The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-23
A GIANT PARALYZED.
Canadian Pacific Strike Rapidly
Spreading.
WILL SOON REACH THE ATLANTIC.
Strikers AIIege q Plot Against Their
Unicn-The Oricials' Reply-Riot-
ing Mt Rat Portage.

strike Of midnight No trains left here tonight
MONTREAL. Que. March 22-1he sssiStaace OF
the Montreal police was sought .odsy 70 sssist
the Canadian Pacific authorities in keeping
trains moving. A number OF policemen were
sent to North Bay and Port Artaur- message
received a; the head oflcs tbs afternoon s;s1ei
that the strike Is extending ess. and has now
reached Chalk riTsr, 2i5 miles west OF Montreal
VANCOUVER, B. C., March 22-tSpeciaL +
There was no train from The East today, and IN
answer to inquiries it is said 20 be tve1ty-four
hours late, with q rau9sijde west Of Donald tie
cause A private telegram states that the Pa
c.ac EXPRESS, due Wednesday, Is thirteen hours
late. since the last wiring the local committee
OF IN. striking trainnea has issued 9 manifesto,
saying:
A committee representing the t-Aiuren OF the
Pacific division asked permission 70 present.
schedule Of pay. TO tie officials and were m
formed BY the superintendent, siisf Us
eussion of the schedule, that il would
be out CT his power TO make any incfease a.
pres eat, but as he was going 70 Aonfreal ne
would lay tia matter before tbs management
there and report or his return. On the return
O. the s1peTinse5aent the eoUmitie WAS IN
formed that similar request had bean Eas1s
on the es-era division the company hse oe-
cided 10 settle TIE matter in regard 10 the Pa
ci6c division on tbs same basis as the trouote
on the Western division. The men OF ire vest
srn division after waiting long tine for IN IN
te-yieE with the superintendent, asked fo- an
other audience, which was granted some tares
weeks sgo. After interviews extending
over SIX or eight days the super
NEE. the Ken fsvorably, snd being backed up
By she management 81 acrtresl. finally in
formed the men thaf Their request. coa.d 10.
be granted. Tas committee So once wired the
grand officers OF the organization 70 come AID
Try 70 effect a settlement with the officials Inc
management, learning this, gsTe orders 70 have
ali the Eaea on train service lroE7 Port Arthrto
Vancouver called in ssTeraily and asked II Key
would be loyal 70 the company and. in case Of
trouble, If they would stand by the company
II they refused and showed DECISION
TO ttsni By the union, the men
were to be discharged 81 once The
men, thus taken by surprise, asked fo- al ez-
fton would &c given then, and tEst they must
answer yes o. no On the spot also. The men
knowing that TIE answer yes would compel
withdrawal from their organization We're c5El-
PEELED out OF elf-pro.eetiou to stand by the
uuioa, and numos. OF them were discharged
They a. once applied 10 the grand
The company was determined 70 wipe
out their organization on TIE entire
system. The result vss that the men Sill en-
pIcved were asked if they wound strike 70 protect
Ire men already discharged sad to protect "a
well the VERY existence OF their organization
The outcome Of this vas that strike Was asked
for the Western division on Wednesday night az
midnight a1d OF tie Pacific division sunday az
II icnight
he scale Of wages published by the company
. misleading TO the public. es TWO Of the largest
Canadian Pacific railroad in train service are
paid AZ least = per cent less in
al branches than on other trznseoatiaentsl
e.. where living expenses are less The men
consider that they have used every honorable
means TO avoid the present difficulty. bu. the
company Itself drove the men 70 strike by dis
charging over 100 crews in one 6ay without
moments noiice. The negotiations recently
carried on between the committee and the local
officials in this city, looking toward an snica-
bic settlement, failed 10 reach satisfactory
-
taken By the management a. Mon
treal in regard 60 the Western and Pa
out of vancouver maze an average the year
around OF SO month, ard freight conductors
from So 10 so The conductor on the West
minister branch, who works twelve hours day
and every day in the year. gsts only SIS yer
month Men working by the month are docket
IN wages If they are OF a. all, but IL Ihey worx
overtime they get nothing for il. The men OF
strike have the sympathy Of all the trzinnen or
connecting lines.
