, 1866-01-20
RAILROAD STRIKE
The Michigan Southern Railroad :. En-.
r.. gtseers.--Eigaty Han Quft
Workable Dincalt....
Other Men Engaged
.--k0 Return
Allowed.

Goneloe1an1e eEcttement hat been octss1oue;
"'nn Inc past two days In tts city an Detroit b,
stf1ke among the locomotive engineers Of fht
M.cniean Southern d Eorhern Iudia7s Railroad
which was carried trto edsc1 On Thursday. T.,t
orR1n OF The strike wa The existence Of ceran real
OF supposed wrunRr, which The wor<me1 proposed
70 1edfcss by quitting their employment In the
demands; md the result 70 far has besp that oyr.
eighty engineers hare BY their own A:t been thrown
On ent OF enploEnaent. be trouble has be-n brewing
teen dlsestl tlshed with the government Of tho pres
enf ooefd. and claim, among other ErteraDce4 that
TIE amount Of work imposed upon them By The
q men employed, thsi hey hsre ~ not a1iss been
properly 1emcne1alcd, and ihAi 4 number or cnxi-
1teIr hare heen discharged rom the service Of the
aplta1s 10 contain the real cause Of theIE compliant.
Tn Tuesday last, the Company discharged Aye or
ttx men, for *Eom they claim they had not sufficient
work, and II Is alleged ,naI the cnctneerr looking
upon tneh preceding Us rr.e,unee, determined
TO take such measures a. would compel The Compa-
ny to retnstae the men, abide the consequences.
Fcsolutilae nesc passtd cSpree.fve Of tAcir views
RID Their determination to coerce the COMPANY INTO
submission: -
,.....- January Is, 1906.
To ihc public and the ofBcezr and employees Of The
Ettbtean Southern Railroad Company:
NA1tcs, Since the appotntmeut Of the present
Of cer1 of'he Michigan Southern Raliroad, unjust
sDd Grencn hare been ertnblI.hed. The following
blnC tome cfthcm:
!. in many Instances ire are not allowed pay tor
= The rune amount Of work Ia imposed upon 4
much Iers nuInbE Of men than ~ere formerly EN-
feaf,ce OF fhe Company tor naay Year,, 2na who
ankle being II The head Of thrir profession have
been discharged, ard no caure assigned for their re-
no,a! making II neccssnsy ut many times for those
who remained IN tic ecr.1cr OF the Compsny TO BE-
on ther engine: from thrts,s 10 iots hours ulta-
liyct OF The travelling public and the property Of
the Company We hive also been informed By our
officers tha! till further reduction in the number
made, and that u We dlesatlsned we nnst leaye
The ecr.tcc Of The Company.
!. We have dtddrd upou the step ne are about
to tnke. With much reluctance, aud not until ;l
otle1 ~ IN. in OIL, power 10 .e1tle the matter had
The officer Of the Company fof rrdse>e. and hays
only mt With s1!ll further demand upon our rfmc
md pautncr- II The etAtr Of afara could exist AZ
II did lot years ['rctlons 10 the appointment Of
the present bnard OF oidccr. VIE wUlId be glad 10
rc u ntona. 1t IL impossible for a. 10 do 10 With
taics to The ruhlc md IN jnfier 10 ourselves and
tie Company. We have hoped and wnited for an
vital in.crcst, but hare wnird In valn torbearance
has ceatsd 10 be a virtue thcsrtozc, II. IL
if<toiresf. That we. The cngtntvrs and 1rcmeu IN
tAC thppy 3" niIH4E1u S>OQ1NtEu 4AllfOAQ
Con,puy, II our requirements be moi complied
With, Will ncrtpt tie pu1y alternative onsed u by
thr o1,es of lhe Company, which ls-fo gut Gsrir
te7rtrk.
The Company fciufcd to y1c!d 10 3he demands
made upon tkcm. They claimed that sAcsn was no
ground lbI The GRIEVANCES complained OF IN toe
rcnznble, and thai they wefr justified In dschsrg-
irs the met, seeing thai they had not sufficient
wtFk for them. The wn:c~ paid 10 engineers on
the rout l. lso1 HIS 10 siio per mouah. The osi.
uary work required Of them II to make The round
trip iron, Chicago tn Lspottc4 Iud.-l60 nilte-in
dny. and for all work done ihls tlnc they 10
crlse extsa compensation.
1hr Company hastnG s1Gninexs thclr dcter.n!nx-
uon not 10 accdc TO tho drmsnt, Of lhe rnstnrufs,
live spd quilted The .ct.tcr tn
body. The 6oard Immediately ret 10 work
and engaged cher men 10 supply The rleaNccs This
they kncrrede1 in doing Without occanouinS any
serious detrutou Of tla1ns. The frurlt irars did
not run on 1hur.day. but yesterday thcr wcet
nearly all III operation iee.caday the compsny
sn The ttalitf and to-day tho passenger tsana will
run nj The nsua1 hours IRON 10th ends Of .ht
road.
II WIS fcarrd That kome attempt woutd bc made
the part OF the srrkcss to rryenn tho newly ap
poiD'4 engineers from running The trims, And
pore OF policeman Wetr de1aitvd to th< depot IL
ills city 10 psrveut any dtx!uEtauee. hut es1y.
thing patscd OF quietly xrd 10 cuttvrsk a.
cured.
The railroad conrapy ha,r Determined not 10 r.
critc aGa1n INTO their cmplo,uep airy VI the n,ex
cecded already in dtuE Up ruc-t Of the vacancies
from oher sources, and in few tass tney exrct 10
have theit road N full p4,e:a: ton with re~ s4t c
epc1pEcrF.