Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-03
tanned With Difficulty-orien-
Passenger Schedules Are Main
SUB top section strike head $3.50.
tai Goods, Destined for East,
Held Up in Washington.
ARE MADE
TO MAKE UP TRAINS
Montana Smelter Is Partially
Closed, and Hundreds of Enter
prises Cannot Continue-Meat
Famine Threatened.
CBy Associated Press. }


DULUTH, Mimi, Dec "A mob is
stoning the non-union switching crews.
The police have been called upon.
ST. PAUL Mimi, Dec. 2-with the i'm
Portation of strike-breakers from Chi
cago and other points and the pressing
into service of other employees of the
roads, the railways of the northwest that
were affected by the strike of the Switch
mems Union of North America, which
went into effect Tuesday evening began
the first real work today of trying to
restore normal traffic conditions between
here and the Pacific coast.
For the FIRST time since the strike was
called the local warehouses were open
today and the roads accepted limited
freight shipments to points in Dakota
and Montana. Despite the efforts of the
railroads. there was no noticeable i'm
provement in business conditions in the
twin cities this morning In Minneapolis
all of the -four mills except one of the
smaller ones, were stopped and the cessa-
ton of the industry threw 5000 men out
of employment.
GREAT LOSS TO THE MILLS.
I II Is IndI the miIlmen VIII lose
3 So. 900 a week in wages while the mills
are closed, and that the loss OF business
to the milling concerns win amount to
100000 a day.
I According to reports received from
4 throughout the strike zone the continue
/ ton of present conditions will soon re-
suit in hardship and even in suffer-
ing. At the head of the lakes a con-
+, tinustion for a few more days of the
I
out of employment
Reports were in circulation this MORN
/ ing to the effect that the entire Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen would be
called out in the affected territory, but
these reports could not be traced TO an
authentic source. The switchmen ap-
peared TO be satisfied with the present
situation, however.
Pacific Northwest Tied Up
! SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. 1.-The
switchmens strike has assumed a more
serious aspect in the raciflc northwest
Freight shipments are practically tied up
] Passenger schedules are being maintained
with difficulty.
4 The arrival of the Great Northern
4 liner Minnesota at Port Townsend late
: last night with $4,000 tons of freight val
ued at 5000 600, much of It destined for
quick transportation to the east. has CIV
en- added cause for apprehension. In
| the shipment are 1,277 bales of raw silk
for New York and 900 tons of other ORR
Sental freight for other eastern cities.
/ Last night, after "a hours of idleness
attempts were made to dispatch freight
! over the Northern Pacific railway. Four
/ trains were made up by new assistant
/ trainmasters and superintendent and
: started.
! ON the Great Northern there has been
nc movement Of freight. although the Of
/ fcials expect to get out few trains to-
/ day.
! Situation Acute in Montana
! HELENA, Mont Dec. 1.-The switch
mems strike on the Northwestern rail-
! roads has resulted in the partial closing
J of the Boston and Montana smelter, with
] 500 employees, and a continuation of the
tie-up for another % hours will empty
/ the furnaces at the Great Falls plant.
! The other great smelters of the state are
( in better position. The strike has not
/ affected the Butte. Anaconda and Pacific
! railroad. which hauls the ore from Butte
/ ia the washoe smelter at Anaconda and
/ the American Smelling and Refining COM
I pany's plant at Helena besides having
I months supply of ore. coal and coke on
J hand has it's own yards and its own
! switchmen.
! There are hundreds of enterprises in
! the state employing thousands of men
| that cannot continue their operations for
more than a week without railroads.
| Traffic isolation for more than four or
| five days will mean a meat famine in
Butte.
Idleness Menaces Duluth
/ DULUTH, Dec. 2.-If the switchmen's
strike is not settled within As hours