In concluding, the men say they are quite
saflssed with the outlook, and are confident
that he strike will terminate in their favor.
General Superintendent Abbott TO-DAY. when
Questioned BY reporter with regard 10
the above, said he wished 70 ssy nothing fur
ther- Tie company had pn. forward state
Dent based On facts, and If the men wished 10
make misleading statements IL would be % their
eEn desriment in the long run. He was
extremely sorry 70 lose tried men OIL the
division, and thought the trouble came from
outs de the division. The men in thei- con
ferenees with him hsd beea thoroughly gentle
manly. He did not look for any trouble with
them, and special police were employed 10
guard the company az 2insI any o1tsiie sy-a-
psthy o. parsons who, having spite against the
road, might take sdvsntzge OF this crisis 20 Go
injury, IL expectation that tha strikers would
be blamed for it.
Alderman Gavin, who left the Canadian Pa
todsy's Atlantic express, and 20 ssy that he has
been e-nphsueally damned throughout tire city.
fs putting il mildly. Whsteyer way synpzthy
nsy 20, people obi eet 20 scSbs. particularly an
ex-quiiter. The men here are s;in quiet. and
even Gavin was allowed TO 90 without a demon
strSiion- Twenty more special police went Up
the Ike today. The facs fh.t the wires are down
between here and Winnipeg Is attributed 70 the
strike.
NV NEsTNISsTEE, March 2-iSpeciaI =
There Is nothing new SO Tar a. could re lesraed
today In the strike Of sAe Canadian Pacfac rail
way tr&inTnea. TIE wires esss Of wiaaipes
were rspocts1 down, and IN eoassq ueace no
definite intel geace Of the extension o. the strike
20 Aontreal and further EAsg could Be Obtained
L is known, however, that 6 strike was ordered
for midnight issr Eight u extend over the com
psny's main isns and branches east OF Per; Ar
thur, ana 10 docht the men went ont 70 man
The conduct OF the strLkc-s has been shove re-
prosch stcca they quiz work. They have inter
iered IN no way with ihs men VINO Sre stte-ar:-
ing 20 keep the service going. nor are the likely
20. They are confident of winning in the end
and the public ara IN entire sympathy vita
them; thSt IS. 50 far as the men OF this division
are concerned The company hSs large force
Of special eonslsb,es IN their employ. p-esurza-
bly, - guard property, but such protection : not
requires, as the Irainuen are IN anything bai =
Iiotogs mood.
er.E rAs-,z
meats may take place in the next CAV OF two
The locomotive engineers IN the mountain sex
lions are not az al satisfied t. rSk their lives On
trains managed by inexperienced men. and
unless thu green" hands are shortly rsp.sced
II is quite likely tast they wll5 decline to take
CUT heir engines until such time as they esa DO
30 in safety
Traffic, except local. is almost a. Z sts1as.ill
Through Passengers sce dlsincliaed to risk
heinz sidegrecked somewhere in the irrer5,r
and forced - walt tor an indefinite psriot. No
freight worth Elentscltu- IS being handled sud
through freiehts are cancelled a.. the vsv ira-,
Winnipeg west. The raest markets are onIv
PARTIALLY supplied. showing that the strike Ia.
stopped the shipment o. cattle irorl the IN
terror. Business generally throughout Ire
country viii be almost AZ = standstlu ua,l the
strike is ended.
WiNNIrEe, March 2a-The Canadian Pacific
strike has extended 10 the Eastern tlvisso.
from Fort William 10 Chalk river, aUd 40 more
miles are locked up II Is expected that tho
division from Montreal 10 tae East VII be
under strike tomorrow.
More violence is reported from Rat Portage. =
fssin being stopped by torPedces On the tack
and Superintendent Mckenzie and Conductor
NcNShb, who were in the csooose, being very
roughly handled and badly hurt They are now
IN the care Of friends.
NORTH BAY, Ont, March Sa--Ou Monday