Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1919 — RAILROAD STRIKE BULLETINS. [ARTICLE]

RAILROAD STRIKE BULLETINS.

Huntington, W. Ve., Aug. 6. E. L. Block, division, superintendent of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad officially announced tonight that beginning tomorrow, all passenger as well as freight traffic on toe Chesapeake and Ohio, west of Clifton Forge, would be discontinued. All coal traffic on the road was discontinued tons afternoon and an embargo on all ©lasses of freight was proclaimed. The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad hauls on an average of 125,000 tons of coal daily. , Suspension of service to the mines automatically will stop production and throw thousands of miners out xrf Work. Passenger train® were stopped in local yards tonight. —o— Columbus, 0., Aug. 6.—The Pennsylvania railroad tonight declared an embargo on all freight except foods and perishable goods entering or leaving Columbus, it was announced by I. W. Greer, general superintendent. Union officials announced tonight that they would agree to repair engines hauling mail, foods and perishable goods. All shopmen, except toe wrecking crew of the Pennsylvania shops here walked out today. —o —