The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-10

but they are 70 badly frozen that they
are useless for consumption.
There is no milk to-day. Meat sup
plies are also growing short The wealth
er here remains cold. but IL moderating
Secretary Herbert to-day granted the use
OF the naval tug Triton to clear the
Potomac of ice.
IrSrs COMPLETELY BLOCKED.
POTTSvILLE. PA, Feb. 9.--The only
| railroad trains that are running thus
far to-day in the Schuylkill coal region
are on the Reading main line, out of
| Pottsyille. and or the branch lines be-
tween here and Tamaqua and Frank
| Vile. The Mahoney Valley lines are in a
! stand still. The Lehigh and Pennsyl-
! yania north and south OF Pottsyille Is
complsteIy blocked.
! The sun is shining to-day, and the
! wind has moderated but it is still in
| tensely cold Hundreds of men are en-
/ gagged in various directions in shovelling
] out drifts but the progress is slow to-
ward clearing out the railroads and high
ways.
BLocKrD FOE ONE HUNDRED MILES
CHICORA, PA, Feb. 9-The Pittsburg
and Western railroad is bl1cked for one
hundred miles TO the North Butler. A
train going North passed here yester-
| day. and stuck in the. snow two miles
out, and is still fher9 The passengers
were brought back in farmers bob sled.
Three engines, attached TO the stranded
train have been snowed in. and will
probably remain until the weather breaks.
SERIOUS TRouBIR ON THE b. AND o.
PITTSBURG, PA Feb. ALI through
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
are late to-day, none having arrived at
nm
New York and Washington express is
snow bound east OF Cumberland, with no
indication as TO when it will arrive. The
Chicago express, already four ana half
hours overdue, has not yet arrived at
Wheeling.
The Uniontown express is the only
through train on he Pttsburg division,
and 1T will be two hours or more late in
arriving. The greater part of the COM
pany's telegraphs Setween Pttsburg and
Cumberland are down, and communca-
ton is seriously interrupted. Freight
traffic has been entirely abandoned.
Pershable goods are being shipped as bag
gage or express, willie live stock is posi-
lively refused The officials hope to re-
sumo regular traffic by the first of next
week.
FIGHT FsGIEEs STUCK FAST.
CUMBERLAND. MD. Feb. 9.-Passen-
ger train No. 3, on the West Virginia
Central railroad. south-bound, together
with eight engines, are fast in a snow
drift eight miles from this city, at Black
Oak Bottom. Train No. 3 is the regular
afternoon passenger train TO Elkins, w.
Va, and left here on schedule time yes
terday afternoon, but could proceed no
further than the above place.
The passengers were brought back to this
city at once, and four engines were sent
to aid train No. .. They. too, became
disabled, and this morning four more
engines were sent to the scene with like
result The eight engines and the coaches
are. at this writing, stuck fast in the
drift Assistance will be brought from
the Elkips' end Of the road. It is bitter
cold. and the snow is still drifting. Trains
on all roads entering the city are several
hours late.
OYSTER INDUSTRY PARALYzED.
BALTIMORE, MD, Feb. 9.-The oys-
ter industry, in which hundreds of YES
sells are engaged in and about the Ches-
apeake bay, is paralyzed, because of the
extreme cold weather. Captains of the
few oyster boats that are In port are
afraid to take the matches off for fear
the cargoes Will freeze before they could |
be unloaded. No sales have been re- |
ported for two daifi "he crews OF the |
is impossible for them to work. Six |
loaded oyster vessels were cut through |
by the ice and sunk near Sandy Point |
The crews were rescued after |
q terrible experience on the boats Their |
cargoes were worth about $50 each. The |
season has been a poor one for oyster
men and they are in no condition to |
stand heavy losses.
Y ss.iS BIocRRD UP.
BALTIMORE. MD, Feb. 9.--Shipping
interests are suffering more to-day than
)n any day since the blizzard began.
There were absolutely no arrivals or
departures OF vessels. and none are ex-
1ectel before a late hour tonight.
40 a TR,ISs FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 9.-No
nail trains left Washington, according
o adVices received at the Post-office De-
,drtment and none have arrived. The
second Postmaster-General does not ex-
,ect 10 have the postal cars running
egularly before Monday.
r1viD oy DRuMugRs SAMPLES.
ST LOUIS, Feb. 9.-Mider weather
Prevailed to-day, and street-car and
ailway travel was resumed. Accounts
re being received OF suffering and loss
f stock at points West. The two Mis-
ouri Pacific trains, showed I'm at Yates
entire, Kan, are released to-day, after
delay of sixty hours. The train
tranded at Waverly. Kan, was moved
$ far south as Mason, where it was
gain blocked. A pessen ger train was
moved i'm near Salina. Kan. for thirty
tx hours. For the last twelve hours the
asseneers subsisted on the grocery sam
les carried by a commercial traveller
Iio COffaa sqmDles were ground I'm the |
hovel with the poker. and cooked in a
an Of melted snow. The men took their
urn carrying coal over the high drifts
rom a oaboose, which was stranded a
hort distance ahead.
acc DENT N4rrnwLY AVOIDED.
MOBILE, ALA. Feb. 9.-The Alabama
ver steamer Nettie Quill. which left
ere Tuesday for Montgomery reached
ere at this morning, with a hole in her
tar-board side caused by striking n
nag Thursday at Gables Landing. 22j
liles above Mobile She was making the
irn and high wind drifted her on
nag the presence of which was well
nown 10 the pilot. The boats nose was
IN on the bank and her cargo and pas ,
myers gotten ashore. Blankets were
uffed into the hole and a bulk head !
llt, the vessel in the meantime filling
I'd going down TO within eighteen inches {
the drent. The weather was very
I'd, ice forming on the men engaged
building the bulk head in the water 1
hich filed the hole. But for their untir- '
z efforts the boat would have been a I
tai loss. '
I'D TOR wiTTERsoS SHOWED UP
PA, Feb. 9.-Gettys-
lrg is entirely isolated no trains having |