The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Still LITTLE Change IN
LOCAL STRIKE SITUATION
Railroads Making Great Effort to Get Cars Switched But Bus
mess Conditions Have Improved Very Little Strikers
Still Very Confident Of Winning

| in regard to the matter OF paying of
the switchmen.
This paying of the men is simply
time-honored custom. Like in other
cases where employees leave the SER
vice they are given a time check and
1t is the same thing with the switch
men. We are not now employees OF the
roads, having simply quit work in a
body and the paying of of the men
cannot be construed to mean anything
Zone way or the other"
Local Switching Going On.
There was PROBABLY more switching
done in the yards OF the railroads to-
day than has been done since the
strike. Some shipments were coming
in and these were set for unloading.
The first switching which has been
done on the new spur of the Great
Northern running down the alley be-
tween Broadway and Fifth street, oc-
CURED this morning when four cars
Of sweat pads was set behind the har-
ness factory of Bristol & Sweet. The
Magill Seed house loaded two cars of
grain today, one for shipment east and
one for the west.
viii Get Extra Pay.
Agent ]. L. Rohan Of the Great
Northern received the following state
ment from J. M. Gurper of st. Paul,
general manager of the road:
This is to advise hat yardmasters,
switchmen and others who did not go
out on strike and who are performing
switching services, who are acting as
switchmen, switch tenders or tower
men, that for their good work and
loyalty, which the company greatly
appreciates, they will be allowed an
extra months pay when the strike is
over"
3. of r. T. Men Back at Work.
The following statement was receive
ed by the officials of the Northern Pa
cific last night:
Forty-five switchmen employed at
Duluth returned to work in a body
this morning. They were B. of 7. r.
men and returned on account of a
unanimous vote in favor of doing So,
yesterday, approved by Vice President
] Whitney. Mr.. Whitney, in an author
lied interview this morning after just
flying the action of The B. of T. r. men
in returning to work, makes the fol-
lowing statement:
Il consider that the officers of the
! Switchmen's Union of North America,
in calling the strike in the manner
they did, acted unfairly with the men
of the B. of r. T., with their own
members, and unfairly with the rail-
roads. 1 have nothing to say as to
fairness or unfairness Of the demands
made by the union. That is a matter
for the union and the railroads to settle
among themselves ant do not wish
to be quoted on this subject. If the
! strike had bee called legally it woulC
have been different proposition. The
constitution of the Switchmen'1 unior
is as follows: Section 312-No strike
shall be called on any system unless
two-thirds of the members shall have
voted for the same, and then it shall bt
conducted by the international presi.
dent or international vice president
deputized by him and the general ad.
justment committee of the system, anC
cannot be settled without the consen
of two-thirds of the members of tn,
system Section 254-Any member
Of this union who shall engage in {
strike or encourage any other membe
!. to engage In one without the consen
of two thirds of the members employ
ed on the system and that of the in
, ternational president, shall stand ex
{ PEELED"
Are Willing to Arbitrate.
When asked about the stand tn
switchman would take in the proposes
meditation committee of the governor
of the states effected by the strike a
planned by VIM. E. McEwan, state la
Dor commissioner of Minnesota, on tn
recommendation, the local switchmel
said:
1--WE are always ready to arbitrat
before the right kind of committee
What we refused to do was arbitrat
: under the Erdman act"
I NEW COVER BORDER.