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Our shoes equal custom work in style, easy fitting and. wearing qualities. We have them so_ld every- where at lower prices for the value given than any other make. Take no substitute If your dealer cannot supply you, we can. Sold by A. H. HOYT & SON. TO RENT. One desirable suit e 01. ‘apartments 1n “James Block. " also desirable apartments on first floor on Cross street. 19-tf J GEN LOCKWOOD. Trustee. J. D. Jennings. 'U ndertakor. 4 KNIGHT STBEE '1'. .oaposit-e HorseRailroad Donut . Night Be“ at Office NOIIQE! City Taxes. Notice 15 hereby given to all persons liable to pay taxes to the City of Norwalk. in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut that the undersigned Collector of taxes for- said City on the list of 1894, has receivé'd a warrant from the Mayor for the collection of the tax laid by said City, March 5th. 1894, on the ratable estate liable to taxation therein; THAT SAID TAX IS NOW DUE, And that he will be present at the council rooms in the Fairfield County National Bank Building. EVERY WEEK-DAY EVENING from 7 to 9 o clocs, from the date hereof. until August ist,1894. Also, that upon all of said taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of August, 1894,1n- terest at the rate of nine (9) per cent. per an- num will be charged from the first day of July, 1891. until the same is paid. Dated at Norwalk, the 2nd day of July, 1894 ADDISONT A. BETTS, Collector of City Taxes on the List of 1894. . Genuine Saratoga water“ 1 blosktiu - lined barrels direct from the cmebra- ted spring is for ‘sale on draught by JAMES EADDEN, at the come of - Wall and River streets. THE WATER is brought direct from Saratoga and is dispensed 'in precisely the same condition in which it flows from tn spring at Saratoga and is sold at 5 cts oer 211138. a ‘ their sc1 7T(e here W hEKLl 101 3111111 1117. The Great Strike of Railway Employees Still In Progress. RAILROADS‘ RESUMING WORK A Very Greatly improved Condition I Generally ls Reported. BIG IIEETIXG SATURDAY NIGHT. St. Louis Workingmcn Will Thane cide Whether to Strike. The Blockade Is Thoroughly Broken at Many Points, and at Most Places Trains Arc Running \Vlth s. Reasonable Degree of Regularity—Sovereign’s Order Has Been Prnctlcally Ignored So Far—A Small Strike Inaugurated at the Chicago Stockyards, but Worhmen Stood Ready to Take the Places of Those \Vho Quit. .The Conference of the Federation of La. bar and other Leaders—No Truth In Re- port of Strike on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. CHICAGO, July 13.—Expert butchers at the stockyards left their 'work this morn. ing in accordance with the plan for a gen- eral strike. They numbe; about 30 and are employed by Armour, Swift and Morris: Their action will interfere seriously with work at the packing houses The strikers tried to interfere with the nonunion men who took their places, and a. large crowd gathered around Morris’ building and threatened violence. Police and militia were sent to the scene and prevented trouble. The butchers are ex- port workmen, and their places will be difficult to fill. An attempt is being made to supply enough men to continue killing. The stockyards strike spread during the morning to about 800 men. The movement is not concerted, and in many departments the strike was not felt, while in others no one was" at work. Slaughtering was being done at all the houses, and the packers said the strike would amount only to a temporary inconvenience. Guards sur- rounded all the packing houses, but no evidences of violence were seen. Sift, Armour and Morris are buying all of the live stock offered and killing and shipping it as fast as possible. For every butcher on strike two stand asking em- ployment. There is no trouble whatever, and the men at work say there will be none. Switchmen‘s Places to Be Filled. The Stockyards Switching association posted notices today that all old employ- ees who reported for work tomorrow morn- ing would be reinstated, but that the places of those who did not return would be filled by strangers." The conference called for today by, Samuel ,Gompers, head of the National Federation of Labor, has been looked for- ward to as most important and as likely to determine in large measure the out- come of the present strike. reported from the Briggs House that the meeting was to be held at 9 o’clock, but that at 10 c’clock‘not more than three or four of those to participate had arrived. The meeting, it was announced, would be secret, and nothing would likely be known of its result for some time. “We are all in sympathy with the Debs strike,” said Mr. Gompers, “and we shall try to do something to bring order out of chaos. What that will be I do not know. We have ample power“ to order a general strike, but whether it will be done or not I cannot say. ” Another prominent leader said they pro- posed to issue an appeal to the public to cease patronizing Pullman cars The bakers in Heissler & Junge’s shop at Thirty-ninth street struck this morn- ing. There are about 200 employed in the shop. Regular Troops Like It. Affairs at General Miles’ headquarters have about reached their normal state again, the