The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
REPORTS OF STRIKE ARE CONTRADICTORY Feat Says Traffic Will Soon
 Be Demoralized POWELL DENIES TT Rumorcd That Unless Other Roads Cease Aiding Queen and Cres-
 cent General Railroad Strike
 Will Be Ordered
POWELL DENIES ET

Cincinnati, March 10.-Contradictory ad- vices concerning the strike of the White fremen on the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad continue to come into the offices of the road, and the headquarters of the flremen here Il. .. Teat in charge of the strike for the fire men, in statement tonight said:
 By Sunday the entire system of the C., K. O. and T. P. R. R. will be crip- pled 1 believe that notla wheel will be turned on the freights. while the pas senger traffic will also be domoralized.'
 Directly contrary to this statement is one issued by Vice President T. c. Powell of the road. MT. Powell said:
 Our trains have experienced little or no inconvenience, and by tomorrow night progress"
 Chairman Feat issued an ulhmatrm to- day in which he declared that arbitration will not be accepted by the strikers.
 Reports of strikebreakers arriving at the principal points along the road be- tween Cincinnati and Chattanooga were received today No trouble has resulted so far
 The men are striving to have negro fire senger runs, while the railroad claims under the working agreement with the roads the negroes are eligible to promo ticn alongside the whites.
 Late yesterday Vice President Powell asked the federal mediators under the Erdman act to intervene in the dispute but so Nfar as could be learned here no response came to the message during the morning.
 That the strike may spread shortly to other lines was hinted at in union quarters today It was stated that other roads had been aiding the Gin cinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa cifc to move ,perishable freight and that unless this practice were stopped the union men on those lines would be called from their engines.
 H. Q. Feat, vice president of the Rroth erhood Of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, exhibited. reports indl- eating that except for this movement by outside roads not a freight train had left Danville, ky, up to noon. He acknowledged that the passenger trains of the road were moving on schedule, but stated the firemen on them were either negroes or employees of the com pany who had never before handled a sh ovel in an engine cab. Thus far the strike is effective oply between Cin- cinnati and Chattanooga. Tenn, and whether the men south of that point would be ordered out would depend upon developments, he said. He claim ed that 230 white firemen had obeyed the strike order.
 Lexington. Ky, March 1o.-Only pas senger trains were running through Kentucky today on the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad. Freight business was practically at a standstill and in Lexington no yard engines were operating.
 There were no reports of disturbances from any points south of here, the prog ress of the strike being marked by quiet efforts on the part of the union to persuade fremen to quit their posts and by recruiting campaigns of rail- road officials to seek to replace the strikers.
 A detail of police has been placed the railroad station here but there is no evidence of trouble.
 A special agricultural train which was being operated by the State uni versity abandoned it's trip at George town last night because of the strike of railroad firemen.
 Danville, Ky. March 10.--The strike situation on the Queen and Crescent route in Danville is quiet. Many fire- men are walking about the streets but the railway section of the town is al- most deserted.
 An occasional freight train passed with negro firemen and on each en- zine officers are riding.
 An unconfrmed report that negro fireman was fired upon in the noun tains this morning.
 Train Master c. M. Mitchell fred passenger No. out of Cincinnati this morning.
 About 100 strike breakers arrived here tonight and. will begin work. as the various trains arrive. No trouble is expected however