Show THIS STRIKE WILL BE LONG DRAWN OUT bitter contest on between telegraph ers and the great northern and northern f roads st paul with the telegraphers eis al most to a man remaining loyal to their union chiefs and the railway of making every effort to main tain traffic the telegraphers strike on the trans continental systems ol 01 the great northern and northern pacific roads has taken on the aspect of a war to the finish hundreds of men have gone out on both lines feces si tating the closing ot scores ot sta eions through passenger and time freights by great effort have been kept on almost schedule time but at tempts have principally been aban boned to maintain local freight and casenger pa service the greatest inter ferencek feren ces in schedules has been on the idaho division some of the fast trams being delayed five hours where the striking operators had turned the sig nal boards or opened the circuits freight matter in less than carload lots for intermediate points was re fused at the freight offices in at paul and minneapolis during wednesday large quantities of perishable freight were handled by the express corn panics prepayment of express trat fic was almost invariably demanded and toward evening guarantees of de livery were refused signed notices be ing required the railway officials say that they are well satisfied with the situation and that in ten days they will have enough men to fill the places of the strikers bureaus have been lashed in the principal cities of the west where men are hired |