greater part of the excitement attendant upon the strike and the arrival of troops having subsided. The experience of many of the officers, especially from the western forts, is in the nature of a. summer outing. Many of them are being entprtained at the down town clubs, and s, on the whole, rather pleasant than otherwise. The Chicago, Iroquois, Union League, Chicago Athletic and other clubs have extended their privi- leges, and nearly all the officers are taking advantage of them The rumor that Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway men decided last night to strike is emphatically denied, by officials of the road. General Manager Earling stated today that the men who ’ had been on strike have returned to work, and that the road is running its trains without interference. The managers of the lestcrn Union Telegraph company, the Postal Tirlegl'llph and Cable company and the N 01-111 :‘vuicl" ican Telegraph company have 114151) sub- pcpnaql at C‘s‘icago, lliilwaxkccand Vari— Eilfl foon mfav our CNl'l'book “Tl-IE OARSE UBAND FIEDINO OF INFANTSS " mailed Fm fl , modulus you BFR-OOODALIE 00.. 36810 o'u sass. '. pets, presi. lent of They were - employed as meat cutters, roustabouts and general laborers. A press man ' ,aid the issue, but would injure labor by . so that a large force can. be concentrated .rioting might occur, but he does not an- . Elfine, “(r-1" _ Nil is In? one other muss to appear and produce the l telegraphic correspondence Of Pi'ésident Debs and other parties interested and con- nected with the Pullman boycott and strike. Lieutenant Schhffner of the Illinois naval militia was today notified that two one pound rapid firing hotchkiss guns, with field carriages and ammunition, - had beeushipped him1 from Washington. The naval militia is doing strike duty along the water front and in the harbor and the southern section of the city. Here- tofore the organization has not been fully equipped. It was stated this morning by labor lenders in the confidence of Samuel Gom- the American Federa- tion of Labbr, that today’s conference in Chicago h..d not for its purpose an exten- sion of the stiilm. but to devise ways and means to settle the present troubles. The leadei‘s refused to dismosc their plans, but they appeared to be confident that mat- ters would soon be adjusted peaceably. They would not say that no more labor unions would be called out, but did not object to that inference. Claims'of Railroad Managers. The General Managers’ association has decided to discontinue its information bureau tomorrow, alleging that the strike troubles are now practically over. The general managers say the railroads are now practically in their usual operation and have no further need of the assistance which the bureau has been giving them. _ The Federation executive committee, five membersof Which were in secret ses- sion,all morning, at 11 o’clock convened With a large number of officials, represent- atives of labor unions, at the Briggs House. Among the national labor orgrlni- zations represented were the printers, cigar makers, pain .ters and decorators, car- penters, brewers, trainmen, miners, fire men, Building Trades council, bakers, tailors, iron and steel workers, musicians, machine wood workers and seamen, said to represent in all about 600,000 men. The meeting was presided over by President Gompers, and‘the strike from the time of its conception fully investigated. Particu- lar attention was paid to the Pullman strike, and reports were heard fom the va. rious local organizations which have al- ready decided to strike. It was generally believed by those present that no decision as to the action of the Federation of Labor would be reached before tomorrow. Noi- ther President Debs nor General Master Workman Sovereign was present at the morning session, although it was an- nounced that Debs‘ would be called to the conference before its close. ' K. of 1.. Not Favored. Theresecmed to be a desire on the part of many of those present to give Mr. Sov- ereign no invitation to attend the con- ference, althou h it.wns stated by a mem- ber of the se eration . executive counci that Mr. Sovereign might be called on I some time during the meeting. It was apparent that the Knights of Labor were not looked upon with favor, and the indi- cations were that a. ruction between that order and the federation might be de- velOped at the present conference. All delegates, however, absolutely refused to discuss the probability of such a result. Messrs. Sovereign, Lindholm, Adams and Fitzgerald called upon Mayor Hopkins this morning and conferred with him for about an hour. Their object was to call to the attention of the mayor the provi- siOns of the O’Neill law of 1888, under which it is thought the president may compel George M. Pullman to arbitrate his differences with his employees. Mayor IzIOpkins promised the committee- he would call the matter to the attention of CO'r-"~ poration Counsel Rubens and. also speak- of it to Governor Altgeld, who is in the city today. Strike Foreshndowed at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 13.