The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-19
Whole System Will Be Tied
UD When Other Workers
Join the Strikers
PRESIDENT HAYES WILL 4
NOT YIELD 70 DEMANDS
Trims Are Running on Some Parts of
the Road But 1t Ii Believed That
Very Few WIN be Running
Within Twelve Hours

-, ~. 20 rha a,t,re system of
az cssana ,T,.,,,,,, railroad will he tied up
- nas.,e.,s - ,h,cago NV tomorrow
--... MT. .,,o,s.,a man engaged in
-, - o,t ond other depart-
80 s,,,,,,at,et,ca,,v affected in the
rooa,vav ond maintenance divisions will
ougment tho total To the point of COM
-. IT. -, Tho sv.tem
rha str,ke was declared automatically
,o,,ov,;no Tho decision of President Hayes
- tba Grand Trunk not to accede to the
sass, - ~ = n,an
r..,., ,,,,,,, ta.ar their runs before
a.oo o,o,oo,, u,era r,,n through to their d.
,,,.,or tern,inals
rha ..r,,,.,.. ,,o;,r that tho entire svs-
49,. I'll, 10 tied ~ tomorrow
. W. - s..e.s
dispatches from i1o'oo"' e.,ao ai'-
Sarnia say that the shops at tnose piaces
have been closed and that no attempt is
ha,ng made to send out freight trains,
t,a.ss.,, os.on,ar tro,ns .re running an
Ao'e'i
hour OF Two iate.
From Toronto word comes that Ioiiow-
ing the order received from this city ev-
erv trainman inc,udinr conductors and
~, -, o..o ,,,x
yardmen' quit On 'he uch Vi '''o oioeN
The Bellville-foronto train arrived un-
der charge of Superintendent Coleman,
who took out the Montreal train an hour
and ao ,,,inu,as late
- ,.. roron.o
Inc pe'roi' tram uue ~ ie"'e ionso
at II 30 o'clock left 30 minutes late win
Assistant Superintendent Bowker in
.h.r.
,r,'e 80 .,o s,,s,.r, &c a7os
- go - r-I-.
The mileage of the Central vermont
controlled road, 5S6 miles. The Grand
rs..usk is owned by English shareholders
a,d most of the directors live In Lon
a.,
oon'
The order closing tho shops aii aions
the lines of the Grand Trunk railroad Will
throw out of work 5000 men, 1t is said a
cons,deralle number of men will be Of
fsrad the chance to take the places of
st,.iriny conductors and trainmen, some
baing auaIified by experience on the road
TO assume these duties.
c., rosssnger trains left Bona Ventu-
n,ara The Toronto EXPRESS and a local
train which nuIled out without any delay
duo n the strike order.
Tbs exnress train was manned by a
crew ~ French Canadian employees old
N the service Of the company and who
ara mt members of the brotherhood
,rba sbonmen ask that the Mulock arbi-
+ration act he invoked In their behalf.
THE rsouest was made in petition to
the c,ty council. They ask for the ap-
nointment of an arbitrator from each side
Of the narties in controversy
The Grand Trunk officials have made
a6nlication to the minister of labor for
the annontment of a hoard OF arbitration
under the Mulock act, but the minister
declined. ss,- sEfs4t 4
Under the Mulock act a municipality
AFFECTED may make application for the
appointment of arbitrators and the in
tantion Is to make the city council. II
POSSIBLE. repeat the demand whicK the
minister of labor has already refused.
The minister of labor bases his re-
fusal on the fact that the issue has
since been disposed of by the board
of conciliation appointed under the
J.emieux act whose award the men re-
fused although At, was signed by their
representative on the board the men
thereby practically ignoring arbitra.
tion,
TeIegraphers May walk Out
Detroit, July 18.-Between 700 and
1000 trainmen and conductors on the
Grand Trunk railroad lines west OF De-
troit and st. clair rivers obeved the
strike order issued from Montreal to-
night and left thair nosts of duty
This is the estimate OF ]. r. pate
chairman of the Brotherhood Of nciI,
wav Trainmen on lines west.
LOCAL Grand Trunk ofriciaIs saw thst
The railway telegraphers On tb., I'm
west show no signs of leaving ti,sir
nosts Of work but the trainme ~ axssrt
with eoual positiyeness that Tho te,ar
ranbers will walk ont tomorrow
A. port Huron trains left naar,y On
.,,,e IN IN midniehf WITH cre,y. ~
stris. hreakers who have been bro,,.bt
into Michiran. during the last I've
davs
E,1h+ mon armed with riflas wa-o
stationed at the .5rand Trrnk denot
end avery train crew. n was said was
.t+a,,,r+ r,ada 70 intarfara u,ith ~ =
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