Show NEWS NEW HAVEN march is the great snow storm has severed all connections between connecticut and the metropolis not a train is moving on any railroad throughout the state an and d telegraphic connection la is entire entirely cut off reports are coming in of t terrible e r elble r suffering throughout the state and especially on the coast MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST by accident and exposure to the storm the steamer new haven with 25 passengers pa on board was beached during the gale on the west shore the crew and passengers were safely I 1 landed but the sufferings of ue party began after reaching the shore the party was completely prostrated before reaching a farmhouse ten of them had bad their hands frozen so badly that amputation became necessary CHICAGO march 15 over rain balsters will go on a strike today un UH less the wages are raised 37 cents or an increase of 10 per cent FORT montana march 15 the ice in the missouri river is rapidly breaking up and a general flood is already in progress the manitoba brid bridge e on the Te toDis gone the water in me the three rivers is rising at a rate never before known and all the trains on the western division of the manitoba have been abandoned washington march 15 the weather is eilif mild and spring like the effects of the storm are rapidly disappearing p e argan and d wi will soon probably be entirely t I 1 r ely ove overcome r e 0 e good progress has been bee in made de I 1 in repairing the wires mail communication between washington and philadelphia is now ully fully f established but alt all efforts to reach new york either by mail or wire thus tar far are futile LONDON march 15 the war office has ordered the principal military garrisons at home and abroad to place piece their flags at half mast tomorrow and to fire 91 minute guns at noon doon as a mark of respect for the late emperor william the naval stations have received similar instructions KANSAS CITY march 15 the engineers and firemen on the vast system of the atchison topeka santa ft fo company went out on a strike at 4 this afternoon the strike created intense excitement and surprise for the reason that the road has not been hauling burlin burlington tn freight t anat the strike has been order ordered frealy by some one in authority there is no doubt but here the men profess to be ignorant of the issuing of any such orders and say they have quit because they are tired the first indication of trouble was at half past 4 this afternoon when the osage oily city express was scheduled to depart conductor murray gave the order to start when ED engineer eer higgins quietly stepped from the cab b and refused to pull out at the same time that higgins left his engine at the union depot forty men employed in the santa fe freight breight yards at argentine quit work all declaring themselves veit tired nothing positive can be said as to the cause of the strike the men had a grievance a month ago and had a conference confer euce with the officials and were granted all they asked for A resolution adopted at a grievance committe commit we lg at topeka some days ago threatened a strike if the company accepted any burlington freight but it has been understood der stood that the santa fe was not dot handling any boycotted freight whatever stoking FOR FOB HIGHER WAGES PUEBLO col march 15 A strike of the eng engineers lueers and firemen on the at cf lison chison topeka santa fe is at ai hand and it is understood ignes into effect at 12 tonight to night on the whole santa sania fe system the men are not dot striking against moving the burlington cars but for standard wages from what can be learned from the men themselves their grievance is the same as that of the burlington engineers gi AT albuquerque albuquerque N M march 16 15 all the ea engineers ginters and firemen on the santa fe system including the atlantic tic pacific went out at 4 this afternoon after nooH not a wheel is turning on either road except of passenger trains in transit at the hour named which are to be taken through to their destination all freights are tied up here trains made up and ready to go out are left on the side tracks As last fast is as the engines come in they are taken to te the round house nothing is doing in the yards it is understood at this point that the cause of the strike was that the company requested the men to haul burlington cars A committee of engineers waited on the manager of the road and informed him of their decision the officials told the committee that the interstate inter state commerce law compelled them ito haul burlington cars this the engineers refused to do and about 2000 engineers and firemen on the santa fe and 1000 on the A P quit work all the passenger trains which started before 4 this afternoon will be taken to their destination i AT DENVER DENVER march 15 the superintendent of the santa fe company tonight stated that he hid had no information as to the exact hour the engineers and firemen on hs his road would go out but he be understood it to be some pome time to tonight night he has been informed that the 11 men mela are not striking on account of dissatisfaction of wages or the elcy of the company but simply in inam sym jtb batby y with the C B Q strikers the he C chicago h iago express and all freights left here as