Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-02
ID EDITION.
TIE-UP THREATENED.
Strike on the Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern.
IN CONFERENCE WITH TIE LEADERS.
Employees on Other Roads in
Sympathy.
IN CONFERENCE WITH TEE LEADERS.
LATE TELEGRA HIC NEWS.
swITCHMEN ON A STRIKE.
Tying Up the Chesapeake and Ohio
Southwestern Yards at Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. ALI of the
switchmen in the Chesapeake and Ohio
southwestern yards are out today and only
one yard engine is being worked. 1t is in
charge of the trainmaster. The coal heav-
ers, wipers and section men in the shops
are also out.
The swftchmen on the Louisville, New
orleans and Texas and Illinois Central have
refused to handle Chesapeake and Ohio
Southwestern cars and they too have gone
out.
The switchmen In the Memphis and Chat
tanooga yards. it is understood, will strike
today and 1t Is stated by the strikers that
they Will be Joined by the switchmen in
service of all the roads centering here be-
fore night.
This statement is hardly true as to the
Louisville and Nashville as none of them
attended the meeting last night. The Ches-
apeake and Ohio Southwestern yards are
being guarded by policemen and deputy
sheriffs. There is no disorder
The switchmen of the Illinois Central and
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley held
conference with officials at IL O'Clock, but
refused to handle Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern cars, and the strike is still on.
The Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf
switchmen will probably go out tonight.
A tie-up now will seriously interfere with
the movement of cotton, which is beginning
to move In large quantities.
The local federation of railway employees
last night adopted a resolution ordering a
boycott on all the Chesapeake. Ohio and
Southwestern freight and cars.
A boycotted Chesapeake, Ohio and South
western car was last night turned into the
Kansas City, Memphis and birmingham
yards, and the yard crew refused to handle
IT. No discharges were made, but they are
expected today. as under the interstate law
IT seems imperative upon the Kansas City,
Memphis and Birmingham people to handle
freight offered by the Chesapeake, Ohio
and southwestern. When these discharges
are made no doubt there will be a strike on
the Kansas City line
The trouble on the Illinois Central and
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley roads has not
yet extended beyond Memphis, but as soon
as the organizations of the trainmen have
time to act 1t will probably take in the en-
tire system, as the men are determined to
resist the efforts at reduction of wages.
and there seems to have previously been
general understanding among the employees
of all the roads.
Awaiting a Decision.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 2.-The grand
chiefs of the various railway organizations
are in conference with the officials of the
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern this
afternoon.
The company expresses a willingness to
enter into any reasonable agreement in the
way of fixing a time for the restoration of
wages.
Local employees are at work today, wait
ing for the grand chiefs to decide whether
the strike shall become general or the con-
troversy amicably ended. Freight and pas
senger trains up to noon moved without in
terruption.