Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-08
c, P. R. WORKS
MAS7ERSTROkE
Promotes Engine Wipefs to
Be Firemen and Keeps.
the Brotherhood in Line
Of y...Strike Notes

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. Quiet
for long siege on the
side of the men, and continued ret.
icence regarding their intentions To-
cally, are the features of the Canad-
ian Pacific strike situation tonight.
Men in large numbers have not
come into the city from eastern or
American points, although rumors
continue to be rife that a large con-
tingent is due here tonight. G. j..
Bury, general manager of the west
ern lines, was asked tonight If there
was any new features of the strike
situation, or if the company was
ready to make. a statement, but re-
piled that there was nothing doing.
When asked if the company was
bringing any men into the city today,
he was silent.
Despite the fact that they have
nothing to do, pickets are all on the
Job. Besides non-union men at work
there are a number of women who
have been placed at work cleaning
cars. Testing of cars is going on
as usual, the work of this character
being done by the foremen them
selves. Daily mass meetings were
held as usual today, and an address
given in their native tongue to the
workmen.
McVety was asked this afternoon
if other organizations connected with
railroad work were likely to go. out
soon, and replied: eff they are go
, ing out very soon, I don't know it.
, If they went out without notice they
| would be breaking their ironclad
agreement.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad
company yesterday promoted all
| fremen who had been serving in the
! local roundhouse as wipers. This is
masterstroke on the part of the
| company, as the placing of these
men on the engines means that one
very probable excuse for a strike
! on the part of the Brotherhood of
| Locomotive Firemen has been re-
moved. When traffic is light, many
; competent men who have been quail
| flied as fremen are obliged to as
sumo temporarily the duties WHIP
ing. As business increases they are
again placed on their engines, ap-
pointments being made according to
seniority.
i AS wipers, these firemen are re-
CURED to assist the shop mechanics
in the handling of engines. Almost
invariably the firemen are members
of the Brotherhood. AS the situation
now stands, were these men retained
as wipers, they would be required
Should the company demand such
service the local union would then
have sufficient cause for declaring
! strike, and refuse to permit its
members to aid non-union workmen
When crops begin to move there
will be a larger demand for engin
GERS and fremen than at present
In the meantime, the suddenly pro,
noted wiper-fremen have been plac
: ed on the 'spare board" AS the
: men are required for road work they
! will be drawn from the ranks o.
l those whose names appear on thu
r 'spare list" Under the present traf
7 fic conditions many of the promoted
: men may be obliged to wait full
2 month before their services are re
/ CURED by the company. The pa,
Of the men will be nearly double tina
t which they receive as wiper3, SO tina
5 the strategy of the company is no
e without great cost.
e This evening when the gates open
1 ed, ten men came out, all laborers
i and declared that they had com,
. out on strike because they had beer
asked to take the jobs of car car
penters.
At Toronto.
II Toronto, Aug. There is littlt
change in the strike situation on tn,
J Canadian Pacific, There is no lack q
I applications at the West Toronto
shops Of men anxious TO take til,
places of thu illssrs. and all who aftt
canable Of doing the work are aeinl
! taken on. The men say they exr,ec
81 ID number OF strikeb breakers from oIt
side points TO arrive Monday.