Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-19
1osai 7anss Suffering Shortage Of
HE EHD NOT YET IN SIGHT.

The E"0 NOT YET IN SIGHT.
There has been no material change
in=the strike situation among the em
ploges ot the Pacific Express company
qI-fo this time though it has been
officially announced that enough men
had been secured at Little Rock and st.
Louis to maa the trains and that mes
seasers would f4n today. Both sides
claim to be stronger than ever. but it
#asthe general talk yesterday that the
striking employees would call the other
lederations Of labor 10 their aid in fore
las matters. The announcement that
he large Offices Gf the Pacific company
woald be open as usual caused the
strikers some aneasiness, and it may
be=nossibJe that they will seek the aid
OF the ether l&b0r organizations or
loose their point
General Superintendent Johnson at
Little Rock issued the following state
meal Saturday
We are rapidly getting back in
shape. and every train is carrying q
messenger. BY Monday all trouble
will BE- past in this territory. In Texas
there may be trouble for few days
longer. The office at 11S Main street
will open Monday morning and busi-
ness wall be fully resumed in all bran
ches.
One OF the local effects of the strike
has been TO decrease the supply Of sill
yef in this city ana while the local
banks have not suffered from the lack
of il. all have been crippled. They is
sue no silver in change except to
rnAL regular customers and then not in
large equantities The general rush OF
silver is on the first da.1s of the
week. Monday. Tuesday and We'd
nesday i; is deposited i'll larger guam
titles than it is issued but on Thurs
day it begins to go out. The large
ptantati0ns usually send in for their
Of silver on Thursday and then
The run :egin5. Field hands and cot
ION pickers want to be paid off in silver
and q greenback or bank note is not 50
On Friday the demand Is
greater. and on Saturday the large
concerns come in for
their share. The local banks met the
demand Saturday in all save few in
stances. but refused change to OutSld-
ars and this morning the silver coin Is
in measure scarce No silver was
sbippad into Pine Bllff last week and
here is little prospects of any co;h1ng
his week. as the express company re-
fnsas 10 handle it. Should the strike
continue throughout the week, the To-
-, banks will be severely crippled by
,ext Saturday. The scheme Oh sending
silver from ST. Louis by private carrier
hos hnan broached but does not meet
Nth success from the fact that one
-heusanl dollars weighs 81 pounds and
man could not CARRY a sufficient
,u3ntity to do any coed. 1t may be
hat the old plan of sending the money
W freight will be adopted if the strike
s not soon ordered off.
Saturday night when the trains left
remnbis o-er the iron Mountain and
sotton Belt routes eoct carried as a
,,aseanopr one # he : W men sent
Iovn from ST Louis. The trains had
rocooded but sslcrt distance when a
rovd Of NON oea"deG them and in.
,.cos +ba rosec~. -n~s 20 desert their
,osts ~ -1,'+y. Whistler or not other
oaars ttan PERSUASION were used IS
ri stated bur 1he trains proceeded
,+7 Arkansas unprotected. with their
7ase o. express matter, the baggage
an refusing to handle it.
{. i alsc reported that two Pacific
r~-oss rrnr-er gers left their trains at
?,-a Az. Saturday night. The
:, oo~e res,ectiyely from an Iron