The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-12
ALL QUIET AT MOBILE.
No Interruption of the Passenger
 Train Service.

No Interruption of the Passenger
 Train Service.
 Mobile, May 11.-(Special.) )-The strike situation on the Mobile and Ohio was somewhat improved over that of yester- day, though only one freight train ar- rived in the city during the day. Pas senger trains moved with regularity into and out of the city, and the prospects are good for a continuance of this branch of the service.
 With the striking railroaders orderly and qniet, and all remaining away from the company's property. there seemed to be little, if any, need for the large num- Der of special deputies and policemen around the north yard, roundhouse, docks and sheds. The maxim of an ounce of prevention was. however, taken and the officers were noticeable every where in that section.
 Yesterday morning and last night there were unusually large crowds in and about the passenger depot.
 All of the passenger trains arrived and departed on time. This morning incom- ings train was brought in by Conductor Fitzgerald and his crew. The outgoing morning train, however, had as conduc- 
 roadway on the Mobile-Meridian division; Ed Jordan, an ex-railroader, as fiagman, and J. w. Posey, chief clerk to General Passenger Agent Shepard.
 At 7:15 last night the incoming passen- ger rolled up to the depot in charge of the regular crew, as follows: Tom Gillespie, conductor; Louis Kraft, baggagemaster, and Joe Callahan, fiagman. All three, shortly after getting through with their business, handed over the company's property and resigned. The men were congratulated by the strikers and sym pathizers,
 It was understood that the experience they had coming through Meridian was by no means pleasant and enjoyable, and they decided that they belonged with the ''outs."
 At S:35 the northbound train rolled out with Capt. Dan Sweatman. the regular conductor. who brought in Saturday nights train, and who has been with the company many years. in charge. He had as fiagman a north-ended named Payne from Muldon Station and John Kenny. a clerk in the auditors office as baggage master. Not a Jeer or hiss was heard from any one as the train pulled out
 Yesterday morning a force from the freight office and general office heads were seen in the north yard with an en- zine. It was soon ascertained that they were engaged in switching ten car loads of dynamite for export and four cars of lumber from the yards to the docks Af- ter time the cars were placed.
 Last night force of ten special deputy sheriffs were stationed around this cargo of dynamite as a safeguard.
 At an early hour yesterday morning a bunch of ten men arrived in Mobile by way of the Louisville and Nashville from St. Louis. It was soon learned that these men had been brought here by the Mobile and Ohio to take the places of the strik- CTS. Friends of the strikers got with the St. Louisians and. in a short time had won the majority of them over. Two of the men. Ed. Loud and J. o. Toole. asked for passes to St. Louis and these were given them by MT. Clarke and they left last night over the Mobile and Ohio for home.
 Loud said last night that when the men left St. Louis they did not know of an expected strike and the first intimation l was when he saw a paper in Montgomery | Saturday night. He said 1t was some | thing of a surprise to him, after leaving | St Louis that they were sent by the | Louisville and Nashville. He claimed that he had been informed in St. Louis that they were wanted to man extra trains. which, owing to increased business. were necessary. He stated last night before leaving that only two of the ten had ex- pressed the intent to go to work. rail- road man. however. reversed the figures. Among the worst sufferers from the | strike. all things compared. will be the market gardeners. especially those north ! of the city on the main line. Those along the Mobile and Bay Shore line. are more fortunate in that they have the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City and can reach the Louisville and Nashville.
 Owing to the scarcity of refrigerator cars there was an expressed uneasiness last evening as to the possibility of get ting the big cargoes of bananas, expected | up from the tropics. out of the city. All ] hope of the Mobile and Ohio as a means