The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-06
SANGUINE OF SUCCESS
Striking Telegraphers on the
Canadian Pacific.
NOTHING DOING on THE ROAD.
of Engineers, Firemen. Con-
ductors and Brakemen Notify the Ofiiciais
ofthe Company That They VIII Not Risk
Their Lives ON Orders Given by Inexperi.
enced Dispatchers - Favorable Settle
ment Looked for In a Few Days.

Peoria, his, OCT. o.-J. II. i. Auston'
grand secretary and treasurer of the
Order OF Railway Telegraphers. has re-
ceived dispatches from Montreal show
ing that the tie-up on the Canadian
Pacific is complete and nothing is NOV
Ing except few passenger trains. Sat
urday night the dispatchers at Smiths
Fail. the only ones who had remained
at work and who had charge OF 1893
miles of the road went out. The tele-
graphers. Mr.. Auston's dispatch says.
stand firm and seem to have the SYM
pathy OF the public all along the line of
the Canadian Pacific. because at many
places objection Is made to any one else
attempting to perform telegraphic du-
ties. The strikers. IL is stated. are
cheerful and sanguine of success all
over the system Employees in the train
service have been restrained with great
difficulty from taking part in the strike.
and this is the reason the chiefs of their
orders have gone 10 Montreal.
VIII Not Risk Their Lives
Committees OF engineers. firemen,
conductors. and brakemen on the west
end have notified the officials that they
by inexperienced men and handled by
inexperienced telegraphers. 1t is re-
ported that the road is losing $4,000 per
day; that cattle are starving in cars.
and that goods from China and Japan
are lying al Vancouver island await
ing shipment Ships have been lying
in port more than week awaiting
cattle and have ballasted preparatory to
sailing for England without cargo. The
situation for the Canadian Pacific is
pronounced critical, owing to the fact
that navigation closes in about thirty
days, and the great crops of the north
west remain unmoved, Committees OF
| conductors. engineers. hremen and
brakemen have called on the manage
| ment and ask for speedy settlement
| of the trouble. Notwithstanding that
| the Canadian Pacific claims to be able
| to equip the system with telegraphers
| yet their efforts to secure men in diff
| ferent cities at advanced salaries and
| free transportation have not met with
| success
| New Men Hard to Get.
| Advices have been received from
| New York Chicago. and other cite:
| that commercial and other telegrapher:
| have refused TO go TO Canada to wort
| In place of the strikers. The road is ad
vertisng for telegraphers in the United
States a copy of one advertisement
| having been sent to headquarters oi
the order The latest advices are tha
the situation looks towards favorable
settlement in few days. IL Is not
thought likely that the management
will throw any obstacle in the way. be
cause the members of the other rail
roads are standing solidy behind the
telegraphers and are eager to go out ir
sympathy with them At the head
quarters OF the order of Railroad Tel
egraphers hundreds of letters are re
ceived daily from members and non
members of the order expressing sym
pathy with the strikers and Offering
financial sympathy IL necessary.