New-York tribune., 1909-05-29
MOB GEORGIA TRAIN
MAY BE INTERVENTION,
Mail MOI .Hoicsted, bat attempt to
More Freight Fails.
nv Telegraph 20 The Tribune !

Ioons more sharply than ever in the situation.
Notwithstanding day Of much apparent progress
toward settlement.
Under assurances from Postofice Department Of
aciaIs il was announced midnight that the en-
eineers will handle the mail trains tomorrow
Postoffce inspectors VII accompany the trains, as
they did to-day.
As result of the attack at Lithona. Assistant
Grand Chief Burgess Of the Brotherhood Of En-
gneers has ordered his This action was
.aken by Mr- Burgess after a conference with
Downing. the engineer Of the Idthonia freight en-
zine He vas hit by a large rock tossed through
the engine window striking him in the side, just
above the lungs. He said lie badly hurt.
4 negro fireman apparently the cause OF the
trouble and he was rushed TO Atlanta on the en-
sine save him from = threatening situation
The trouble started in the throwing of two
stores and the boarding OF the freight by men
Who set the brakes and broke it into three sections
The freight blocks the main line and the
progress Of the mails The railroad officers de
clared tonight that the incident the work Of
strike sympathzers. while county official wired
the Governors office that il merely an acci-
dent
The engine left here late to-day for Lithonia to
bring tTainload OF perishable provisions from the
siding at Lithonia into Atlanta Assurances have
been given several days that in the interest OF
local shippers whose valuable were tied up
no demonstration would be made against hauling
these cars Atlanta. When. however the engine
reached Lithona about dusk II seen to carry
negro fireman, did the mail trains which
favorable comments
About hundred persons gathered At the sta
tion. and just the train getting under head
way. il is said stone few into the cab window
and hit Downing. the engineer
Next. according the officials. several men
boarded the cars, the brakes and of the air
causing the last 10 break loose from the train
They also uncoup,ed the engine, leaving its load
stalled According TO the railroads statement no
attempt made by local authorities interfere
with the attack
The report telephoned state officials here said
merely that there was no violence that the train
had run short distance out Lithonia, where Il
was stalled and that the engine continued TO At
lanta After the train had stopped. said the
port. small sized crowd swarmed upon the freight
cars.
On the locomotive at the time O attack was
John D Patterson. superintendent of the Atlanta
terminals who is blamed by the strikers equally
with General Manager Scott and others. Patterson
left behind and compelled 10 walk 10 Re
Gan three miles away, where the engine waited for
him.
HARD TO GET DEPUTIES.
Mr Scott gave out a statement concerning the
trouble tonight. He added A telegram from Off
cials in Thomson. declaring that IT impossible
70 guarantee protection for the road there and al
most impossible TO get deputies who were not in
sympathy the strikers.
To-day brought forth almost simultaneously the
possibilities speedy state federal Intervention.
believed by many persons Of wide acquaintance
with local conditions be heavy with danger of
trouble Il is admitted that either the federal
authorities the trains and preserve
order. the insists on its rights
hire negro hremen it is feared that racial
nifty and reprtsals will be stirred up in
regions remote from the railroad tracks.
Ten -nsn trains started this morning
nine OF them fred by negroes A number OF
white men. brought TO Augusta strike breakers
and kept under guard for several days were avail
able FIRE the engines. and. despite the fact that
fhere has bea 70 he st-ike
breaker. th- opinion heard several times that
less I'll feeling would have been aroused by the use
OF the white than Of the negroes. No violence
attempted mail trains.
The state is a stockholdeT in the railroad, and
dispatch from Social Circle. Ga. said the people
there intended TO demand a receivership by the
state on the ground Of public convenience provided
relief from the tie-up freight and passenger
service vas obtained quickly Other points sent
urgent messages 10 the Governor demanding relief
stare intervention without the Of force
proposed to-day by parties heretofore neutral in
The negotiations. Representative Hooper Alexan-
der, Of the state Legislature announced that he
had made a proposition to the Governor that the
exclusive privilege Of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company to operate trains over its lines
having expired in 1881. tnirtysix years after the
completion Of the road. the state could operate
trains over lines legally. the the roads
Iessees. Another proposition for receivership
by the the ground Of public welfare and
necessity
The status Of arbitration for settlement has
rnained unchanged all day owing 10 freight
wreck which delayed for nearly twelve hours the
arrival here of Fourth Vice President Evans OF
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. His presence
was essential 10 further negotiations. He arrived
tonight
STILL PLENTY TO EAT.
while there is still plenty TO eat in the strike
district luxuries are exhausted. The thing
which the people feel the need Of most keenly is
ioe Checkers and marbles, wired a correspondent
frrr7 the strike district to-day at present the
uncipa. diversions Of most Of the male population.
Washington. May 23-C'hairnan Knapp. a
member Of the board Of mediation under the Erd-
man act left washington this afternoon for At
lanta He was called 20 the White House during
to-dav's Cabinet meeting. and discussion OF the
situation ensued-
Chairman Knapp also had conference with Off
cisls Of the Department OF Justice regarding the
situation and is going Atlanta practically
representative OF the administration.
The Cabinet recognized the situation 20 be seri-
Gus involving. ii does. the issue It
felt by the President and the Cabinet officers that
peaceful solution Of the situation could be brought
about If proper measures were adopted
The decision 10 send Chairman Knapp to Atlanta
followed the receipt OF a report from Commissioner
Nein which laid before the President and the
Cabinet, but the contents Of which were not made
public.
Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart left
here tonight for Atlanta, where he will look into
the strike situation. Decision to 20 tonight was
reached as the result Of conference held at the
Postofhce Department late this afternoon between
Postmaster General Hitchcock and Mr.. Stewart
when the whole situation reviewed Mr- Stew
art will report his observations directly 70 the
Postmaster General
COURT SAVED DUFFY FROM SING SING.
Frank Duffy started on his way 10 Sing
Sing YESTERDAY 70 serve his sentence for procuring