The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-30
ALL DARK AHEAD.
The Great Railway Strike Looks
Worse TOdar.
Not Paralleled Since 1877 Say
Railway Managers
Rock Island is Now Tied Up at
Chicago.
STOP AT ALL CENTERS.
Trains Can't Move at Big Rail-
road Points.
Chicago, Cincinnati, Kansas City
and st. Louis Involved.
ON SANTA FE LINES.
Twelve Hundred Freight Cars
at Argentine.
Eight Hundred of These Cars
Are Loaded.
Trains Can't Move at Big Rail-
road Points.
Chicago, Cincinnati, Kansas City
and st. Louis Involved.
ON SANTA FE LINES.
Twelve Hundred Freight Cars
at Argentine.
Eight Hundred of These Cars
Are Loaded.

The strike situation on the Santa Fe is
still bounded by uncertainty. Both sides
are so confident of victory that it is really
hard to tell which has the best of the
balance.
General Manager Frey says that three
trains left La Junta last evening, and all
carried Pullman cars. One went east,
one south and one west The south
bound train got far Trinidad and
was there seized by the striking members
of the A. r. .. and the engineer chased
of his engine and up town. The train
was still at Trinidad at IL o'clock today.
Situation in Kansas.
In Kansas the situation is little
changed No yard work is being done
at Emporia and freight traffic is sus-
pended on the eastern division. Some
perishabIe freight is being handled as
express and is being shipped in baggage
cars. The local freights are all running
as usual Passenger train No. came in
time this morning at 5:1U and carried
her regulation Pullman She came from
the Colorado division. A short No
also came in from Dodge
City, but it carried no Pullmans.
No. arrived from, Kansas City again
today at IL 80 on time and brought her
regulation three Pullmans. No. A,
which is due here at 2:30 is annulled
again JOUdY LOT the lOuTlu gay IN success
sion No. is expected to arrive in To-
peka on time this afternoon at o'clock
and will carry three Pullmans
All this does not look though the
strike was succeeding in this part of
Kansas.
Sea of PuIImsns.
At the same time it is said that the
strikers are carrying out we'll laid plan
to get all the Pullmans on the road out
TO La Junta, where they can take care
of them" An immense area Of side
tracks belong to the road at La Junta
called the ''sand pit" Into this all the
Pullman cars from the east and west
have been run. until there are now scores
of them there in charge of the strikers
The longer the strike continues, the
more cars there will be at La Junta, say
the strikers If the railroad managers
continue to send Pullman cars westward,
La Junta may yet present the pic
turesque feature of vast ocean of Pull
man palace cars. After the cars all get
out there, of course, the road will have
no more to run either west OF east This
story IS given to the JOURNAL, and is re-
peated here for what it is worth.
At EmPoria.
At Emporia Conductor Henry Rice and
Brakemen Jas. Bowen and Frank Upton
were discharged for refusing to take the
place of men who had struck Rice is
an O. r. c. (Order Railroad Conductors)
man and the other two belong to the b.
X L. brotherhood Railway Trainmen).
None of them are members of the A. r.
T. This, the A K L. men say, is a di-
rect stab by the company at the members
of all railway labor organizations. Meth
er the o. r c. nor the b. r. T. are hav-
ing trouble with the company and the
union men expect this will precipitate
war between the company and these two
organizations. If the .. r G. and the
B r. T. do not hold out
Qf Mt of he
sympathizars n them viii pull away and
JOIN the A r. u. as a means of righting
their wrongs with the company. This is
the A Il. u. story, and on the strength of
the supposition that the D. r. G. and the
Is. X l. will allow themselves to be
''cowed into submission to the compa-
ny, the A X Z. hopes to gain many new
members and additional strength. If
the A X Y. idea in this works itself
out the result Will be war among rail-
way organizations that will be fatal to
some OF them, and strength giving to the
a X. Y. In case it occurs a war VIII
DegIn between the A r. L. and the
road, that will be fierce one.
A. R. U. Growing Rapidly.
The local union of the A. r. U. claims
90 be growing rapidly. Aud a big
mass meeting of railroad men has been
called under its auspices and will meet
at the new l. o. o. 4. hall at 7u4 Kansas
avenue, Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
AS at the meeting of Wednesday even
ing only known railroad men will be ad-
mitted: Speakers will be present from
out OF the city. among whom will be
James Bruce. president of the local union
at Emporia, James Matheny and N Nj.
denshaw. At this meeting the lodge ex-
poets TO take in a large number of new
memo oers. With this new strength it is
ninted that if new developments tend to
Invite 1t the shop employees in this city
Will reIuse TO go 10 work on Monday
morning. This is only rumor, however.
and al noon today could not be confirmed
nor denied The leaders of the local A.