Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-04
SAY The STRIKE IS BROKEN
Northern Railway Officials Announce that
Trains Are Nearly on Time.
UNION OFFICIALS PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK
President PerhRm Says Passengers
Are Delayed and that Freight
TraHc IL PRraIyzed--Denies
Charge of wire Cutting.

been broken and the officials of the tele-
gTaphers' union declaring that it has only
begun. Both sides profess great satisfac-
ton with the situation tonight and each
maintains that the struggle will be ended
within a fortnight.
In spite of the difficulties presented by
the walk-out Of the telegraphers, the rail-
roads have been able to keep the more
important trains very near to the sched-
ules. Through trains from the coast ar
rived in st. Paul today on time. with the
exception Of the North Coast Limited on
the Northern Pacific which was not serl-
ously delayed. The time freight trains are
being successfully handled. The abandon
ment Of a number Of way freights was the
most serious disablement Of traffic today.
The railway officials claim that there
has been a notable break in the ranks OF
the strikers. All the operators on. one
branch of the Great Northern and North
Dakota having gone back to work and
thirty or forty more having signhed their
willingness to do so. Many substitutes
were placed during the day and men from
different parts of the country are being
examined and put to work as rapidly as
they arrive.
Reports disprove the representations Of
the strikers that the freight traffic has been
completely paralyzed There has been much
delay at many points in the handling OF
local freight but this class OF traffic Is
gradually being taken care Of The railroad
officials say that there Is no accumulation
of freight at terminals and that no ship
ments will be refused tomorrow.
Rumors of a sympathetic strike OF the
trainmen have been in circulation and al
though conferences have been held with
this plan in view, It is declared tonight
that such a move Is not impending. Presi-
dent Perham Of the Teegraphers' Brother
hood said tonight
I'VE are bound to win and we can fight
It out alone. I wouldn't think of consent
ing TO a sympathetic strike"
The telegraph companies are sending to
cities where they have independent Offices
but communication with the smaller towns
is uncertain.
General Manager Horn satisfied.
In a statement made tonight concerning
the strike situation General Manager Horn
of the Northern Pacific road said:
There has not been since the telegraphers'
strike started a single serious delay result
ing from the strike of the telegraphers in
leaving their posts. Through trains are
running on time today. Morning trains
| from the Pacific coast reached st. Paul on
their schedules and the, North Coast
!
Paul Union station this afternoon. after a
run of 1900 miles, without a delay of i'm
portanCe.
Fast freight service is well maintained
over the entire system. Other freight is
moving, subject to some delay, and ira hlc
as whole is being handled in thoroughly
/ satisfactory manner
The strikers have failed completely so
| far as it was their intention to tie up or
| blockade traffic. On the Pacific coast the
| heavy Lewis and Clark exposition travel in
| and out of Portland is being handled with
I Ng.11,v
| passengers. On the Pacific division 60 per
! cent Of the positions are filed.
| As compared with conditions prevailing
| yesterday the company has increa sed the
| number of operators at work by q per cent.
! Four important stations on the Dakota
| division were reopened for business this
| afternoon i'm charge Of competent agent
| operators. Nine stations on the Minnesota
division We're this afternoon supplied with
| operators and reOpened.
! on the Montana division the only i'm
| portant office still remaining closed is that
| at Lombard.
| At numerous points division superintend-
| ents report that striking telegraphers are
| already indicating their willingness to re-
| turn to work within few days.
| Perfect safety of travel and reasonable
promptness in the handling Of freight fic
are and have been absolutely assured since
| the beginning of the strike.
Great Northern Trains on Time.
General Superintendent slade of the
Great Northern gave out the following:
The situation is somewhat improved. But
! two of the passenger trains in the twenty
depot behind their schedules and these were
but twelve and fifteen minutes late. Our
passenger trains arrived at Seattle yes
freight trains arc moving nicely.
We are % filing the places places of OF a number OF
/ will be furnished 10 all men at work.
Perham is Confident.
President Perham of the Telegraphers
union said today:
The full effect OF the strike will not be
felt by the companies until four or five
days have elapsed.
conditions. am constantly receiving re-
ports from all parts OF both systems &c
the effect that passenger trains are delayed
and that freight traffic is paralyzed
The stories about our men going back
TO work are absolutely untrue. There has
been no break In our ranks.
There is q charge being made against ul
that would like to contradict. II is saiC
out turned their boards red'-that is, dis
played danger signals to all arriving trains
and that this was done merely to EN-
barrass the company and delay traff1c. /
was done, but It was done to protect lif,
and property. Some agents or operators
that were called out would be sure 10 hav,
train orders not yet delivered Perhaps
T some of those orders could not be delivered
for twelve hours Now. IL the men wert
to leave their posts and fail TO delve
the orders, serious accidents OF course
might happen. J could not tell what ope
3 TatOTS ndu tram OIueIH 70 denver, 80
, instructed all operators to turn the
boards red on quitting. This would fore
the trainmen on every train 10 stop at tn
station and make sure there were no order
( before proceeding.
AS for the report that our men hav
! been cutting the wires-there is no trutl
I'm IT, All our men are instructed TO d,
nothing unlawful.
NOnuniOn Operators Forced 10 Leave
A special TO the Dispatch from Devil
lake. n. D., says that while there ha
been no particular damage caused by tn
Great Northern telegraphers strike as yet
the situation threatens TO become seriou
shortly. All nonunion operators sent her
by the Great Northern railway were toda
forced 10 leave their keys and the city b.
sympathizers OF the strikers. So far pas
senger trains have run only little benin
time. Some regular freights are running
but no extra freights.
Hiring Operators at Albany, n. Y.
| ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. Am effort 10 en-
5 gage telegraphers here to take the place
= OF the striking operators on the Grea
3 Northern and Northern Pacific railways
p meeting vigorous opposition from the locs
= | branch OF the Commercial Telegrapherl
4 union Conrad Schulze came here tOda
= from New York and took room at a hote
where ne opened bureau for hiring strik
s breakers. As soon as the union men 81
e wind OF his intention they stationed picket