—Tho trades and la- bor union, composed of the organized labor bodies in this city, at a meeting adopted a series of resolutions which seem to pOrtend a general strike of labor organizations in St. Louis Sympathy with the railroad strikers is expressed, and a meeting of delegates from all the labor organizations in the city is called for no ext Saturday evening, at which time the advisability of a general strike in support of the American Railway union will be voted upon. With the railroads handling all traffic ofierinIg with their usual promptness in- terest in the strike here, so far as it may have been a railroad strike, has almost disappeared. All trains. both passenger and freight, are running without [inter- ruption and are handlingeasily all traffic to be bad, though it must be confessed that business‘ls as yet far below the nor mal. The action of the trades and labor unions is now the center of attention. ' Saturday night is the time set for. decision by the trades and labor unions and by the Building Trades council. It will then be determined whether the 45, 000 Or more members of labor organizations in this city will strike in aid of thePuliman boy< cott. Until then there is likely to be lit- tle change in the situation. Denver View of Sovereign‘s Order. DENVER, July 13.—J. N. Corbin, district secretary Knights of Labor. said concern- ing Sovereign’s address: "The so called order is merely a request and can have no efiect in the west. 711: seems to have been written undertho in- fluence of the labor atmosphere at'Chi- 'oago. For the west to strike would bet affecting the position it has obtaiiied through years of effort. Labor advances by evolutionary, not by} revolutionary, moves; by actual, not by physical, force. The true 'leader of labor now is the one * who seeks to keep reason throned, who tries .to keep the masses from striking. A' great storm is on the country. The true labor captain will try to‘ steer his ship through it with the least trouble. The K. of L. in the west Will be influenced by nothing else. The wisdom of their course. will be seen when the storm is over. Let labor ever look and think before it jump s. ” All the railroads entering Denver were in full operation today as before the strike, except the Union Pacific and Rock Island. The Union Pacific sends only one passen- ger train a day West on account of the crippled condition of the Southern Pacific. Rock Island officials announce that a train from Chicago is on the road, and to- morrow night the return trip Will begin. General McCook has located his troops in less than 24 hours at any point where ticipate any further trouble on account of the strike. , Another Injunction Against Debs. CINCINNATI, July 13.—Another omni- busbill and restraining order was issued against E. V. Debs and others by Judge Taft of the United States circuit court to- day, similar to that filed here July 4. The persons enjoined are E; V. Debs,'George W. Howard, L. W. Rogers, Sylvester Koliher, John Hotchklns, A. Pazybok, B. James Harman, John Lnstcm William Smith. Edward 'O'Neil. I brook. I AL K Char-1.. s Nayler, Jph'n Dufl‘y,‘ William Mc- I uken, n2. Sl- cllx, Fred IKotchum, Jehn \l'.Doylc,l.-1.M. Steele, Muck Roberts, L. D. Lindslcy, Frank Cross and all con- spi 'rlng with them. It covers the Pitts- bur", Cincinnati, Chicago aid St. Louis, the Columbus, Hocking \'a.lley_and Tole- do, the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, the Columbus, Akron and Cleveland, the New York, Lake Erie and Western, the New York. Pcnnsylv 111113 and Ohio, thc‘Ncrfolk and‘listcrn, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, the Cincinnati, Ham- ilton and Dayton, the Wheeling and Lake Erie. It was done at the solicitation of Swayne, Swayne and Hayes of Toledo, general counsel of the W healing and Lake Erie railroad. Everything Going at Toledo. TOLEDO, July 13.—The situation here is decidedly improved. All the trunk line roads are moving through freight without interruption. Some are getting out local freight irregularly, but the Lake Shore has a full complement of nonunion men and is moving all freights without diffi- culty and has cleared out all accumula- tion of cars in its yards. The Wheeling and Lake Erie is at a. standstill, having discharged its men. and as yet has made no move‘to resume freight business. ‘Th‘em has been not the slightest interruption to passenger traffic for several days, and it is believed that there will be no more serious trouble here. The Michigan Central yard men, who Were expected to strike this morning, de- cided not to do so and are all at work. The eight yard men of the Clover Leaf who Went out yesterday morning were no- tified last night to report for duty this morning or their places would be filled by outsiders. This morning two went to work, and the others are expected to fol~ low. That road sent out two freights and expects no further trouble. Lewis Potts, one of the new Lake Shore switchmen, was running a. pony engine in the yards at noon. He was fired on by some unknown person from behind some empty freight cars. Five shots were fired, one grazing his neck but not wounding him. The assailant escaped. No Strike at Jersey City.‘ JERSEY CITY, July 13.