New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14
EFFECTS OF THE STORM IN THE STATE
ALL TRAINS BLOcKADED-cOMPLETEs rAGSArIo,
OF DUsIxFss AT ALL pot>Ts


OF BUSINESS At ALL POINTS.
| Syracuse, March l3.-No trains have left hero or
arrived from the east since last evening The Rome
Waicrtown and ogdensburg and Syracuse. Ontario and
New YORK roads are abandoned Trains the OF her
roans are running irregu arIy All travel In the sur
rounding country Is suspended.
Buffalo, March l3.No trains have arrived from
NewYork since yesterday AT ernoon. The storm does
not extend west Of Buffalo, and western and local
trains are running as usual.
Rochester, March I3.-lhe western vision from
Buffalo to syracuse Is all open and local trains arc
running about time But little snow Is falling
No through trains from New-York have reached her
since midnight last night.
Saratoga, March l3.-Tho snowfall which began
at 10 m. Sunday has continued for thirty SIX hours
Az a. m. today the snow measurement was exactly
forty inches The last train through town was the
Delaware and Hudson sou' bound mail last night,
one hour late, drawn by two locomotives, after whch
closed
Utica, March 13.-Tho storm has abatcd. but the
extraordinary fall Of blocks travel bereabouts
The fast mail and the first Atlantic Express due In
New-York early this morning are a. the depot. No
trains have a1iI cd to-daJ from any direction and
hone are expected
Troy, March 13.-snow has fallen hero for forty
hours All travel Is suspended Little business and
Ltnehamton, March i3-Thc storm Increased In
fury last night, and the wind piled the snow In i'm
passabe drifts Only lain ha, come through
,oh, Ney. YORK on The IackawanGa since Sunday
rived yesterday morning
Louisville, Marh l3-It is believed here that
strike Of the eng the LETTERS onvlllc Mads on
and Ind anapol Railroad pennsylvania Llnel Is I'm
Tho men on the Louisville, New Albany and Oh caso
has sent IFS vice-chief W. A. Pctilbone to Chicago to
confer with Chief Arthur.
The men on he Lou,v.l!e New Albany and Chicago
road also may go out
ST. Louis, March l3-The action yesterday of the
eng neers and nremen on all the roads centrng In
East It, LOUIS thirteen in number who said that they
would not handle any Burlington or freight after
6 p m ye .tcrlay, amounted to nothing. The roads
simply got rid Of all their Q" cars efore the quitting
will hot attempt to do All the engineers and bro
terrupton TO traffic II Is said that nearly dozen
Of the engineers who took The place, Of the Bro her
Saturday.
Kansas City, March I3-In reference TO the trouble
About the sever delayed Ecck leland gnt trains al
Cameron. Assistant Superintendent Fish, OF the Hannibal
Division Of tho Burlington, said last light I'VE
compelled to ask the Rock Island to hold those
heght trains for Ew hours at Cameron The reason
was that our yard was almost bockaded S1h Rock
lsan Cars We have contract to do ali their switching
In kanas city, but they refused to allow handle
ihcIl cars and the result that bn.ncs, has
bcen inpedcd We do not pNpOse to allow the Rock
Island delay business, and for that reason We
gave preference to our own trains betwoon here aud
CamcniD 10 day"
The trouble arises from the refusal OF tho Rock Island
men To do ay switching hero themselves, evon to
allow tho Burlington to perform It's c0ntracs. Re-u-
lions adopted by yesterday, however, conceded
lho lat privilege to the Burlington, and IL Is hoped
that 10 further trouble will occur.
PonghkecpsIe, March ID tSpecia-The drifts lining
Main-st are fifteen or twenty feet In height. The
200 passengers stopped here yesterday by their trains
being held are scattered among the hotels and private
boarding houses Of tho city. Among thcm As
somhlyman Illl, OF Albany, and Assemblyman Yates,
or schenectady. There IS also young who is
engaged 10 DO married In NewYork to night. About
hry OF the detained passengers fed In the dining
car OF the cincinnati express. -ploughs hard
at work and hoped the road may be free
Kingston, March ID (Special(-Not a car wheel Is
mo Ing hero this afternoon any Of the railroads
not a ticket has been sold today no mail nor news
papers have reach hero since yesterday and none
are expected. All telegraphIc communication was
severed from D, m. yesterday until to-day. A
train the Ulster and Delaware Railroad has been
showed under since yesterday morning Broad
heads Bridge few courageous train men climbed
Out OF the windows and wade1 through tho snow
drifts 10 the llo station get food the stalled
passengers. Tho West Shore Is also completely
,aralyzed. Nothing Is moving the Western dvis-
Ion, all trains being held at Syracuse. The WALL
bill Valley road Is alos tied up