Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
Will Not Take Perishable
Freight at the Little
!. Falls Station.
Planning Mill Shut Down.
Can't Get Cars is the
49,. Cause.

1Sdl1 way %OulOu VINO are employed
in any capacity in this city went out
Thursday, pursuant to an order
from Eugene Debs. Every thing was
moving along smoothly until
Wednesday when word came that a
switching crew at st. Paul had re-
fused to handle a train in which
there were Pullman cars, and had
been fired. After Il consultation
President Debs issued an order to
the effect that the members OF the
a. R. q. should refuse to work until
the. switching crew had been rein
stated.
The A. Il. y. was organized here
about two weeks ago and has a
membership of thirty, composed Of
switchmen, freight and warehouse
men and sectionmen. The. engineer
and firemen on the switch engine are
both brotherhood men. i.
Things were very quiet at the de
pot when a reporter visited it this
morning. Men were staining
around in little groups discussing
the situation, but erything was
orderly. The Little Falls & Dakota
train pulled in from Brainerd and
the crew made up their own train
again and pulled out for Morris
without being molested. The. crew
n1 Ino nn ,pT1
at Brainerd. None of the men in
charge of the train belong to the A.
r. u. A freight train also pulled in
and the train men did their own
switching. ..>, /.
Passengers No. l and z failed to
come through Wednesday, night ow-
ing to the strike. No. / got as far
as Minneapolis with Pullman sleepers
attached when it stopped. No. z did
not get out Of st. Paul. Nos. 2 and
came through from the west on
time and were allowed to proceed to
st. Paul.
A late report states that all the A..
4. q. men are out at Staples, Brain
erd, Fargo and other points west.
The people were again disap-
pointed today noon when no train
came from the south and it looks
now as ii the strike was on in earn
est. No. 6 came in from the west on
time as did also the Little Falls &
Dakota. Every thing was quiet and
ORDERLY except the usual mum Der of
fresh kids who took occasion to veil
.sscab'' at the trainmen on No. 6.
/ Seyeralfreight trains have passed
here during the day, and probably 81 ,
which arrives here at 33::45. will be the
last one we will see from the south
for some days. All the freialhts that
have passed through left the end Of
the division before the strike was
ordered.
The strikers were around the depot
/ all day, but are orderly and do not
enter into any discussions or cause
any trouble. They believe they are
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without using violence.
Station Agent Mann handled the
d baggage and wore his usual smile
4 is not at all prob able that he Ell.
loved it, but he acted as if he did.
Engineer Jim Ford ran his engine
Ioutsof the round house this morning
and kept il out al the forenoon. III
was run in again at noon, but The
enginemen are read to go to work
my time that competent sNitchmen
Elcan be secured
The strike has interferred with
4 business Ut the mills snncWhat,
i The Pine Tree Lum Der company
has q number Of loaded cars on The
4 track but can get them taken
sIout They also y ant more emptiee
aIEbut can them. therefDre be
came necessary to shut down thu