Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-03-03
Clinton.

ufeN, ~ ,,,n,mi-son The few that did repor,
s'o s h,,l pen dtd nothing but hide away.
N Wv AZ. wing lead all along the line" Pas
rain. wrre showed In. The heating equip
ehs' go ,,,tns has not been In operation and a.
result ,ng"ts nav" suffered from the cold
- ar ,n,lrd Illinois Central trains
ss n,n. 1872 got stuck On the East Washington
:. -, r,oss.ns ms morning about $40 with not
s", .,h,os. ant II brtN SfTrp s~<$eat deal
ever mai n Nas alb, 10 eNtricat. itself
-. ~ Wa sent out 10 the vicinity III
hhtr - ms 10 break the way for the passen-
"e'.e.,, rom thr tast This engine got stuck In
s.,,f, about u'cloek this morning aud tei"ph"ned
or a.sl-tam' which was furnished by engin"
u. re,rg. of Engineer william Grove The
,m,l. sticking of door on the mall car attached
s"r sos DELAYED the train In the city Tor
ri minutes TINS train cam" IN nearer ON time
nm any uiher train in the city II was dn" IN
c..,op Mt , - IN. but was couple OF hour
~ rngin, - WIS used to ,Vuhi" head tn"
~ 10 srrn.fI,ld and further q necessary. En-
us ,e1o constituted the regular force on tn"
~ md but thus combination proved too light
heen . en-. ,f hu,king tn. DRIFTS and additions Al
.... Va ADDED The regular local train out OF
S, .,y hound Tor springfield left the l. G. station
sou, on TIM and reached the light plant Ia this
.h.n th,A were annulled BY Supt q. T.. Pat
larson This crew was then transferred to train
~ "a, with orders Ia assist the regular crew IA
Getting the train through to Springfield
sTns Diamond Specials were "A couple OF hours
,.,. and met IN clinton Tn, one from the north
:. an, here at as a m, but arrived at 40 a M
- an. from the south Is due at : 90 n.
r,y, engines pulled the Illinois Central Daylight
s,.c,sl" out Of "A drift at Diyrrnon Passengers
~ a,h,r trains were housed by farmers
IN. peoria Decatur lin. had It's fun share OF the
...ahl. Tht,c freight trains wer" stalled ON that
Hss and ~urd was received from them for l.
T,a,n No i2s which Is due into Clinton at Z os
4, IN. morning, made the trip as Tar as Maros
-ssn it, supply IL coal gave out and II waited
r.. for assistance. Engine 1877 WAS sent
70 meet 1t aud stuck fast In snow drift south OF
"A. CITY Just soah OF tn. line that goes To cham
.nisn Con. = iIolt walked back To the station
snS told Of the rlgh, into which the enAine had
f.Il.n Engin, 80 sent out to render assist
.n.. hu, In tuth got stuck. Engine isi with a
ftnftt men
assistance and il got baled w before II reached
the scene Of astt"n
a. early as last evening the trains b"san "a limp
IN lat. Tram Ic:. In charg. of Conductor a. X
NoGieani. d." III clinton at 80 last eAenln-
arrived about hours late.
Train i:s which is at Msroa and out Of coal
had not been we'd this afternoon at o'clock
Th. morning engine 49, left Clinton with thu
intention Of giving assistance. but got fast In "a
arift lust south of this city. Later engine i3s was
,,nt Out TO assist cngin. 1917 but got fast In u
ir,f, within length of the "ngtn. u had gone
10 rescue Engine III Was sent after both ~ Them
but gave up the trip aud managed 10 Sc, back
10 the city About O'Clock engines 1859. 2ts AMI
?,s went To the assistant. of the unucky ONES,
hut after getting In sight OF them the manage
m.nt decided that eabl. would b" necessary 10
siy. the desired assistance. Engine :'s was sent
hack 10 the r"undhouse for a cable. but at
O'Clock the force was stiii working 10 relieve the
I've engines fast In the drif.
The Champaign Havana train rom tn. ives, did
~ venture far from tn. home base and conse-
suss,Iy was relieved of the pleasures OF being
49, bound The from the east was not so
eBlsnste as II lett Champaign. but got stuck in
IN few miles out of the city. relief exped,-
~ after II and took II back to Cham
fssin l3?. known IN. Waterloo Day Espress
watch 10 due To leave Clinton at sac a. m. left
Nh city about half hour late and at o'clock
shs afternoon had got as far north a. RAndonh
. listanc. OF n miles.
The Illinois Central searched all surrounding
tsvns for scabs to help out during the snow storm
O. Wednesday the Illinois Central agent went to
the chief Of police In Decatur. III. and asked him
slept In the city rest rooms were offered sAse
cay n they would 20 to Clinton to work for the
Wtaoip Central, They said they wanted work but
lid aci want 10 20 scabbipg, and not san OF the
- would 20 TO work for the company. several
car iosds Of "ysss' wsr. finally procured Ia chit
easo And were initiated into the work OF shoVelins
snov
The following shows conditions out OF Clinton
three Gays after the snow storm
Conditions are Improving slowly on the Spring
nsid division Of the Illinois Central and today the
uans On the St Louis-chieAxo line are running
though they not on schedule time. The DiA-
mond Special from the south arrived In clinton
about t3s this morning and the from the
aorth arrived at 3i0 or about rs minutes late
Train ses. better known as the fast mail arrived
late
The Clinton district 10 stin having its troubles
Engine ISL which was fast In = twelve foot drift
q south Clinton. was released about IL o'clock last
hent. after force of arrived on the scene
saa sho'eied the snow from around IT, This morn.
Mg snor pillow WAS set 10 work with two big
0eines On the south end and much progress was
LIE In clearing the track until the train reached
N1u when crossing plank got tangled up
Nth the pillow and threw II off the track.
y wreeker was sent out Ia relieve the situation
tseSraeh was cleared In q short time and the work
Wssking the way on the south end Is about
sopeted Train l0l which 10 scheduled TO leave
- Al s's In the morning left about o'clock
- psoeeedei slowly. following the wrecker to
NysS and thin felt its south. 1t Varied
s1oeasers that have been saow bound In Clinton
re- the past two day.
rns main line north of Clinton IL open as far
ssh ~ Boomin gton. hut at 10 o'clock this morn
through
ne Champai gn- Havana line L. tied up complete
y. NO trains were over this line ON Mon
~ ana no attempt has been made to open the
- up until noon today. All efforts being
/ -oenrai.d On the Clinton centralis line and as
u 49, ~ this Is opened the flying squadron will be
'.ssea loose IN the Champaign Havana line.
e1ht men and who stranded