The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-10
LITTLE CHANGE IN A.,B. &A. RAILROAD
 STRIKE SITUATION
Passenger Train Is Run to Line vile and Back-Freight Re- ported on Way From
 Manchester

Outside of the operation of pas senger train between Birmingham and Lineville and unconfirmed report of freight train moving from Man chester toward Lineville, no change in the walkout on the Atlanta, Bir- mingham and Atlantic railroad oc- cured yesterday.
 The train to Lineyiile left at GAS a. m., arrived there at 11;O5 o'clock; left Line vile at 12 10 o'clock and arrived in Bir- mingham at 4:l2 o'clock. It was a prac- tcally on time run.
 A. II. Woodward, chairman of the board of the Woodward Iron company was again at the engine throttle with C. R. Watkins as conductor MT. Watkins has been with the road since it began operation IS years ago and declined to join the walkout. Other members of the crew were officials of the road and em- ployes of the Woodward Iron company.
 Early last night the office of Supt. V. E. Whitaker reported prospect of re. suming freight service in the immediate future. It was stated that the officials expected passenger service to improve from day to dny. At that time it was intended to operate the passenger train to Lineville again today but a full crew had not been obtained in the early part of the evening, hence operation of the train was held uncertain
 TRAIN UNCONFIRMED
 Officials here, owing to wire difficult ties, were unable to communicate with Manchester and could not confirm the report of a freight train operating be- tween that point and Lineville,
 Great inconvenience is reported ir towns along the route of the A., B. and A Lumber mills are reported as having closed down and cattle shipments that were to have been made are held up. Plans were forming to drive cattle through the country to the points on other roads.
 Ashland citizens adopted resolutions calling for law enforcement and protec- ton of property.
 Citizens of Triton. Ga, adopted resolu- tions declaring that the road could not continue to serve the public and pay the wages demanded.
 The resolutions also declare that con- ditions permit the employees to live de- gently on the wages offered by the road and that Triton will stand by the road in | it's position, whatever sacrifices may be required to withstand both the pres | ent strike and the threatened strike in the southeast"
 Telegraph service along the route of l the A., B. & A. is in a bad condition. | The Western Union accepts telegrams with notice that they may be delayed | indefinitely. This trouble is due to the participation of railroad telegraphers in the strike.
 TEMPORARY MAIL SERVICE ]. w. Streit assistant chief clerk of the railway mail service, and Leander Poole, chief clerk, have been hard at work establishing temporary rural post offices along the route of the road Twenty sacks of mail left Birmingham on the train yesterday morng and g more were taken on at Lineville. N H. Evans, engineer in charge of the Bencor hotel. He said last night thai strong and that there had been no de factions Conductor Watkins was no; counted on by the other men.
 MT. Evans has asked for the presence of some of the international officers, but none has come yet.
 Numbers of men are at Mir, Evans rooms almost every hour of the day con
 sdlting with him. # Neither MT. Evans nor Superintendent
 Whitaker heard a word from Atlants } with regard to mediation during tho
 day.