can be unloaded
and the csrgoes stored in safer places.
The grain elevators are the worst
sufferers, thus far, from the blockade.
There is sn abundance Of grain already in
spec,ed and in the yards, but not bustel
of it can be gotten to the elevators. The
number of cara thus locked within sight in
one yard is about one hundred, and there
are enough more scattered along the tracks
within few miles Of the elevators to swell
the total TO 200. None of the grain can be
removed until the strike is at an end. In
o,hcr lines OF business the effects OF the
strike are slse icing fe't to greater or
less extent, tie wool ard cotton trades be-
ing the greatest sufferers,
AS regards q settlement OF the strike,
neither side is willing to make any detoi e
statemeur. The officials OF the railroads
say that their men have no grievances with
theE, snd that it is impossible for them to
reinststs he discharged foreman, Hall. at
Marshall, Texas, as they have no sulhoF-
it7 there. The Knights Of Labor state
they have no cause to call conference OF
the fficers OF the railroads at this point, as
they are striking nov simply in support Of
the action taken by their brethren In Texas,
and that matter must be settled with the
Receivers of the Texas and Pacific. Then,
and not till then, can any Of the striking
Knights return to work.
THE MOST SERIOUS RESULT.
The most important and serious deye'-
opment OF the strike at this point. and that
which will result most disastrously to pas
seDger trsfic, is its sxtension to the yard
aud switcnmeG Of the Bridge and Tunnel
Company. This move includes al the
employees Of the company except the en-
gineeTs and fremen. The superintendent
Of transfer and three yard masters will at
tempt to lake the transfers as usual. The
signi6cance of this departure can
be better und rstood when it is
known that 226 men are employed
in the handling of the trsff, which passes
over the bridge, and thst it is not possible
| for four men 9; each end of the bridge to
throw" the switches and perform the 9TH
er duties incidental TO the business. A
( labyrinth of tracks converge at the en-
trance OF the bridge and tunnel on both
sides of the river, and the switches are
worked By automatic aud complicated
systems of levers, which can only be man
sasd e. men trained in their use. The
places of tie isbore.s sbopt the yard
night be readily supphed, but switchmeD,
skiIlEul in the msnipQlslion of the switch
ins contrivsnces nov employed, snd pos
sessins sn knowledge of the incoming and
outsoipg trsias, are made by experience,
and their places canPSt ee ouppfed By
green hands.
PaE!GHF TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.
Albright traffc oysrIthe bridge vas en-
tirely suspended this morning, and none
except passenger trains have been allowed
/ to pass o-sr since last night. The psssen'
| GER trains are made Ep ~ tee yardmasters
and bridge supeEntehdents, Eho slso do al
,he switching necessary to bring the trsins
into posiuoa st the Epiop depot, Esct
road is obliged to use its own sagiRss IN
-skips up and transferring Its cars, ss
none Of the ss.idse engines are in use
| The sridss eaapsny's ergi.c-cc.a and fEs
men have not IS ysI Eoas oTE e. they
refuse to do any of the work which
has heretofore been done BY shop
men, such as repairing, cleaning, etc
ghsuevsr au engine becomes injured, ol
ia mschinss7 needs cleaning, there is nj
one to do ibe work and the engine is pa
ssiie. All passenger trains for the Ess
and West have succeeded in starting on
this morning, but al have been more o.
less delayed on account of the difficult!
the few men 10 the yards and depot expe
rience in making up the trains.
At tie Missouri Pacific and Iron Noun
tsin yards everytbiug is quiet and no dis
turbsnce has occurred, snd Hons is ex
, ueotsd Squads of guards spp5nted b,
tie KDiga.s Of LsboT continually pAtro