Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-03


 yesterday morning.
 GRAIN TRAFFIC TIED UP AND TRAINS ON DIFFERENT ROADS IN BAD
 SHAPE.
 CHICAGO, July 2.-The lrike is tying up lake traffic effectually. The grain trade is completely paralyzed, as the railroads are unable to get any grain to the elevator and the stocks for shipment are nigh exhausted. Several hundred cars of freight bound for seaboard and foreign ports are sidetracked, the companies being powerless to get it to the steamboat's dock. In the meantime the steamers have been bringing large amounts of freight here, which they have been unable to deliver to the railroads and all the river warehouses are filled to over- flowing. Nearly score of boats are on the market today for cargoes, but are unable to obtain any. Hard coal is still the only fuel to be had here.
 Lodge 238 of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Bremen, at Brighton Park, gave up its charter in the old organization today and joined the American Railway union. The lodge included firemen on the Chicago and Alton and the Santa Fe. Chief of Po lice Brennan had calls from the General Managers association early this morning for men to be sent to the Eastern Illinois at ,Thirty-fourth street and for tho Lake Shere,at Root street. The details were made as requested. MT. Brennan said emphati cally this morning that any one within the city limits who wanted to work would be accorded police protection against the strikers. The police department has fully 1500 men detailed for squad duty at depots, freight houses, crossings and switching houses. Chief Brennan said that the ports of tearing up tracks in various parts of the city had been thoroughly investi gated, but did not turn out to be true. He received frequent words from his subor- dinates that the tracks and crossings were well patrolled and that no violence was being attempted.
 Six Grand Trunk passenger trains are in the yards at Battle Creek and at least ZOO passengers are waiting to get out. The yards are blocked with freight and passen- ger cars. The Grand Trunk shopmen went out this morning and the large thrashing machine works closed down tonight. The authorities have closed all the saloons. The Grand Trunk has cancelled all it's trains on the Chicago division out of Port Huron, on account of the suspension of traffic that went to Battle Creek. All freight trains have been abandoned on the Hannibal and Decatur branch of the Wa bash, and all ger trains are very late. The Missouri Pacific shops at Fort Scott, Ks. have been closed down on account of the strike.
 GENERAL MANAGER GREEN INTERVIEWED BY DELEGATION AS TO
 THE RESTORATION OF WAGES.
 WASHINGTON, July 2.-A delegation composed of men located in various cities 
 vile railroad, and representing the Broth eyhood of Locomotive Engineers and fire- men, arrived here this morning. President Spencer of the Richmond and Dapville be- ing absent in New York, the delegation called upon General Manager Green and had a conference relative to a restoration of the scale of wages which some time ago suffered 10 per cent reduction.
 Mir. Green positively declined to discuss the matter or give any intimation as to what was accomplished by the conference, or whether any steps would be taken by the road looking to an increase in wages.
 HAS STRUCK FORT WORTH.
 FoRr WORTH, TEX, July "A meel- ing of the railway men was hald fast night and it was decided that if Pullman cars were not taken of the Rock Islands trains at once strike would be declared on that road tomorrow. Two committees of the American Railway union are now in the city, and it is believed among railroad men that strike will be ordered on as many as four roads tomorrow. No perishable goods are received here or at any point south of Forth Worth.
 TWO FEATURES AT MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. July 2.--The features of the strike situation in Mipne- apolis today were the strikes of the fire- men on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road and the strike of the employees of the Minneapolis East Transfer. By the latter strike number of the mills are shut off from railroad comfnun ication, and al- ready half dozen flour mills have had to shut down.
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