The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
Railways Over Country Lift
EmbargOes Today.
Santa Fe Leads OF With To-
peka Announcement.
NO STRIKE ON LABOR DAY
Officials Believe That Trouble
Is Postponed.
One by One the Reports Come
In From Over e. s.
topeka JOBBERS ARE RELIEVED
Commission Men Believe That
Relief Is in Sight.
Lid Is OF Big Strike Scare in
Topeka at Last.

The lid blew off of strike prospects
in the country today when practically
a railroads lifted their freight en-
bargoes. At 1890 O'Clock this morn
ing the Santa Fe, thru J. R. Koontz,
general freight agent, announced the
freight embargo on that road had been
C cmpletely revoked. effective at once.
The Union Pacific. few minutes lat
q, followed suit by lifting its en-
hargo. The Missouri Pacific ordered
it embargo revoked at o'clock this
morning. Following today's action by
the roads, traffic thru Topeka and
other parts of Kansas again started to
revert back to its normal routine. The
state was much relieved. The situa-
ton was getting where it began to
finch.
Embargoes have been lifted on
ether roads including:
The Texas railroad. the Missouri
Oklahoma & Gulf. the Frisco the
Southern Pacific the Denver Y Rio
Grande, the Oregon Short Line. the
New York Central. the Pennsylvania
arc the Erie & Lackawanna railroads.
Alton. the Illinois Central. the Chica-
go & Eastern Illinois, the Western Pa
cific and the Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroads revoked embargoes.
The Santa t'e's embargo was or
dered late Tuesday afternoon when an
order was issued against the road. ac-
cepting all perishable freight. Under
he original order the road accepted
dead freight subject to delay
Wednesday the order was modified
ri the road announce" it would ac-
Cept perishable freight hat could
reach destination by Friday afternoon
al o'clock.
Thursday there was another modi-
rication order under which the Santa
Re accepted all perishable freight, re-
tstrdless of destination. providing
shippers would assume all risk of loss
and delay and prepay charges, The
santa Fe embargo was effective ever
the entire system. Today's revocation
Of the order also affects the entire
system.
On Union Pacific.
W. l.. Bridges. agent for the Union
Pacific, received orders today from
Kansas City to accept all perisha BILE
freight and livestock as offered" The
Union Pacific embargo was issued a
few days ago and was against accept
ing these commodities for shipments
that could not reach destination be-
fore o'clock this morning Other
shipments were subject to delay. The
situation of shippers in Topeka and
other Kansas cities was much relieved
the result of the roads revokine
the embargoes- The amount of freight
awaiting shipment before the orders
were revoked was large.
On Missouri Pacific.
Fred Nipps. agent for the Missouri
Pacific. announced today that the EN-
barge on his road has been entirely
lifted. Orders to accept all shipments
regardless of destination were re
ceived from the general offices today
In accordance with the Missouri Pa
ciffc's action, other western railroad,
are modifying or raising embargoes
The Wells Fargo Express company:
lDcal offices here reported that its EN-
barge had not been raised this morn
ing.
Relief in Topeka.
Topeka jobbers and those in othei
kansas cities have lost thousands o
dollars because OF the embargoes i
IS estimated. Topeka jobbers wer,
forced to ship by express and it cos
them hundreds of dollars a day the,
say.
There was a slight modification il
the run on grocery stores today b,
persons attempting to lay in emer
gency supplies of foodstuffs. FRIDAY
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