Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-07
Regulars and State Troops Being Massed on the Lake Front.
Cleveland Reached and by To- night the Strike Will Extend From Ocean to Ocean
 and Lakes to Gulf.

Hour by hour the situation has become more serious until now ,the great strike has reached Birmingham. All yesterday anxiety was depicted upon the countenances of people on the principal | thoroughfares of the city and as the day | waped the facial expressions began to grow | painful. "What is the latest?' was the query put | to every AGE-HERALD man that stepped | outside the office door last night, and | every bulletin was perused with an eager ness equaled only by hungry dog snatch ing at bone.
 Railroad men were seen hustling toward J their lodge rooms. and it was known eaH that something definite would take n ocs 1Ee midnight. The something de fnito happened at 10 'cock, when the yardmen of the Louisville and Nashville quietly laid down and quit.
 At the same hour the Kansas City, Mem phis and Birmingham yardmen followed, and, in fact, all who belonged to the American Railway union went out on a strike.
 A meeting of the union was held, aud. after short session, committees waited upon all of the members who belonged to it and who were at work.
 The committee carried instructions and authority to order the men to cease work at 10 clock. At this hour all of the switch engines were carried into the round house by the yard crews ,and this part of the roads at this place are "tied up.''
 At this hour the entire yards, shops and telegraph offices of the Kansas City, Mem- phis and Birmingham are in the same fix.
 This is the beginning of what promises to be the greatest strike ever known in the history of Birmingham.
 The American Railway union is secret order, and it is not known who are em- braced in it's membership. The full extent to which the tie-up embraces the train men in its active adherents will not be known until this morning.
 The Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- ham is tied up from end to end, and the Louisville and Nashville will likely be be- fore night.
 The temper here as manifested does not threaten any attack on property, and the hope is entertained among officials that 1t will remain so. 1u fact, an official of the order assured the AGE HERALD last night that the strikers will, if needed, guard the company's property from any depreciation.
 The Ame ican Railway union is now 14OO strong in this vicinity and 500 more are ex- pected to join today. The membership includes men in all branches of the service, inclu ding many engineers. The order claims to be able, simply by stopping work, to stop. every wheel from turning except the mail trains, which will run as usual.
 GUARDS AT BRIDGE FIRED ON.
 The guards at bridge No. 55, one and half miles north of Boyfes, were run off about o'clock last night. Bridge No. 55 is at Village creek, and is five and a half miles north of Birmingham.
 Ed Lawes, young white boy, and Lee Carter, coIored, were left at the bridge last night to guardit
 About 8 o'clock they saw about fifteen men come on the north end of the bridge The men called to them and demanded their names and what they were doing there. The guards, declining to answer the men, fired four times, and then the guards ran off, going directly to Boyles and reporting the matter to the agent there.
 A special lrain was made up In the city, and dozen men with Winchesters sent to the bridge. close search was made at the bridge and tracks found which indi- cated that the men had come from the di-