St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-09

instrument heard Utica call up New
York and ask for men to be sent there
to get passenger cars out of the yard.
Another message from Palmyra said
that the freight yards at that point were
blocked and all freight at StandStllL.
Then New York called up Syracuse re-
peatediy, but could get no answer.
1t was rumored that number OF
operators would go out at midnight.
These messages would seem to con-
tradict the statement of Mr.. Webb that
there was no trouble west of Albany.
In the waiting room of the Grand Cen
trail depot notice was posted to the ef-
feet that the sale of tickets had been
suspended temporarily, and that the
ticket agent would
Refund ALI Money Paid
for tickets if called upon to do so. A
great many people availed themselves
of this offer. At IL o'clock j. j. Hol-
land was seen and he stated that ne had
not ordered the strike, but thought
that the head of the local division Z.
of L. might have done it. Several of
the strikers were interviewed on
the matter, but declined to talk.
further than to say that it
would prove to be the biggest strike.
before it was over. that the people in
the East had seen for some time. At a
late honr it was stated by some of the
strikers at the depot that the Lake
Shore road as far as Chicago was in the
same tied-up condition as the Central.
This rumor could not be verified, as the
officials of the Central declined either
to G, deny or affirm the story.
The scene about the depot
five minutes after it became
known that strike had been ordered
was one that will long be remembered.
The waiting room was crowded with
passengers. For some time the real
state of affairs did not dawn upon the
passengers. When the fact of the
strike at last became known there was
wild rush for baggage. A raid was
made on the Grand Union hotel, which
was nearest, the clerk being nearly
mobbed in the i
wild Rush for Rooms.
Even cot room was soon exhausted.
Then the rush was to the Murray Hill.
while many passengers started for the
West Shore. The police were finally
compelled to drive the unhappy travel
ers from the depots and hotels. The
West Shore line was in shaky con-
dition tonight, but up to midnight a
strike was averted. Every conceivable
effort was employed to suppress the
news of the strike on the Central
from the men and to that end
''picketS" were stationed with the night
depot master all around the Weehawken
depot. Four freight trains went out
during the evening without Interrupt
tion, and the st. Louis express came in
on time at II p. III. There is train ex-
pected at $3.50 to pull out for Albany.
Its destination is, however, problemat-
ical. Many of the disappointed passen-
gers of the New York Central wandered
wearily over to the Weehawken depot
to go to their destinations it possible
They may be detained. The postoffice
authorities received a telephone mes
sage at 10:30 from the Grand Central
station saying that no more mails would
be received over the New York Central
that night. This was the only informa-
tion of the tie-up which Assistant Su-
perintendento of Mails Hatf had received
up to that hour. Mr. Half said it
would be impossible. to say what agree
ment would be made by the railway
mail service to handle the mails af-
fected by the tie-up. In all probability
the mails would be transferred to the
Pennsylvania system or sent south.
The delay would undoubtedly be seri-
Gus in some cases, but in others it
would not amount to more than all hour
or so.