The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15
BOYCOTT ON THE SOUTHERN.
HAS BEEN BEGUN ny RAILROAD
TELEGRAPHERs.

seem sHtisHe0 WIN tne SituHtAon.
Railroad Men Say There Is No
Strike-President Powell Says 1t Is
Victory.
Atlanta April 14-The Order OF Rail-
road Telegraphers Tonight declared boy
colt on the Southern Railway and hope to
make it effective through the ticket and
freight agents of the United States and
the Federation of Labor
kilograms were sent tonight by Presi-
dent Powell TO the 1000 ticket aud freight
agents in the United States. asking them
to route passengers and freight via other
lines than the Southern pending the pres
ent trouble.
A message was also sent President Com
pers of the Federation of Labor request
ing him to boycott the railway No re-
sponse TO this dispatch will be necessary
to inaugurate this movement, Mr. Powell
says, as the railroad teegraphers order is
affiliated with the Federation of Labor.
Under the Georgia laws the movement
of freight trains in the state ceases at
midnight Saturday for twenty-four hours,
and this, the strikers claim, is another
aid to them in their struggle.
The scouts" which the telegraphers
sent out the day of the strike have reach
ed the places assigned them and taken
up their work of inducing the operators to
quit work
President Powell claims the strike to-
night is more effective than at any time
since its inception. He assigns as rea-
son for the running of passenger trains
6x-t ba the abandonment of Che
freight traffic.
The railway people here say that both
passenger and freight traffic Is moving
with but trifling delay, and that If it were
not for the newspapers they would not
be aware of any trike.
Confidence on Both Sides.
More confidence seemed to pervade both
parties to the strike of the telegraphers
on the Southern Railway to-day than al
any tim since the wakout was ordered.
The Southern officials speaking of the
condition of the divisions centering in At
lanta, say that they are normal.
President Powell said to-day:
'T consider the victory won by the teleg-
raphers."
Trains arriving and departing from At
lanta since p. m, yesterday have been
delayed from twenty minutes to one hour
and thirty minutes where there was any
delay. Official information from the office
of Assistant General Superintendent
Thompson to-day was to the effect that
all trains are coming and going with no
hurtful delays This includes freight
trains, the officials claiming that all
freight is being handled as heretofore.
mo strike exists so far as we are con-
cerned" is the railroad officials state
ment.
1t Is victory, Says Powell.
President Powell in his daily statement
says:
II consider the victory won by the
telegraphers. My reports show that sew
eral of the most important divisions are
absolutely tied up, no freights or passen-
gers running. My advices from Knox
Vile. Asheville, Salisbury and Chattanoo-
ga show that the line through those cities
is completely blocked Not train IS
moving The United States fast maii
from Washington to Memphis, via Sails
bury. Asheville, Knoxville and Chatta-
nooga, has been annulled, and no trains
are moving in that section
"At Birmingham the situation is per-
fectly satisfactory. Nothing but passen-
ger trains are moving on the birmingham
division and the Alabama Great South
ern. Freight is congesting and large
aurnber of carloads of perishable stun
has been lost in that section. At Char
lotto the strike is effective on all freight
business This is also true of the lines
north and east, toward Washington
THE strike is spreading at Augusta
and Columbia. Seven more men struck
between Salisbury and Charlotte last
night Not an operator is working at
Augusta, the Southern dispatcher strik-
ing last night The people at Corona,
Ala. in the mining district, refuse 20 pro-
vide food for the scab operator sent there.
At Tuscaloosa, Ala, Supt Hickey
stenographer went to work, but soon quit.
hn mil
a meeting and pledged their support 70
our cause. On the Murphy and Asheville
division not a train Is running OF any
sort. Every office is closed tight. The
cItizens ordered a scab to leave Newells,
N. c., to-day"
No Changes In Alabama.
birmingham, Ala, April H.-There is no
change in the local situation growing out
of the telegrephers' strike. Local ON
cia1s of the Alabama Great Southern and
Southern Railways claim 90 be handling
all trains on schedule time, but the strik-
ers say the roads are practically blocked,
and that other operators have Joined their
ranks to-day.
Passenger Train Deraiied.
Danvine, Va, April H.-Southbound
messenger train No. 9 was 1erailed near
Chatham, Va, this afternoon. The de-
| rajlment wes accomplished by means or
| a
| luckily going slowly at the time, and no
one was hurt by the accident. The train
was delayed about one hour and half.
A Collision in Alabama.
Mobile Ala, April 14.-The southbound
local freight and a work train came into
| collision this morning on the Mobile d.
vision of the Southern Railway near
| Thomasville, Ala, both locomotives being
ruined and a fireman hurt. Some of the
telegraphic employees on this division are
| on a strike.
Wires Cut I'm Tennessee.
Knoxville. Tenn, April 1.-THE Order Of
| Railway Photographers strike remains
| practically as II was yesterday. Local
trains on the division are being handled
ON time and oil through trains received
are being taken through at regular time,
but are being received late Supt. c. l..
Ewing Of the Knoxville division says only
| twenty-eight men have struck on his d.
| vision, while Strike Organizer II. w. Lusk
| claims forty-seven are out and that four
more will go out tomorrow.
Al Sweetwater last night. wires were
| cut and the telegraph station stoned, do