The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-28
SYMPATHETIC
STRIKE IS NOT
ADVISABLE NOW
President Hawley Opposed to
Calling Out Freight Hand
lers and Machinists

N0ulO TURN SENTIMENT
AGAINST The STRIKERS
President Taft May be Asked to In.
teryene to Bring About an AMIGA.
bic Settlement Of the Switchmen's
Strike.
st. Paul, Dec. 2S.-All of the strike
leaders who have been in consulta-
tfon with President Hawley of the
switchmen's union have left the city
I'D there were no further Develop
ITS early today. President Per-
of the Railway Telegraphers,
~ is chairman of the American
Federation of Labor railway section,
Is in Chicago today, and tomorrow
evening he expects to be in Washing
ton where he will confer with the
members Of the interstate commerce
commission to learn if that body or
possibly President Taft may be in
duced to Intervene in the dispute be-
tween the switchmen and railroads
and thus avert a general strike
President G. B. Hcwley of the state
federation of labor is in Duluth to-
day, leaving President Hawley and
his assistants alone in charge of the
strike here.
Bsips asked if the report was true
that the freight handlers, machinists
and clerks unions which have
grievances of their own would go on
strike without waiting for a further
communication from Mr.. Perham,
President Hawley said: "Such action
on part of those unions would turn
public sentiment against the strikers
and would not in any way help the
cause. am not in favor of that kind
of a sympathetic strike"
o. L. Dickson, speaking for the
general managers association, gave
out the following statement:
The conference between the rail-
roads and President Hawley of the
Switchmen'sr union OF North Ameri-
. ca ended in Gov. Eberhart's Office
this morning 49,
President Haw1ey demanded that
all the striking switchmen be rein
stated at once, pending settlement
through the Chicago conference The
railroads offered to take the men
back as fast as they could, displac-
Ing men now at work. MIR. Hawley
would not agree to anything but COM
plete reinstatement of all men, conse-
nnQnf1v fpIrthnr nno0fiofS0ue -
an end.
The only important point of diff
ference was complete reinstatement
ofll strikers at once"
Eberhart Letter.
The following letter has been sent
to Governor Eberhart:
"The Hon. Adolph o. Eberhart, State
Capitol. st. Paul, MINI.
My Dear Sir: In response to the
invitation from your excellency, rep
resentatives of the thirteen twin city
lines. whose swftchmen are now on
strike, attended meeting at the capi-
tol building on Thursday, December
%. In opening the meeting, your ex-
cellency recommended to the repre-
sentatfves of the railways and to the
representatives of the switchmen a
basis of settlement as follows: That
1t had been brought to your attention
that conference between represen-
tatives of certain railways in Chicago
and representatives of their switch
men was now being held to consider
proposals for increase in wages and
changes in working conditions and
that the matters under consideration
there were similar to those presented
to the representatives of the twin
city lines and that in the opinion of
your excellency, If the representa-
tives of the twin city lines would
agree to apply the provisions of what
ever settlement might be reached
through the Chicago conference to
the switchmen employed upon the
twin city lines and re-employ as far
as possible the men who left the serv-
ice of those lines on November 80 such
Q settlement would be fair and equita-
BILE.
"The representatives of the rail-
ways then withdrew to consider your
excellency's proposals and accepted
them In written statement which
was handed to you. and which is here
quoted: y
"'A conference between representa-
SiVOo VI tAO A0llWdyo Cu6 SulCdkO
district and representatives of their
switchmen is now In progress for the
purpose Of determining a scale of
wages and the establishment of work.
ing conditions for that district. The
rates of wages in the Chicago district
and the Minnesota cities for switch
men have been identical and the work.
ing conditions similar.
Their PrOnOSiti0n.
The representatives of the twin
city lines in conference this date have
confirmed by majority vote the re-
port to your extellency that those
roads represented will agree to re-
employ such of their former yard
employees as the roads may have
places for at the rates of pay and
under the working conditions in effect
Nov. 1, 1909, and that at the termina-
tion Of the Chicago conference the
lines represented will meet any addi-
tion in rates of pay or working con-
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