The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-02
and fully 10000 men would become

and fully 10000 men would become
idle.
A summary of the switchmen on
strike in Montana shows 80 out at
Livingston, Il at Glendive, I at Bill
ings. 10 at Helena. at Butte, 35 at
Deer. Avery and Alberton, so at Mis-
soula. Garrison. Saltese, st. Regis,
Paradise and Wallace, Idaho; so at
Great Falls and so at Havre.
While refusing to give out an Of
fetal statement as to when the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern trans
continental passenger service will be
restored to the official time table, the
operating officials of the two roads
undoubtedly believe that within less
than week enough non-union
switchmen will be obtained to enable
a fairly good approach to normal
conditions. The reason for this be-
lief is found in the conviction the
operating officials have. although they
will not admit it. that the Switch
mems union will lose the strike.
Railroad officials who locally are
responsible for the regular opera
ton OF trains assert privately that
neither the conductors trainmen's or
engineers and firemen's organizations
will support the switchmen in their
fight This unspoken, though none
the less certain belief on the part
of the local railroad operating Off
cials. is in some respects borne out
by unofficial statements obtained to-
day from members of the Order of
Railway Conductors. One of these.
who refused to permit the use of his
name, but who has been a passenger
conductor on the Northern Pacific
for more than ten years past, said
today:
The Order of Railway Conductors,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen will take no
hand in this strike That means that
the general officers of these organ
izations will not advise the members
to refuse to work with non-union
switchmen.''
This conductors statement was
positive and emphatic and evidently
gained from information received
here from eastern headquarters of
the organizations named. 1t is under
stood that the governing officials of
these organizations have long been
aware OF the demands of the switch
mems union and have determined not
to support the strikers in their fight.
This is the assumption prevalent in
circles and it is taken to
mean that the switchmen will have
a hard fight TO win out alone.
Seattle first felt the effects of the
strike of the sWitchmen this morn
ing, when yardmasters and their as
sistants, employed by the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern, were put
to work in the local yards at the task
of making up the outgoing passen-
ger trains. Northern Pacific train
No. 301, the Portland-Seattle local,
at 8 o'clock, a half hour late,
and the engine and cars remained for
two hours or more on the track fac
ing the station. the switchmen whose
ddty had been to distribute the cars
in the yards being among the strik-
ers refusing to work.
BY II o'clock the situation at the
passenger station had reached show
down Of strength, the operating of
ficials of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern taking charge of the
work and directing the force of four
men, with an occasional recruit from
the ranks of gatemen
No. 4, the regular eastbound over
land train of the Northern Pacific
due to leave at S:45. got away at
II o'clock The eastbound overland
of the Great Northern, due to leave
at sos, was two hours late. The
work of handling the makeup of
outgoing trains for the Northern Pa
cific was in charge of c. E. McMul-
lin, superintendent of Seattle ter
minals, who spent the entire day per-
sonally directing operations in the To-
cal yards. Robert Dudgeon, superin-
tendent of the passenger station, took
charge of the work in the yards for
the Great Northern.
Nearly IT'S Seattle switchmen are
affected by the strike order None
of these appeared for work this morn
ing. and last night the night crews
failed to show up for work.
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