The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-16
NO LIQUOR, NO FIGHTS.

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NO LIQUOR. NO FIGHTS.
| Governor Jones Refuses to Let the
Saloons Open Up.
! Birmingham, Ala, July 9.-(Special.)-
| The Mobile Rifles ana the Gulf City
Guards accompanied by detachment of
the Montgomery artillery and Calling gun,
We're sent down to Blocton this afternoon.
| Last night there was crowd at Blocton
| to interfere with g non-union fireman and
| porter, who were negroes, and there was
| apprehension at time that violence
| would be done them. To prevent further
| interference the companies named were
| sent down. Tonight everything is quiet
| in Blocton
General Whiting this afternoon issued a
| general order notifying all concerned that
h he would rigidly carry out instructions con-
| tanned in the governors proclamation is
| sued last night. All curiosity seekers and
| iders are warned in case OF a conflict to
| keep out Of the range of the rifles, at
| least 500 yards, in order to avoid danger
committee of the liquor dealers called
! on Governor Jones and requested TO be
! allowed to open their places Of business.
| The governor explained to them at length
| the reason which actuated him and and
! the seriousness of the situation, put sald
as soon as it safe to do SO, and 1t
! NAV be tomorrow, he would revoke the
|
! affected Orders were issued by com
n,and of Governor Jones to General Whit
| ing directing him to have % hundred men
| at the depot on the arrival OF all pas
| senger trains to aid the sentinelS on the
posts should it be necessary. Everything
is exceedingly quiet tonight
Thirteen companies Of state troops are
on duty in birmingham to afford protection
to railroad property and those who desire
to go to work In the places of the railroad
men who have struck.
The Georgia Pacific, Central or georgia
and East Tennessee are running without
delay The strike does not AFFECT these
roads.
All Quiet at Birmingham.
| birmingham, Ala, July W-(Speclal)-
The railroad strike situation is far more
| encouraEfng today than it has yet been.
Freight traffic Is again moving on every
| road entering Birmingham, and indications
| are that it will continue moving as new
| men are being employed TO take the places
| of those who have quit as rapidly as pos
| sible.
The Louisville and Nashville sent out the
! following freight trains up to noon today:
| Five on the Birmingham Mineral, four out
| of Decatur coming south and one out Of
Birmingham going north, two going south
out of Birmingham and two northWard
! from Montgomery.
| The Alabama Great Southern up to noon
had sent out three freights northbound
! from here and one to Meridian.
The Kansas City, Memphis and Birming-
| ham had sent out three freghts for Mem
| phis by noon.
The blockade in the freight yards occas-
| ioned by the strike has been cleared
! In the Louisville and Nashville and Ala
| bama Great Southern yards officials of TIE
| road yardmasters and clerks are still do
| ing the switching, but the Kansas City,
| Memphis and Birmingham has employed
| one crew of new switchmen.
| The Alabama Great Southern manage
ment expects to have new switchmen at
work in their yards in a short time, hay
| ing arranged to secure them.
The crowds the streets today have
been much larger than yesterday, but good
| order has prevailed throughout There have
| been no ugly demonstrations and no at
| tempts at interference.
The military are still on duty about the
| depots and yards and meet every train that
| comes into the union depot. How long the
soldiers will remain here Is not yet known.
| They will certainly remain so long as Gov
| e"nor Jones deems the situation serious
| enough to warrant the presence Of troops.
The midnight train from the south last
night brought thrty-four more soldiers
from Mobile and Montgomery, and the noon
train today brought another detachment OF
| artillerymen.
The situation. while still strained, seems
| to be improving hourly.
General Manager Carroll, of the Queen
| ana Crescent, Is determined to MI the
| places of all men who refuse to work. Men
| who are called and refuse to go out will
| be regarded as having vacated their posi-
! lions. and other men will be given them
A number of new swtchmen, brakemen
| and firemen reach here from Cincinnati
| tonight.
| A Queen and Crescent official told a re-
porter last might that they had no trouble
In getting firemen yesterday for their pas
| senger trains. New hremen went out or
| No 3 Yesterday afternoon, and on Nos. l
and 9 last night Two new firemen came up
from Meridian on No. this morning
1--WE can get all the tremen we need'
! said the railroad official.
/ Yardmaster Fleming, Trainmaster Hen
! ninaton Chief Dispatcher Norton and other
| officials, were out switching in the Alabama
| Great Southern yards yesterday afternoon,
| and made up two freights, both or Whlcn
| were sent out this morning, they pelnS the
first to go since Friday. Queen ana CreS-
cent passenger trains Oh tHlo oiFiSioii "iO
| moving without delay.
| The Mobile Rife company ana Gun city
| Guards and the detachment OF the Mont
! gOmery Artillery company, when went
| down TO Blocton yesterday afternoon re-
turned this morning on the Blocton accom-
| modation When the train arrived at Bloc
ton last evening, the soldiers embarked and
marched in front. There was large crowd
of men around the depot, as is the case
every evening when this train arrives, and
they were surprised little at seeing the
! companies.
The boys were received with cheers. AL
most the entire might the soldiers kept
guard. Some slept in the cars, and nothing
out Of the ordinary occurred.
A rumber of the Blocton citizens were
incensed in the troops being sent down,
and some were expressing their wrath in
loud terms but not within the limit of the
| soldiers hearing.
| OUT OF A JOB.