The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-17
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT.
SOUTHERN OFFICIALS DENY INC0N-
VENIEKGE FROM THE STRIKE.
RAIL WAY TRAFFIC BLOCKED
Is the Assertion of President Powell.
of the Telegraphers He Gives the
Divisions strike Effective from
Charlotte and AsheviIle to Washing
ton Freight and Passenger Boycott
Against the southern Declared-Two
Trains in Collision.

Trains In Collision.
Atlanta, Ga. April 14.-More conf !
dence seemed to pervade both parties |
to the strike of the telegraphers on |
the Southern railway today than at /
any time since the walk-out was or I
dered.
The Southern officials, speaking of |
the condition of the divisions center
ing in Atlanta, say that they are nor
NAL
President Powell said today: Il con-
slider the victory won by the telegra-
piers
Trains arriving and departing from
Atlanta since p. m. o'clock yesterday
have been delayed from 20 minutes to
1 hour and 80 minutes, where there
was any delay Official information
| from the office of Assistant General
superintendent Thompson today was
| to the effect that all trains are coming
and going with no hurtful delays. This
| includes freight trains. The officials
claim that all freight is being handled
as heretofore NO strike exists so far
as we are concerned is the railroad
| officials statement.
ment says: Il consider the victory
| Won by the telegraphers. My reports
show that several of the most import
ant divisions are absolutely tied up, no
freights or passengers running. My
advices from Knoxville, Asheville,
Salisbury and Chattanooga show that
the line through those cities is COM
pletely blocked. Not a train is NOV
ing. The United States fast mail train
from Washington to Memphis via
Salisbury, Asheville Knoxville and
Chattanooga has been annulled and no
trains are moving in that section.
| AT Birmingham the situation is
perfectly satisfactory. Nothing but
passenger trains are moving on the
birmingham division and the Alabama
Great Southern. Freight is congesting
and large number of carloads of per-
1Shable stuff has been lost in that sec
ton.
AT Charlotte the strike is effective
on all freight business. This is also
true of the lines north and east to-
ward Washington. svs5,s,s., 49,.
| The strike is spreading at Augusta
and Columbia. Several more men
struck between Salisbury and Char
lotte last night. Not an operator is
working "a Augusta, the Southern dis
pacher striking last night. The people
at corona, in the mining district, re-
tuSe to provide food for the scab oper-
ator sent there. At Tuscaloosa, Ala,
Superlnten lent Rickeys stenographer
| went TO work, but soon quit. At Goa,
Creek, Tenn, the miners held a meet
ing and pledged their support to our
cause.
'On the Murphy and Asheville divi.
ion not train is running of any sort
Every office is closed tight. The citi-
zens ordered scab to leave Newells.
n. c., today"
NO CHANGE AT KNOXVILLE.
Knoxville, Tenn, April 1.-THE Or
der of Railway Telegraphers' strike re-
mains practically as it was yesterday
Local trains on the division are being
handled on time and all through trains
received are being taken through at
regular time, but are being received
late. superintendent c. L. Ewing, Of
the knoxville division, says only twen-
ty-e1ght men have struck on his di-
vision, while Strike Organizer T. w.
| Lusk claims forty-Seven are out and
that four more will go out tomorrow.
| AT SWeetWater last night wires were
cut and the telegraph station stoned
doing damage to window panes. Super
intendent Ewing offers $500 reward for
the arrest and conviction of the guilty
other who may hereafter be found
guilty of the offense. One wire was
| untouched at Sweetwater and that
happened to be railroad wire. The
Western Union wires were all cut.
Knoxville, Tenn, April 1.-THE strike
at the Coal Creek Company's mines at
Coal Creek, Tenn, continues, but no
startling developments have occurred
Further action has been postponed un-
til Monday, when the company pro-
poses to have its property vacated by
all strikers.
A TRAIN DERAILED
Danville, Va, April 14-Southbound
passenger train No. 9 was derailed
near Chatham, Va, this afternoon The
derailment was accomplished by means
OF spike laid on the track. The train
was luckily going slowly at the time
and no one was hurt by the accident
The train was delayed about one hour
and half.
THE SOUTHERN BOYCOTTED.
) Atlanta, Ga, Rpril 1.-THE Order oi
Railway Telegraphers tonight deolar
| ed boycott on the Southern railwa,
and nope to make it affective through
the ticket and freight agents of the
! United States and the Federation o
Labor. kilograms were sent touigh
by President Powell to the 10000 ticke
and freight agents in the United State:
! asking them to route passengers anC
| frelgot via other lines than the South
ern pending the present trouble
A message was also sent President
Gompers, of the Federation of Labor
requesting him to boycott the railroad
: No response to this dispatch will bt
: necessary to inaugurate this move
: ment, Mr.. Powell says, as the Railroad
Telegraphers' Order is affiliated with
the Federation of Labor.
Under the Georgia laws, the move.
ment Of freight trains in the state
! | ceases at midnight Saturday for TWEEN
ty-four hours, and this the strikers
| claim IS another aid to them in their
| struggle
The scouts which the teIegraphers
sent out the day of the strike have
reached the places assigned them and
taken up their work Of inducing the