Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
Vice President Ball Declares Fire
men Will Be Called Out On the
Roads Persisting in Handling
Georgia Roads Freight.
SOUTHERN, sEABoARD,
LIN. AND CENTRAL
ARE ALL INVOLVED
United States Authorities Notified
of Conditions But Will Take No
Action Unless Requested to Dc
So by the Governor.

Tha threat was made Monday morning
by E A Ball. vice president Of the nre-
man. that II other roads receive freight
ailments diverted from the Georgia road
that the strike Of the Georgia fremen VIII
extend TO them
He saws that the receipt OF diverted
freight from the Georgia road by other
roads makes them the allies OF the Geor-
Rfa road and the opponents OF the hre-
men. When they take such freight ne as
serts that they abandon their neutral Pc
sftion and put themselves In the attitude
~ rrhtinx the iremen- He says that ali
r6sis which take such diverted freight
are laying themselves liable 70 be drawn
into the strike
According 70 an official OF the George
road. II Is dfvertfng it's freight over the
Southern. seabOard. L and N and Cen
trail
s.vva a. not mixing the other roads In
this strike and We demand that they
zen clear OF IL. IL they take shipments
from the Georgia road il means that they
are puttinK themselves in line with tne
Tsaorria road and In opposition to our
fremen. II they do that, they'd better
look out
he lad heard early Monday morning
that diverted shipments were being re-
ceIved from the Georgia road by other
roads and he said then that must stop
- are other roads are to keep free OF
the strike OF the firemen- He was told
later that le0 cards have been diverted
over other roads
That's bad for them" he said
Eafcre a strike By the fremen OF the
other roads could be called. the matter
vro,Id OF necessity be laid before them
and their consent gained Nothing OF ina
sort has been done. so far as Is known.
R,,t II Is the threat Of the firemen that
the strike viii be extended this dl-
verting OF freight continues
TIE-UP TO CONTINUE
Indications are that the complete tie
nm that now exists on the Georgia road
vii continue. Oficials OF the road here
say that they are making no attempt 10
send out trains
THE bremen charge that the road is bent
- furnishing the intermediate points De
tween here and Augusta at which there
has been such strong help for the strfk-
ers. These towns are cut on from all
communication except over the Georgia
road. The fremen say that these towns
are 10 be punished for their share IN the
strike by being isolated
Oe8eisls of the road say that is Is I'M
safe now 10 attempt to. run trains over
the Georgia road
There are four train crews mere reaoS
for service and Engineer W. c. Vaughn
-. s,nouneed Shat he is ready to take
out any train in the day time at an IN
sfant's notice
Re made this offer Sunday morning. but
be bas received no call from the road
One Of the oficials said Monday morn
ing that he would be glad 10 see the ue-
m last for two weeks that the strikers
ana their sympathizers along the route
might be taught lesson
There seems little hope now for the
Immediate resumption Of trafnc-
Tbe engineers are willing 10 run In the
aav time. but they are not being called
mon Tweuty-nine strike breakers 10 De
tsed as hremen are kept shut up IN the
Enptre hotel on South Pryor street.
since Saturday night. only two trains
on the Georgia road have moved one
made the run Sunday from Camak 10
Macon the other. from Union Point 10
Athens
No trains over the Georgia road arrived
az left here Monday. Both passenger and
1raIgbt trains which were TO have go'
bare An the afternoon and at night have
been annulled-
HOW TO REACH AUGUSTA
Augusta is being reached by the Sea
board 70 Calhoun Falls. There transfer
A. made 10 the C. & ". c. One passenger
train by this route left at O'Clock Mon
day morning, another at HIS This
schedule viii continue
Mail from Augusta Is being sent over
the seaboard and the Central three
trains over the seaboard and two over the
-
Preparations are being made by the
railway mail service 10 send mail 70
Union Point from Athens by motor car.
Mail trains are reaching Athens by the
Seaboard and Macon by either the Gen.
trail or the Southern
No mail was received here from Au-
gusta either Sunday or Monday.
Delivery OF mail for intermediate points
reached only by the Georgia road is i'm
possible This mail has been sorted. sent
as near as possible TO its destination and
is there lying idle.
UNCLE SAM WATCHING.
L NJ Terrell. superintendent Of the rail-
way mail service, has wired information
OF the state OF affairs 10 the postoffice
department at Washington. The answer
he has got shows that the government is
10 take no hand now in affairs unless the
state asks that 1t do so.
A conference was held Monday morn
ing between United States Attorney Car
ter Tate and PostOfice Inspector Sutton
AR Tate viii prosecute any legal viola
tions OF postal statutes growing out Of the
strike. but his action will probably not
90 beyond this.
The federal authorities here. however
are in communication with Washington
and something may develope later.
IF engineer thinks that he can safely
make his run ne is duty bound TO do so
II the road wishes him to-"
There are four engineers here. Each
seems 10 be willing TO make his run dur
ing the day time, but not at night.
The situation at the Georgia terminals
here. where the strike is being made "a
well as on the Georgia road, shows q
total discontinuance Of service on the
Georgia road for the time being. The SUI
perintendent says that he is not concern
ing himself now with the Georgia trains
Sunday. twenty professional strike
breakers arrived here from the east. ant
Sunday night. nine more came in. Mos