usual tonight but it is not known whether they be y will be run through or noat no t tb the e opinion among abong railroad men seems to be that the new move upon the part of the santa fe men will be extended to all the roads roada in the country and result in a general tie up THE FORMAL notification kamarck Ka kai march 15 this afternoon J F goddard general manager of the A T S F railroad received the following telegram engineers and firemen of the santa fe system quit ata at 4 this afternoon signed signed gig ned T CONROE to which goddard transmitted the bof lowing following A to T conroe chaiem grievance gri e bame committee tee A F Y kansas city at this this af afternoon terno on I 1 received your telegram notifying me that the engineers and firemen wh whom 0 m you 0 u represent would quit at 4 t today ody y As we have faithfully kept every written and ana verbal agreement made with your organization on beur action is a surprise and I 1 would be glad to know on what it is taken also do you intend that diat it shall cover the passenger train service as well as Lr freight eight signed J F GODDARD ON OK THE MIDDLE DIVISION NEWTON kan march 15 at 4 today all the engineers and firemen of the freight trains and switch engines on the santa fe at this point left their cabs and went on en a strike all passenger trains are still ra rap ning but it is not known how long they will continue newton is the headquarters of the middle division of the santa fe and the yards are fast filling up with engines and f freight cars everything is quiet but the engineers are reticent and give no reason why they are out it is understood that they have received orders from the brotherhood this morning notify log ins them to quit their cabs at 4 a am in or ras as soon thereafter as they co could ula reach the end of their run it is supposed the order was sent out because of judge groshams Gre shams decision in the wabash case the railroad authorities have but little to say KANSAS CITY march 15 rumors are circulated tonight that a strike will allu begin 0 on n the kansas city fort scott gulf if system at 10 am tomorrow and on the missouri pacific at rpm tomorrow the brotherwood Brother nood engineers disclaim any knowledge of any such plan but the sudden and sur aur pr isaac turn of affairs on the santa fe strengthen the belief in the reports A TELEGRAM FROM ARTI ARTHUR fUR KANSAS cay ca march M are h 15 the chairman ol of the ax general eral grievance committee ot of the brotherhood of engineers rece received iveda a telegram from mcarthur mr arthur tonight instructing him to send santa fe committee men to chicago at once and intimating that the santa fe company was ready to compromise the chairman replied by asking if the Q company would yield to its strikers demands in case the santa fe strike was lifted the 1015 california Codi fornia train had bad not left at midnight and there seemed to be small chances for its getting out tonight IN COLORADO LA march 15 all the freight engin engineers eera struck at 4 pm today on the santa pe fe on account of the road hand ahng IQ Q f freight AU all trains that left here before beloro the time set tor for the strike will be allowed to make the round trip and aad will be tied up here on their return it is stated semi officially that none of the passenger trains will be stopped tor the present but should the santa fe ull tail to come to time in a few days all the passenger coaches willbe will be taken off and nothing allowed to run except the mail cars the side tracks are rapidly filling up with freight cars and b by y noon tomorrow all the freig freight t tra traffic will of factually be coos closed vea chebro bro of engineers a 19 nave been een in I 1 secret session since 7 and refuse f use to give oat any aay news except that they think that the matter will be settled within the next week the men are all quiet and the best of order prevails CHICAGO march 15 chief engineer arthur and grand master sar gent sent were in bed tonight at an early our nour when a reporter called with the news of the great atchison strike after much hammering on the door sargent was induced to come forth but could give eive no information regarding the strike it was all news to him STRIKERS SUSTAINED A meeting of delegates from the engineers gi and Fir emens brotherhoods Brothe of every road entering chicago continued today and will be in session again tomorrow today they voted east and west alike unanimously to uphold the burlington men AGAIN FREIGHT minneapolis march 15 the manitoba today began to move bari burlington inato freight again ENGINEERS convalescent COUNCIL BLUFFS iowa march 15 the union pacific engineers who abandoned their engines yesterday are on duty again this morning and the freight traffic is going on as aa us usual ual it is stated that the engineers were last night given to understand that they were not compelled to handle burlington freight it if they did not desire to and aad as a consequence all the cars of that line are apparently being sidetracked in the union pacific companas Comp anys Is yards philadelphia march 15 the blockade between this city and new borkon york on the pennsylvania road was opened this morning by the arrival of a train of mail cars the telegraph situation does not dot seem to have improved since last night DELAWARE