New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-14
SOUTHERN RAILROAD STRIKE.
LITTLE CHANGE IN SITUATION IN REGARD
TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SIDES
ASSERT SUCCESS

Atlanta Ca, April 13-Litte change has &C.
CURED throughout the day in the situation OF the
telegraphers strike the Southern Railway. or
ficals of the railroad say little Inconvenience has
been caused by the strike and that the trains
moving schedule time. with no congestion of
travel freight at any point. President Powell
of the Order Railway Telegraphers in a state
ment to-day, expresses the greatest confidence in
the outcome. His statement says:
We are highly elated over the success OF the
strike The members of the organization went out
on the Southern almost totally Not
freight train Is moving. and dozens Of trains are
Great Southern is unable to run freight trains.
and only he 4dTs has enG trains ne sfs ON
some of the divisions. and I am informed this
Columbia division have refused to run on them.
declaring that they will not endanger their lives
on the Washington and Lynchburg and Charlotte
san hg be @ eSooe
and Washington Western Union operators inform
the lines from here to Charlotte. Chattanooga and
/ have received kilograms from P NJ. Arthur
Grand Chief Engineer of the brotherhood of Loco
Of the Rpatherhood of FiTemen and
Samuel Gompers. President of the American Fed
that the telegraphers may be successful in this
Consistent with the laws of iher RESPECTIVE organ
izations. / am satisfied with the situation from
every standpoint
The following from General Superintendent ]. H.
Barrett presents attitude the railroad toward
the strikers:
Salisbury N. G.: April 49,.
j. S. B. Thomson, Assistant General superintend-
Referring to sensational reports of the situation
moving on the entire ssse Ta houg e s
had not been ordered Less than 10 per cent went
single out
isPaich from fro Rome Ca says that the 9psr
freight department has been discharged account
now routed by way Of the Nashville. chattanoosa
and St Louis RAILROAD and was about four hours
hours late.
A dispatch to The Journal" from Greenville,
S. c., says that Information as the arrival
and departure of trains since yesterday afternoon
was unobtainable to-day. Tranmaster Ramseur is
closely Euardng information and refuses to give
it out The railroad people assert that passenger
freight business is in a bad way
Meridian. Miss. April Bone of the three striking
telegraphers of this city has returned to work and
trains the Southern and Alabama Great South
ern roads are running on schedule time: The rail
road officials assert that the backbone of the strike
is broken and that all of the vacancies will be filed.
Selma. Ala, April 13.-Apparently the strike situa-
ton is unchanged here to-day. 1t is given out at
Superintendent Hayden's office that the Admission
division will not be affected by the strike. 1t is
further stated that all trains moving
to-day that al freight for the Mobile and Birming-
ham division must be prepaid This order is issued.
tons act as railroad agents.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 13.-Statements of the
Southern Railway officials and the operators differ
widely it is hard to determine the real extent OF
the strike now in progress that system. The
places Of the strikers in this city have been filed
from the clerical forces and far passenger trains
haT not 6een feTlogsy Gterfsred Nth Tsght
say less than 10 per cent of the men of the Knox
Vile division cut. Trains running to-day
on the Meridian and Mississippi divisions and
the Memphis division. Reports to A B. Stillwell,
representing the operators, say nearly all the
are out and that they standing firm.