The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-02
TRAIZSARE DELAYED
onerators' Strike Causes Serious
rropble on the Canadian Pacific.
only A LITTLE FREIGHT MOVED
r-oins sent Out Under the Flag System
and Strikers Predict a Serious Smash
M --- officials Say Things Will
soon Be in Good Shape Again.

Toronto, Ont, Sept. 30.-There is no
doubling the fact that there is serious
tronble on the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way colnpany's system. A reporter
called at the dispatcher's Office at the
Union station this morning and there
met Supt. Leonard. The superintend-
snt appeared to be perturbed, but
found time to explain why his division
was to-day being operated under diff
mlties He said two of his dispatchers
mere. Messrs. Smith and Joyce, had
obeved the order issued from Montreal
10 90 out ON strike and a number of
operators at intermediate points be-
tveen Toronto and Montreal and
Toronto and Windsor had also left
their posts. Two operators at Toronto
unction one at Parkdale and one at
Leeside ceased work as soon as the
lispatcb from their master workman
Nas received, but Supt. Leonard states
hat all of these positions have been
illed by good men. In his opinion the
through freight and passenger traffic
will not be materially interfered with,
IS these trains run on schedule time
and can be operated quite as easily by
three operators between here and
Windsor and three between here and
Smiths Falls. But the way freight
rains viii probably be delayed, al
though they were all sent out from the
EASTERN and western ends of the divi-
IL,
that on his division some eighty opera
tors have quit work, but a number Of
these are men who also do station
agency work and are still at their
posts so far as this work is concerned.
They refused to do any operating until
the difficulty between the Brotherhood
and the road had been settled, and
this viii likely have the effect of wip-
Ing their names off the payroll. There
Is no question about the strike being
general over the Canadian Pacific rail-
way system as only three out of eight
night operators worked after the order
from headquarters was received be-
tween Smiths Falls and Havelock, and
between Havelock and Toronto only
two out of five night men remained at
their posts. 1t is claimed by the strik-
ers that all these men who remained
at the key are students. While the
strike. so far as can be learned here,
appears TO be general on the Canadian
Pacific there does not seem to be much
danger of its extending to the CONNER
cial system of the Canadian Pacific at
present. Freight trains that are now
being sent out are run under the flag
system and the strikers say that if
there is not a serious accident it will
only be due to pure luck.
Passenger Train Eleven Hours Late.
North Bay, Ont. Sept. 3O.-Only two
or three operators are working between
Chalk River and Sault Ste Marie, along
the line of the canadian Pacific rail-
way. A passenger train from the east
due here at a. m, arrived at o'clock
last night, eleven hours late. No
freight trains are running to-day.
Traffic Greatly Retarded.
Windsor, Sept 3O.-TrafIic on the
Canadian Pacific at this point is greatly
retarded as a result of the operators
strike. At many stations where the
operators have gone out, trains are at
a standStill and communications with
the dispatchers is, in many cases, being
carried on by telephone. On the east
ern portions of the Ontario division
there is blockade of trains which
will cause heavy loss in the case of
periShabIe fraiUbt