Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-10
Situation in Chicago Decidedly Im- proved-No Strikes Among
 Trades Unions.
Assumptions Reported From Michigan and Ohio and
 Trains on the Move.

The situation in Birmingham yesterday and last night was decidedly better than the day before, and all passenger trains moved with remarkable accuracy. There were number of freight trains moved by all the roads and no trouble was incurred. The yards are, without single exception, in good condition, and the officials of the several roads are in good humor as to the situation.
 The day was strongly marked by the good order observed by every one, and not a single thing occurred worth lines no- tice.
 The railroad men held meetings at their several lodge rooms and went and came in the best of order; in fact commendably so.
 THE A. R. U. MEETING.
 The local lodge of the American Railway union was h session all day yesterday, ob- ligating new members.
 This morning the meeting will be re- sumed again. MT. D. Douglass Wilson, president of the local American Railway union, said to an AaE HERALD reporter:
 "We have been busy all day obligating new members and attending to business. Some of these new members came from Montgomery and Atlanta, and will go there and start up lodges. During the day yesterday we took in over 300 new mem- p6TH, anu WILL nave u ldISc uumDCl boudys The other orders held meetingo today, but as yet have had no official report.'
 THE CROWDS.
 Immense crowds of curiosity seekers and strikers congregated early Sunday morning as neay to tine union passenger station as possible to see just what took place upon the arrival and departure of trains, and es- pecally those which carried passengers and which run into the union passenger station. As early as o'clock these crowds began to mass, and hour after hour all during the day they were added to. Men, women and children stood in the scorching rays of -neonday sun to watch the trains, and would liked to have been nearer the trains, and would have been had It not been for the lines drawn and soldiers sta tioned to see that DO one passed without the proper permission.
 The Twenty first street bridge was GOV cred with people all day long. The inter- section of First avenue and Twentieth street was occupied by crowd the live long day. At Eighteenth street and the railroads large masses assembled, as did they at Seventeenth street and as far down sembled yesterday, but not as large as those of Sunday.
 Railroad men all day long watched the movt ments of all trains, and even the yard crews that have been supplied in places of strikers.
 In places on Sunday cheering and yelling went up at different times, but such was not the case yesterday.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Trains on all the roads, with the excep- tion of the Alabama Great Southern, moved fairly well Sunday. Nearly every Louisville and Nashville train went out on time, and three freight trains were run. Trains on the Alabama Great Southern were moved with more difficulty than those of the Louisville and Nashville. A few minutes past 5 o'clock Sunday morn ing Engineer Frawley, when the relief engine had been coupled to the train, told his conductor that the fireman would go with nothing but the mail car. little talking was done between railroad officials and Engineer Frawley, which culminated in his agreeing to run the engine with Travelling Engineer Cox as fireman. En- gineer Frawley climbed upon the engine with Travelling Engineer Cox behind him. The bell was rung and the train pulled out.
 In the afternoon slightly moro trouble wss experienced in moving the passenger trains. Northbound No. arrived here about five minutes late and south bound No. 8 on time. These were both tied up, on account of a meeting of engineers that was being held, until about o'clock.
 Engineer Henry Elliott on the north bound passenger notified the officials that he had no fireman, his regular one refusing 10 pull anything but a mail car. He was asked if he would go with a competent