Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-03
One Reported on Account Of the
Telegrapbers' Strike, but it
Was Not True.
OVERLAND TRAINS on TIME.
Gen. Manager Horn Expects to Show
Public Some Tricks About
RunHiug Trains,

a. Paul. Aug 3.--Reports Of a coll
lision on the Northern Pacific on ac-
count Of the strike OF the teegraphers
on the system are untrue according to
General Manager Horn.
~ had jamestown. n. D., on the
telephone this morning" said Mr.
Horn, and II there was a hcad-on coll
llsion there no one knows anything
about st.. our overland trains report
ed to have been IN the head-on collision
are reported on time.
- saw in the press reports from
Montana yesterday that the Burlng
ton hyer was tied up on our lines
somewhere near Butte, The facts are
that our North Coast limited, which
was running behind the Burlington
limited, will come into st. Paul on time
today which is even a better record
than we hope to make when there Is
no strike on.
our time freights are running and
we expect TO have some locals running
on some of our divisions today. We
have sent out from this division about
% agents who will go to points AFFECT
ed by the strike. They are men whom
we have examined and are fully capable
Of handling our business This viii
enable us to handle perishable freight.
1T Will take a day or two to get
things running but / think we win be
able to show the public some extra
ordinary features I'm runnig trains
without operators with perfect salts
faction TO the travelling public. We
expected TO have 10 meet those rumors
of collisions and blockades We have
much to contend with In the way Of
cut wires ana misplaced signals but
are coming all right and in Il day or
two we won't know there Is strike on
our lines. We have applications for
positions from all parts of the country.
Dlminishment Of the difficulties re-
sulting from the telegraphers strike is
reported today by both the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific rail-
ways and especially by the Northern
Pacific. Officers Of the telegraphers
union, on the other hand, declare that
the two roads are almost without OPP
orators, the passenger trains are de-
layed and that freight traffic is par
alyzed
The most tangible evidence of i'm
provement IN the Northern Pacific IS
the announcement made to shippers
today that the embargo on perishale
freight had been partially raised and
that the company was willing TO accept
such shipments for stations between
ST. Paul and Minneapolis for Fargo, n,
d., and all stations on the Manitoba
division between Winnipeg Junction
and Winnipeg, Man
The Great Northern which would
accept perishabe shipments for
only few large stations. announced
today that II would take shipments for
all stations II the shipments were made
at "onwers risk" charges prepaid
Both the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern Express companies are
In effect refusing perishabe shipments
except to large stations whore the COM
panies maintain exclusive agents
STRIKE SITUATION BETTER.
Mnot, n. D., Aug 3.---During the last
is hours there has been big improve
ment In the telegraphers strike situ-
alton on the Minot division Of the Great
Northern railway. Twelve operators
have returned 10 work. About IS per
cent OF the stations beween Williston
and Grand Forks are in working or
der All branch lines on this division
are running as usual
More freight was handled west OF
MinOt today than during the past week
| Passenger train No from the east
| was one hour late. and No. from the
west was IS minutes late. Asst Gen
| Supt. Davis Is much elated over re.
suits and says that operators will re-
turn to work today. There are about
70 strikers on the Minot division They
are orderly and have done no damage
| to railroad property.