—The executive board of District assembly 197, K. of L., were in secret session until a late hour, and after a heated discussion it was decid- ed. not to order the local men out in re“ spouse to Grand Master Workman Sover- eign’s appeal. Resolutions were passed denouncing President Cleveland for order- ing out the government troops, and tbs arrest of Debs was condemned. A resolu- tion of sympathy for the strikers in the west was adopted. The local assemblies will indorse the action of the executive board.‘ All Over at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, July 13.—As far as Cleve- land is concerned the great railroad strike is at an end. All the striking employees of the Big Four returned to work this morning. The city yards of the Lake Shore were fairly manned; the Erie was opened up fully yesterday; the Nickel Plate Was handling everything in sight and running through trains to Chicago. There has been no strike at Collinwood, and the other roads are in pretty good shape to do business. The strikers had a meeting and parade participated in by 200 men. Utah Train Carries Regulars—Whore? OGDEN, U. T., July 13.—A train has left for the west on the Southern Pacific road bearing four companies of the Six- teenth infantry. How far the train is ex- pected to go is’ not known. Mail and pas- senger trains were sent out this morning. It is believed that one company of soldiers is to be stationed at Truckee, one at Wads- worth, one at Reno and one at Carlin un- til the present trouble is settled. The four companies of the Sixteenth regiment that went west are under command of Colonel Poland of the Seventeenth regiment. Will Not Produce Telegrams. TRINIDAD, Colo, July 13. ——Charles E. Randall, manager of the Postal Telegraph company's local office, acting under in- structions from headquarters, has ignored a summons to produce in the United States court at Denver files of all messages received or sent pertaining to the strike. He has been instructed not to go to Den- ver unless arrested and not to produce the messages no matter what comes. Debs Imy‘lored Them to Hold Out. LITTLE ROCK, July 13.—Some 75 strik- ers who had agreed to go to work changed their minds during the night, having re- ceived a message from Debs imploring them to stand firm. There were gather- ings of strikers and ’others in the yards, but after a couple of arrests were made. there was no interference with trains. , Bufl‘alo Trains on Time. BUFFALO, July 13.—There was less likelihood of a strike here today than at any time since the Pullman trouble be- gan. Railroad men, outside the 'A. R. U. looked upon the strike in the west as prac- tically broken. Trains are now running on schedule time on all the roads. \ew Men For the Places. TERRE HAU TE, July 13. —There were but a. handful of Knights of Labor here, and of these only a few quit work. Sov- ereign’ 5 order had no effect. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Big Four and the Evansville and Terre Haute are filling strikers' places with new men. Tleup on the Ohio Central.’ FOSTORIA, 0., July 13.—The switch- mcn, fircmcn, engineers, brakemen and Operators of the Toledo and Ohio Central road here Went out, and the freight traffic road was tied up. There was not a train moving today except the passenger trains. ‘ gust wmter 2211' one 'or me little hill- side shrines near San Remo the Madon- na. was observed to be weeping. This was not seen by one, but by many, as great crowds collected and watched the slowly dripping tears. The people were puzzled, bewildered, frightened. And so .they called together the wisest men to find out the cause. After several days of deliberation and examination. they announced the cause of the Madonna’s tears There was a hole in the top of her head. The rain had entered and fill- ed the cavity, and in time worked its way through the eyes, the pupils Of which presented the thinnest portion of marble to work through. —Ro.me Letter. Old Leather. The thrift 31d economy of French methods have found a use for old leath- er. This heretofore almost useless arti- cle is put into vats, boiled, and being subjected to hydraulic pressure yields a greasy liquid that, after treatment with sulphuric acid, is run 03 into barrels to cool. After passing through various purifying processes it is fit for the uses to which low grades of oil are put.— 1 . .ning, the elevated roads carried the usual . glneers, held a conference today with fore Saturday night. ‘West Side bakcshops. containing 800 mem- Highest of all in ILéavening Power.-—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Baki 11g Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE ' . STRIKE STILL UN. The Condition as Reported From Every Part of the Country. VERY FEW QUIT IN CHICAGO. No General Stbppage Has Occurred So For In the Windy City. 0 SEVERAL MEAT TRAINS MOVED. I i All In All, the Condition May Be Sold to Have Greatly Improved. Trains Are Now Moving In Many Places Whore Absolute Tleups Previously Ex- lsted—Many Railroad Employees Bav'e Returned to “fork—General Master Sov- ereign Says He Is Perfectly Satisfied With the Result of His Order—All Trains Mov- ing Regularly In Colorado—The House “'111 Now Investigate the Causes Leading Up to the Big Strike—Olney’s Imps-Tel». m... wm Be Asked For—Labor Leaders In Washington. CHICAGO, July 12.