The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-03
Strike ParalyzeS
Railway Traffic

meanwhile. and az our pay la from
80 up the vacations are necessarily
few and far between. Working
every day. week after week. becomes
very tifcHomc and We feel that as
the wages are so low. We ought 10
be paid overtime for Sunday work
When asked II he thought the
strike wouia be successful he said
be didn't see how IL would be other
wise "it was the most opportune
time FOR the tourist travel Is the
heaviest Il has ever been In the
Northwest and the railroads are do
Ing all the hauling they possibly
can. n Wlll lose them several mil
lions 81 dollars II tho tie-up con
tinuea for any length OF time and Il
doesn't seem reasonable that the
stockholders will stand back very
long and see their dividends lest BY
a just strike that does not involve
anything like as large an amount Of
capital"
When the order came TO 20 out on
"wednesday the operator al Meagh
er'H Junction. who has five small
children. asked bis wife what 10 do
She replied. stay By your pledge II
you never get another meal. for !
know We can make more money by
running a chicken ranch"
A biR-hearted conductor dropped
of a passing train soon after and
finding the wires silent asked the
operator II he had quit and. getting
an affirmative answer. reached
down In his pocket and pulled out
a ten dollar gold piece. saying:
Take this. YOU and your wife and
five children may need IL before
things are settled"
The nothcll agent has gone out
cutting ties. for he says there Is
more money IN r.
All Of the local Great Northern
strikers have been ordered 10 re-
port a. their headquarters At Ev-
erett a. soon as possible. where ar
fangemsnta have been made 70
quarter them At the Everett hotel
until an agreement Is made. seat
tie vas the original point settled
upon for directing the movement,
but Accommodations could be secured
much cheaper ~ Everett
Cottages are being rented and ar
rangemcnta made 20 board the
Northern Pacific men In Seattle.
The operators and agents have
large reserve fund and viii be able
- carry on the strike for several
snonths without suffering Relief
money will be distributed TO the To-
cal men AZ Seattle and Everett
whenever needed.
ST PAUL. MINI. Aus. a.-The
operators strike is reduced 20 con-
nlctine claims on both sides Per
ham asserts that the strike IL cf-
fectlve from St Paul 90 the coast
/ The railroads deny this and say that
| the passenger trains are running on
schedule time by means OF strike
Z breakers and telephones The rail-
roads are making no statement re-
eardinr the two reported wrecks on
Z the Northern Pacific. one between
passenger trains near jamestown
and one between freight near Fargo.
Two North Coast Limited passen-
ger trains are lost somewhere be
I tween Seattle and EllenEburE. and
a third IL in a similar prcdicament
on the road to Billings.
Assistant superintendent Elliott.
Of this division OF the Northern
I Pacific. and other officials Of the
road and also the Great Northern.
are toillng through the mountains
aud intervening distance on hand
cars tn an heroic attempt 70 give
The lost and puzzled locomotive en-
gineers the proper signals
Such Is the remarkable condition
Of railroad transportation in the
northwest on the second day Of the
big teleRraphers' strike.
Two head on collisions have &C
CURED on the main line of the
Northern Pacific. The first oc-
CURED near jamestown. n. D. be-
tween two passenger trains. The
engines we're not running fast and
none Of the passengers was serious
~ injured
The second happened at Fargo
between two freight trains
The principal effect in this state
has been to stop the shipment Of
perishablc freight
'1n Seattle We have everything
tied up as tight as a drum, and we
are In a position TO keep things In
that shape for two months. is the
way that one Of the striking teleg-
raphera summed up the local situa-
ton Wednesday morning.
ST. PAUL. Aug. Two head-on