The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-16
Mosr TRAINS ARE ON TIME.
sraIkE SITUATION ON SOUTHERN
SEEMS UNCHANGED.

i,c Letter Sent to the Wife
omciaI-PresidentP Powell Ex-
osses satisfaction and Says the
1,iobt blockade Is Growing
D,iIv-Deprecates the Wire Cut
nm some of the Divisions.
n..troad Men Say the Strike Is
Ended.
,..s-ta. April 15.-The situation in the
.r,nbers' strike on the Southern Rail-
, Is practically unchanged.
Greatest delay to any passenger
7,iring the day was one hour and
.,,,. one or two trains failed to make
-,tsjule time into Atlanta.
,,rs j 5. B. Thompson, wife of the as
-,.,,r- general superintendent of the
cor.hern Railway, received an anonymous
ll,+sr TWO days ago while her husband
has ,ut of town, saying that Mr.. Thomp-
&, would be killed if he did not quit his
,,.to,, about the strike Mrs. Thompson
- also threatened Mr.. Thompson
GRANTS line matter lightly and says the
Communication is evidently from some
,.,5,. who is inflamed against the railroad
as, result of The strike. The letter is in
+ba cbirography of telesrapher and the
envelope bears an Atlanta postmark.
Mr. THOMPSON says both passenger and
frsigbt trains are moving on time and
thai the only trouble the road is exper-
tsr.ing is from wire cutting. The com
NAM, however, has offered rewards in
cases of this kind and hopes to have the
interruptions cease.
satisfactory Says Powell.
President Powell of the telegraphers, to-
night gave out the following from his
beajauarters in the Kimball House:
The conditions tonight are entirely
satisfactory to the men. kilograms re-
ceied by me from every division of the
system indicate a feeling of unrest and
dissatisfaction on the part of the train
and engine men of the system a result
4 of the wreck on the Mobile division last
night ! understand one fireman was IA
tally and two trainmen seriously injured
nnl two engines wrecked. This has
4 ought home to the trainmen and engine
mn the danger of attempting to operate
| freight trains.
MY action in declaring a boycott
| against the Southern has brought a large
/ humber Of tele grams to-day from ticket
4 and freight agents on every railroad of
any consequence from Name 10 cali
f1rnia promising support
General Manager Canon of the South
ern has wired a large telegraph college
at St Louis to send'as many students as
a possible to take the strikers places.
THE freight blockade a the main di-
vision points of the road is growing daily
The company is unable to move this bus
mess because the tracks are being kept
clear for passenger trains.
q am preparing a letter TO the business
men and shippers of the South asking
their assistance and support in this strug-
gle and asking them to divert their bust
ness to other lines"
Deprecates Wire Cutting.
Mr. Powell deprecates the reported cut
ting of wires and says:
"If wires have been cut it is my opin-
4 ion chat the work has been done by the
q railroad company's officials or agents for
q the purpose of creating the impression
s. tina. the strikers are adopting unlawful
d methods in conducting the strike.
q "The teiegraphers are receiving the en-
q Courdgement of every class of railroad
men and organized workingmen, and I
81 am in receipt Of a great many communi-
ii cations pledging support, financial and
Il moral