Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-07-05
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SUBJECT 30 DELAY
Tickets LF8 Sold al The Wabash With
q PgoYis9.
THE KoAp e TIED ~.
No Trains are Leayiag ss louis, and
Toledo Is Naturally 4nected. Most
ofthe meu Not s n. Mem
0crs

Prospective passengers on the Wa
bash III Toledo are stared in the face
h by ate!egraln a. they step UP to the
captains Office to purchase tickets.
'hs relegrau u dated ae St. Louis.
land reads aa follows
Notice ~ Passengers AlI tickets
are sold suhject>to delay caused by
strikes or violence.untiIfu further notice.
Fltia company win NOT undertake to
carry passengers through To destina-
[ tiaE 0n any specified train or in anv
specified number of minutes,
-ned 81 CHANDLER.
rthAtandiug this notice the
t4aiu leayiug here at 5;20 wes made
up and Was taken out, but no one
knew wi,a3h her or not it wouid reach
tie distinction There are no trains
+ ietfyiiIg louis over this road and
traiif' IS pgaetiaaily at staRdstill.
PJis road uses Pullman sleeper once
every thres days OUT of Toledo, the
equipment of tile read containing one
E'ulliaea md two Wagner cars The
tTrqHllie antilis road is caused hv tbe
policy of Tire American Hallway ugiien
in orlering ont all m9a employed On
r9atts N FIy the caFs. Most 0i the
iHaa aI tbis road arr nat members of.
/ tlre ar3sr ffpm which General 9eba
EtiFaws sltS salary, Sad tia understood
/ that few of tnaul ere III sEGapattg
with Tlle objects, cr rather the meth
Etsls ~ the strikers. So far tile one
E2atiruan ear has been i'll e0n&tant use
and The men have NOT refused t0 han
Eais il Freight traffic has not been
disturbed al vet.
The following speciaifrom Decatur
| HI explains she situation on the road
elsewhere
Tho oNtlook at Decstur
Since o'clock last night only one
Wabash train hiss passed Decatur
II got away 70 Toledo at 1913. A mail
ear was ssnt east thisAmorning All
lofher trains, both freight and passsn-
snRer, have been stopped here by the
trainmen who have Joined the strik-
ers Six hundred men are out here.
Tan through Wabash passenger trains
nrs sidetracked and 500 passengers
are laid out Many OF them have been
III the ears thirty-six hours. To day
these passengers patitioned the serik-
erE 10 allow the trains to go on To
.teTminal stations The strikers re-
turned the petition with refusal.
Then the passengers wired Governor
Alfgetd for assistance in moving the
trains. The governor has wired
Sheriff Perl for information az to the
situation. Ne reply has been made
yet 10 the governor. The.men hold
meeting this morning at which were
present braielnsn, iireman, aondue-
tore and switehfnen 1t was decided
to etay out Messages have been cent
to General Manager Haysat st. Louis
by the men, but they refuse to make
public the nature Of the messages =
THpBR a recent law { he county be-
comes liable for all lldamages gessustained
by Individuals caused by defeats IN
roads, eulvsrts, bridges and cuts
.Thisis a very foolish law and 1t 10
likely 10 bring upon ths county
multiplicity oflawsuits and may bank
rupt tho county The organization
sailed a eonnts ls of apolitioal nature
and y only q quasi corporation, IL
does nothing for profit, but all tts
works are Tor the good of the whole
people. Then why should the county
be liable Il scRae ons drives ovsr the
cad Of . eulysrt and gets hurts
Every sitizsr hos an interest In 30 us
ing thspubus Highways, and publis
buildings. that no accidents bsppsn
and u any do happen they must be
laid 20 ths blans Of ths indivtdrsi
and aos 20 shs county The sooner
ths law Ii repealed the betSsr ~.