New-York tribune., 1910-07-23
TALK OF TRUCE ON G. 7.
Effort for Settlement of Strike
on Canadian Line.
PLANS TO MOVE FREIGHT
Pleas for Police Protection
Few Gases of Violence
Action in West.

Montreal, July 22-The end of the fourth
day of the strike of the Grand IruhA
conductors and trainmen sees little pros
pect of a settlement in sight. The attenip'
of Mackenzie King. Minister of Labor 10
obtain a cessation of hostilities by re-
sort to arbitration has so far resuiteu
merely in a reiteration by both OF the par
les that they are willing to arbitrate on
the lines suggested Monday afternoon
Just before the strike was ordered MI
HAYS, president of the Crank Trunk yes
terday wrote to the Minister of LABOR that
the position of the company was the same
as it had always been. He proposed no"
what he had proposed on July Ii, to whicn
the reply was received:
.I regret that it does not seem to me
that have the requisite authority 10 taAe
either of the courses you suggest, nor 90
I believe 1t would be in the public interest
to do so
Mr.. Havs remarked that while the atti-
tude of the minister appears to have
changed. Messrs. Murdock and Berry the
representatives of the men, seemed to oc-
cupy the position which they had taken
from the beginning Mr.. King did not find
this communication or that received from
the representatives of the men a sat1sfac-
tory answer to the request he had made
them that they tell him whether or not
they would accept arbitration, and this
morning he telegraphed both parties telling
them So putting it this time in the follow
ing words:
Whether, as representing one of the par
ties to the present dispute, you will now be
willing to refer the existing differences TO
mutually acceptable, can be secured and
the necessary expenses incidental to such
a board met by the government?
To this Mr.. Murdock. vice-president of
the trainmen, replied:
"I answer yes, and believe that our po-
sition in that connection has been fully
outlined in previous correspondence"
To this, however, the following was at
tached:
''It should be understood. however, that
the two words mutually satisfactory from
our point of view would mean the arbitra-
ton offered by US previously and now Of
fered would only appear to be satisfactory
to the employees
Mr.. Murdock also pointed out that this
was the decision of the committee arrived
at before it's departure from Montreal, and
that without further instructions from 1t
he was not prepared to go further.
The offer to which he refers is that the
dispute shall be submitted to e. E Clark.
of the United States Interstate Commerce
Commission, and P. H. Morrissey, of the
Railway Employees Association.
The reply of the Grand Trunks president
to the second communication of the Min
lister of Labor was not made public to-
night,-but it was said by leading official
that 1t was ridiculous to suppose that the
Grand Trunk would for one moment con-
that involved in the present case to
board of arbitration composed of former
heads of the two organizations involved,
Mr.. Clark having been for many years
head of the conductors order and Mr..
Morrissey chief of the trainmen- The COM
pany was, as it had always been. he
said, willing to arbtrate before board
composed Of men acquainted with the de-
tails of the railway business and able to
understand the technicaities of the matter
at issue.
Toronto, July 22-''We shall start moving
freight Tomorrow was the announce
ment made here to-day by the Grand
Trunk superintendent, Mr.. Brownlee. "A
large number of conductors and brakemen
are being examined, and will be put in
charge of freight trains. An experienced
man. thoroughly conversant with our rules.
will be in charge of each train. We have
now experienced men to handle our pas
senger service"
In view of their determination to try to
move freight, the company has applied to
the police authorities of the various towns
to ascertain what police protection they
may expect Where they consider that it
will be inadequate the company will sup
ply it for themselves. and are largely in