Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-08

were little rusty ln the business, they soon caught on. This work will be kept
 up in this manner until men are put in the
 places of strikers, or until the strike shall
 have ended.
 THE LOCAL A. R. U.
 At o'clock on Thursday afternoon the local lodge of the American Railway union went into session and continued in con- stant session all night, all day yesterday and last night. They are still ln session end initiating new members. This will be kept up, so they say, until the strike is settled. The meetings are, of course, secret, and the doings known only to those who gain access.
 One of the leaders of the organization here said to an AuE- HERALD reporter last
 night:
 Thursday night, and expect to continue in perpetual session until these strike differ ences are finally settled. We are getting in new members every hour, and our list IS running up pretty high. We are body of men that will stand by each other. All of | our members have been ordered upon strike, and we expect to have aid from all | other labor unions.'
 WITH THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE. All trains on the Louisville and Nash vile, with the exception of through ] frelghts, were run on time yesterday and | by regular crews. All of the local freights
 went out on time and with regular loads. Switching was done in the yards by otfi-
 cials, one crew being composed of Assist | ant Superintendent Starks, Train master l Welsh, General Yardmaster O'Connor and l Train master Stollenwerck, and another be- ing made up of freight office men. The l switching, although there was not as much l as usual, was done systematically, and last | night the yards were in decidedly better | condition than they were the night before. | Not a move was made to moest passen- l ger train, but they were allowed to run as
 usual, although many idle strikers congre- tod hnn 6ay.n ta hot har Q | tainmen in charge would take them out or
 whether they would turn them over to officials.
 Both day through passengers and all &C., mmOdation and Mineral trains went out
 with regular crews.
 l QUEEN AND CRESCENT. | The Queen and Crescent is still running | their passenger trains and Pullman sleepers
 are being pulled.
 Yesterday afternoon Alabama Great
 Southern northbound mail No: arrived
 at the Union passenger station five minutes
 late. It is scheduled to stay here twenty | minutes for dinner.
 | Wren moving time came there was a | equabble. The fireman, Harry Nobles, re- | fused to fire the eng inc without everything | except the mail car and one coach was cut | off, and that coach to be only for the train | crew. This created some excitement, and | crowds gathered outside the depot enclos- l ure to see what would be done. Conductor William Rape was ready to
 take out his train, but Engineer John
 Lynch's fireman would not go unless
 upon the conditions stated above.
 Officials went 10 work to get fireman, | but the engineer would not go with an in- | competent man, which term practically | meant that a non union man was an incom- | petent fireman. The train was backed to | tho lower end of the shed, where it was | held until Georgia Pacific No. 53 went out. l Then it was pulled up under the shed again | and preparations made to move the train.
 In few minutes Conductor Rape yelled
 out, "Aboard, '' and the engine moved
 few feet, and was stopped for some cause 1 or other.
 In about two minutes after that he re- | peated the signal and Engineer Lynch l opened the throttle, when Fireman Mo-
 hles, seeing that the engineer was going out with the train, got down off the train looking very blank and seemed to be as- | tonished that the train was being pulled
 out. When he did this the crowd outside | the gates yelled. The second he hit the l floor of the union depot shed Master Me-
 chanic McCune mounted the engine and | took the deserting fireman's place.
 When he did this yell of approval from
 the people inside the gates went up. | policeman also mounted the engine 10 | see that no violence was committed. The
 train left an hour and fifty minutes late. | Following this came another interesting
 scene. Alabama Great Southern south
 bound No. had pulled into the depot at | | dinner was ready to leave. Engine 107 had
 been coupled to the train and was in charge | of Engineer Al Strother and fired by Percy Jordan. The train was in charge of Con-
 ductor "Buck' McAllister.
 Fireman Jordan made refusala similar to | those of Fireman Nobles.
 The engineer and fireman consulted and railroad men gathered around to see what | they would do.
 This consultation was kept up for some | time and the crowd of curiosity seekers | around the shed gradually increased. l The fireman refusing to go made the en- | gineer refuse to go with any other than | what he considered a competent man. l Roadmaster Took came under the shed | with two small bundles under his arm. In | company with him was Travelling En- | gineer Cox and two or three other officials. | These had conference with Engineer | Strother, which ended in the engineers re- | fusing to go. They got down off the en- | zine, which was mounted by Travelling Engineer Cox and Roadmaster Took. l At 4:30 o'clock Roadmaster Took rang | the bell, MT. Cox opened the throttle and engine 107 steamed from under the shed pulling a mail train, baggags and express
 car, two coaches and Pullman car. Local 1 freights went out on time and all local l freight was handled in the yards with prac- | tically as much ease as it is done every day. 1 No through freights were run. | All mail trains went out although little | late.
 | WITH THE KANSAS CITY, MEMPr-~riND BIRMINGHAM.
 | The Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- | ham, the first road touched here by the | greatest of all railroad strikes, is practically
 tied up,. that is, from through, freight | standpoint. No trains carrying through
 freight left here for Memphis yesterday, | nor did any arrive here from that place. | All freight in the yards was moved yes