—Switch engines were puffing around the yards today, sev. eral meat trains were sent out, and busi- ness was in a fair way to be resumed on the usual footing. The Lake Shore com- pany had an engine at work, and a switch train on the Wabash was running under command of Master Mechanic Jamieson, Superintendent Merrill and Trainmaster Balou. The yards switching company had three engines at work clearing bway the wreckage that-hasblocked the tracks. Po- lio" and militia guarded the trains, but no violence was oflered. The general strike which was to have been inaugurated last night to force arbi- tration of the Pullman strike failed to materialize today. Throughout the city this morning there was little evidence of the business paralysis which has been so confidently predicted by labor leaders. Every street our line in the city was run- number of trains, and the early morning crowds of workingmen on the way to their shops and benches seemed undimin- lshed. Of allthe trades which had throat- ened a strike, the seamen, the cigar mak- ers and the carpenters were the only unions which signified their intention of stopping work today. Reports from these trades were anxiously awaited, but their action one way or another was regarded as only a drop in the bucket} Meat Trains Started. Morris received 42 cars of cattle over the Burlington and three over the Santa Fe. Two meat trains were started from the yards. Their departure was not hindered. Last night 200 yards employees refused to load a meat train, and the work was done by new men. This morning the strikers told Superintendent Ashley that they did not intend to quit work permanently and asked to be reinstated. Their request was refused. ‘ R. B. Youngson of Cleveland, assistant to Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of En- Presidcnt Thomas of the Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Line road at Mr. Thomas’ office in the Dcarborn station. A committee of engineers and firemen of the road was present. The object of the conference ’Was to make arrangements re- garding the running of trains during the present trouble. The engineers and fire- men of the Belt Line are all said to be loyal to the company and willing to co- operate with it in raising the blockade. Mr. Youngson said all the engineers of the brotherhood will stick to their engines and not one Will leave his post to help the Debs movement. There was a rumor about this morning that Mayer Hopkins would issue a procla- mation closing all the saloons of the city. Asked as to the truth of the rumor, the mayor said, "That matter has been under consideration, and such a. proclamation may be issued, but I do not think it will be immediately.” ' The Cleveland Report Denied. The story from Cleveland that Grand . Master W orkman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor had wired his men at that place not to strike is emphatically denied by labor leadoi's here. Secretary Simpson of the local union of the K. of L. said today that Mr. Sovereign had been privately in- formed of the Cleveland message. “That telegram was a. forgery, ” said Secretary Simpson, “and. Mr. Sovereign has alréady forwarded a denial to Cleveland. There has been no countermand of last night’s order.” I The stockyards officials reported a quiet day at the yards. Shipments were made of 136 cattle and 1,159 hogs without trou- ble, and a. large number of cars are ex— pected in. The president of the Building Trades council says his order- numbers 26, 000 members, and they will all quit work be- Today there was no evidence that any of them had struck. The Seamen’s union claim a member- ship of 10,000, and all have been ordercd to strike. There was no evidence that any considerable number had obeyed the order. The German Bakers’ union No.2 ,in 50 hers, met this morning and decided to go out. The journeymcn horseshoers this morn- ing decided to postpOne action in the strike until tomorrow morning. ‘ NO Arbitration Probable. Mayor Pingrce lcft Detroit to try to force the Pullman companyto arbitrate. The Pullman peOp!c report that they have not seen him, and that the situation is I likely to ro‘mziin unchanged. After an cxlmustlvs investigation, coy- sting practically every field Of- labor, the Chicago nvenmg Post finds that 1,700 cigarmakers have struck, and that 800 German bakers had decided to go out to- »night. All other lines of industry seem to be going on as usual. Lindholm, master ' workman of the Knights of Labor, claims that there are 10,000 Knights of Labor in this county. Sovereign Is Satisfied. _ Referring to the threatened strike of the K. of I... General Master Workman Sover- eign said he was iby no means disappéint- ed; that it was too early yet to say what the action of the unions would be. He do- clared he did not expect there would be any perceptible change in the situation to. day. If the order lesueui by himself weie in effect by Saturday night, he would be satisfied. The first trouble resulting from the call- ing out of all labor organizations occurred at the freightbouses of the Burlington road. A telephone messagewas sent to the Max- well Street police station by a. representa- tive of Marshall Field 8:. 