The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-03
EFFORT WIT Be MADE TO-
] START ARBITRATION OF. TROUBLE


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0ent r. +. ,HaWley. of the Switchmen,s
Union OF North America this morning
when. asked % to the probable effect
on tho strike situation Of the train
mon returning to work today.
There are only $50 members Of the
;trainmen's brotherhood in the north
west and all Of them will not 60 to
work Only fifty. PEI. cent Of those at
Duluth will work today" he con-
uaued: ~.
THE trainmen are stronger and
better organized at Duluth than at
any other point between here and the
coast and their action up there will
have scarcely any effect farther west" !"
:. The conditions at the local .termin-
Ills were still in bad shape this morn
ing. While there was some freight
from cars there was no volumn Of
business being done and most OF the
passenger trahic was delayed. More
strikebreakers were put to work this
morning and the railroad odicisls
stated that before the day is over,
enough new men will be working to
considerably improve the conditions.
Z The conditions at the large termin-
ais are worse than at the smaller
ones and the way stations It ID Inn
possible to make an accurate esti-
mate Of the number Of strikebreakers
employed. Strikers ray that the men
imported arb mot railroad y men and
sexnhUt sssk. !, 1'3ssT sss
When Governor u. .. Eberhart ars
Tives today from Chicago, Stlte Labor;
CommiSsioner n. d. McEwea, VIII
recommend BE- ssthHts her -malA lAnl 30
organize ali interstate board 6f meM-
alton to be composed OF the chief ex-
ecutives of Minnesota, NORTH. Dakota,
Montana, Idaho and Washington for
the purpose of bringing about set
tlement of the strike. u.
With q cold wave lowering over
Montana and a blizzard raging It IL
feared much suffering will result be-
cause of the depletion Of the coal sup
ply unless the trafiic conditions are
improved.
Dakota division announced that full
switching crews will be ats,Work at
all points Of the Dakota division Of
the Great Northern. sss.s's;
No, freight is being received at
Crookston, but passenger trains are
moving with more or less regularity.
( Horses are being used for the move
ment of feight cars at Brainerd, as
only one switch engine is working.
Six local time freights have been
made up in the Missoula yards by the
division officers and clerks Of the
Northern Pacific and they are expect
ed to start this morning. The officials
and their clerks made up two crews
and are working in day and night
shifts. Strikebreakers arrived there
this morning. ia
Seattle, Dec. 2.-Trahic conditions
in the northwest are beginning to
show an Improvement. Northern Pa
cific and the Great Northern roads
have begun the movement of trains
and are beginning to reduce the con-
gestion in the yards. Several nom
union switching crews composed of
non-union men have been put to
work.
Normal at Duluth.
Duluth, Dec. 3.-By the action TAX
Trainmen last night, the. conditions
today make It evident that the back
bone Of the switchmen's strike is
UTOhSU III OUlUtus H 1ul0 UlOEAlu8 lll0
conditions are almost normal again
and within q day or two all. signs Of
the strike will have been wiped out.
Forty-four switchmen, who are mem-
bers Of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen returned to work at the
Northern Pacific yards and fifteen
more returned this afternoon. These,
together with the men who have been
working, will bring the total. up close
to the normal force Of the road =,
Thousand strikebreakers.
4 Cincinnati, Dec. 3.One hundred
and twenty-five men, will leave to-
night for st. Paul to assist ii break
ing, the switchrnen's strike on tho
Northern Pacific railroad. Two hum
! ared moro will depart tomorrow and.
z possible, q total Of one thousand
viii be sent from this city, A de-
tectives agency has charge Of the
gathering Of the \ men. The mon.
hired are said to be switchmen and
i s-. Afo Pesslniistic. .@sg
i,Nashinsto ton, Det. & s. ~ -. Chairman
Marin a. Knapp Of the. interstate
commerce commission and Or. g. T..
Nedn, coInmiS SsipnNr n Of labor; mem
borI OF the tdiation board under the
Er6man act returned to WashinEton
todAy from 81. Paul whore they had
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