Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — First Freight For a Week Came Thursday. [ARTICLE]

First Freight For a Week Came Thursday.

The freight handlers strike in Chicago has made itself felt all over the country contiguous to the Windy City. Practically no local freight has been received or would be accepted by the railroads for the past ten days, but Thursday p. m. a small lot of local freight from Chicago car of local freight from Chicago reached Rensselaer, the first received here for a week. The strike is helping out the express companies considerably, as many goods of lighter weight that otherwise would be shipped by freight are now sent by express.

The railroads say they have the strike well in hand with non-union freight handlers, but if they have they are evidently averse to taking any chances on riots and the destroying of property consigned to them for shipment by declining to accept anything for transportation. If the •trike keeps up Jong it will prove rery annoying to the public and soon cause considerable suffering.