DEATH LIST A special from lewes delaware says Thes rh eatery tery of shipwrecks shipwreck sani and kossof loss of life between sandy hook aud and cape charles between sunday afternoon and monday at noon cannot be told in f full ull for many days if ever it is the opinion of the delaware river pilots that vessels went down during the storm which will never be heard of the list of wrecks which are known of are increasing dally daily pilots who arrived today say the harbor Is filled with wrecks of unknown vessels in some cases bottom upwards the probabilities bili ties are that the crews of many of these crafts have perished among the vessels lost IOLA vias was the barge Haz hazeltine ettine captain van kirk and a crew of five men the bark berkinga Ser Ber minga had a crew of 23 all told 22 of whom were lost A number of bodies have been washed ashore DISASTERS ALONG THE SHORE the steamers lord cuve clive from liverpool and switzerland irosa from antwerp arrived at delaware capes today and proceeded to wilmington Wll A cambridge md letter dated the reports the savonia capsized off hill point t captain james north sr and james thomas the only two on an board were drowned several vessels went ashore at cran nery bay the julia aulta cook of cambridge is reported lost with all on board the report reached cambridge toe the day previous that the general logon logan had bad been wrecked at cattle haven and captain creton and a crew of six were drowned A party that started out to search lor for the wreck had returned because the drifts and fallen trees had bad made the road impassable TERRIBLE SUFFERING TRENTON NJ march 15 the terrible snow storm which struck this city on sunday night is unprecedented for tile the damage done and the serious annoyance caused the last train which f started out of this city for new york on monday morning was stopped by an immense drift about a mile from princeton junction there the train was obliged to stay from 1 monday afternoon until 11 yesterday morning when a relief party succeeded in getting the hungry and halt half frozen passengers back to trenton age the experiences of the travelers were fe fearful erful during the two nights they were obliged to walk up and down through the cars to keep from freezing the drifts entirely covered the cars the drifts in many places a mile in length are from 12 to 15 feet in height REPORTS of fatalities NEW YORK march 15 hourly reports are coming in from the surrounding cowna of fatalities resulting from tho the storm the names of t wenty twenty persons came in who perished and several who are missing grave are felt for the pilot boats twelve of which are still at sea the long island SNOW EMBARGO Is melting away and communication with all parts ot the island is gradually being established A BODY FOUND NEWARK N X J march 15 the snow to is fast disappearing street cars are again running the body of john roe has been f found buried la in a drift arif t on the meadow no other fatality is reported CHICAGO march 16 when questioned regarding the strike on the atchison system chief arthur said it is beyond my power to give you on any explanation of this action re the men have not notified me and I 1 am completely in the dark if the company has not broken its agreement with the men they haye done wrong and must suffer the consequence it is nothing less than open rebellion for it looks much as though the men were tired of the grand officers advice or willfully disregarded their dutia duties to the laws and constitution the folli following awing message was sent to conroe chairman of the grievance committee yesterday J 0 coaree chairman etc it is reported here that you have ordered the men to quit work revoke it your grievance can be settled here by mr smith come to chicago by the first train signed P M ARTHUR officers of the company say the action of the men is beyond their comprehension as the road has BBS not been handling burlington freight UNCHANGED KANSAS crry march 16 the strike situation on OB the saute sante fe joad coad is unchanged this morning excepting a few switch engines no trains have been moved in any durec direction and the officials refuse to receive freight of any kind the union depot presents a regular castle garden appearance pe arance as aa HUNDREDS OF EMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN whose destination is somewhere on the line of the santa fe an official of the road said we tte would nave have trains moving tomorrow ow but the outlook at present is not fl battering nattering natt tt e ring ering for the road the managers of the strike absolutely deny giving any order tor for the strike and we the engineers say they have bare no grievances but say they will rest u until u the burlington roid road comes to terms with its employed emp loyes TOPEKA kas kaa I 1 march 16 reports arts from the superintendents along the line of the atchison state that tue the engineers and firemen have gone out all alon along the line and the business Is practically ly suspended except as to passenger trains now on the road which will berua be run to their destination general genera era manager goddard says the amount of perishable freight on the line between california and chicago is unusually large amounting to about 85 carloads in addition to 1100 carloads of merchandise tied up on |