00., which stated ‘ that their teamsters were being intimidat— ' ed by the strikers. Lieutenant Mahcncy sent five oflicers to t‘ 19. freighthouses and drove the crowd of stri' crs aviay. All Trains Running In Colorado. DENVER, July 12.—All the Colorado railroads are now-running all trains regu- . larly, and the A. R. U. members in this city and at other pOints will probably find when they apply for the work that their services are not wanted. The working- men in this city.are not inclined to join in a sympathy strike 011 behalf of the Pull- man employecs, and the A. R. U. has concluded that such a. move would do no good. The unions connected with the " Denver trades and, labor assemblies belong to the American Federation of Labor. Rhody Kenahnn, president of the assem— bly, said today he did not anticipate Pres- ident Gompers would call out the organ- ized_labor;'ofIthis'city, .but if he should the order would be obeyed. There are com- putatively few Knights of Labor here, their strongest organization being the as- sembly composed of Union Pacific shop- men. As the Union Pacific federated board has decided against a strike on that system, the members of this assembly are unwilling to go out. Improved Condition at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, July l2.—The strike on the .Big Four ’15 practically at an end. The firemen were the first to notify the company of their willingness to return, and they were promptly followed by the road brakemen. Within a day, it is thought, every road leading into the city will have resumed freight traffic with a full force. General Passenger Agent H01" nor of the Nickel Plate says the strike is over so far as his road is concerned, and that passenger trains with Pullman cars attached will be started out of Chicago at once. The Lake Shore, Pennsylvania, Balti more and Ohio and the several other roads - made much better progress in switching cars today, and all are getting out freight trains. A mass meeting of all striking railroad men has been called, and it is reported that either Debs or Rogers will be here‘ from Chicago to take part in the delibcra tions: . No Strike In Buffalo. BUFFALO, July 12. —Whatever may have been the action taken bythe local as- sembly Knights of Labor last night it was not Of a nature that induces boastfulncss. No Knight is heard bragging that the strike locally will amount to much or that there will be any strike at all. The organization is not numerically strong here. A few years ago it had a member- ship of several thousand, but now it has dwindled to about 1,600 or 1, 700. The dis- trict assembly will hold'ancther meeting. ‘ Master Workman Williams says, “If we strike at all, it will not be before the end . of the week.,”. Thelocal labor loaders ex- press no sanguine expectations for a f.-- vorable outcome of the present strike and have rather frowned on it from the start. —— 1 Improvement at St. Louis. T ST. LOUIS, July 12.—The railroad situ- ation here showed decided improvement today. and the reports of .the __t:‘ra.1_‘lic han- dled by the various roads indicate a decid- ed increase in the number of loaded cars handled. The percentage of increase is running from 20 to 30 per cent on each road. The Big Four is having the most serious trouble, 3 result of its lack of fires men. This, however, is be: 11g Iemedicd rapidly. The Louisville and Nashville and Mobile and Ohio, whit:- «ring to trouble with road crews, have MW“). be- hind the other roads, are now coming to the front with a good increase in traffic, including. a resumption of the regular freight service. All the other roads are handling promptly all freight offered. All Nickel Plato Trains Running. TOLEDO, 0., July 12.—As a result of a union meeting of themembers of all rail-. way orders at Beilevue last night, all the Nickel Plate men reported for work today, andtrains 'are' running without interrup- tion. J. F. Moore, general yard master‘of the Lake Shore at Air Line Junction. this morning found a White Cap notice tacked to his front door, notifying him that if he switched any more cars or did any more switohman’s duty in the yards he would - be “roped” forthwith. He has been doing switchmen’s work all day, however. Nashville Strikers Return. NASHVILLE, July 12. —All strikers on the Nashville, Chattanooga land StuLouis‘ railway, with the exception of some of the switchmen, returned to work today. The places of most of the switchmen had al- ready been filled. The Nashville, Chat- innings and St. LOuls railway sent out its regular freight trains, and six were sent out by the L. and N. railroad. All passen-' g‘er trains arrived and departed on time. «500” Switchmcn Strike. MINNEAPOLIS, July 12.—The switchmen of the “Soo” road in this city to the num. ber of about 40 struck today. Their gnev. ance ‘ls that they were required to switch cars from boycotted roads. This is the first trouble the Soo has had, as it owns lts'own sleepers. Thus for the strike has not had serious eflect on 800 train service other than -to delay it considerably; ' 1' Read the Guam.
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