The Detroit times., 1910-07-21
IS MOVED
ON GRAND TRUNK
NO DISORDER
Non Union Grew Switches cosl ic>
Local Manufacturers without H.
reference on the Part d tie
Striking Employee.
Police Detail at Milwaukee Junction
Cut Downstairs Most Orderly
In City's History.

Freight was moved by the Grams
Trunk. Wednesday afternoon, without
trouble of any kind. The ID. u. II. Ana
other plants, as pointed out exclusively
In The Times on WEDNESDAYS. were n,
need OF coal. which supply has been
coming to them over the Grand Trunk
for years, and the railway wne -
quested to move number OF cars 81
such fuel from the Milwaukee juno
ton 10 the Brush station sidinxs Tor
the benefit OF the nearby customers.
The cars of coal were left a. the
junction when the strike was de-.
clared
The railway officlals were afraid {
that there would be trouble the mo
ment they tried to move freight ear.
but they decided to make q test Ac,
cordingly. a non-union crew. accom-
panied by police officers. boarded 4.
switch engine and went to the June.
ton. Contrary to expectations. tina,
work was done without interference.
the only show OF disapproval cominr
from some men who stuck their heads
out of factory windows along the line
and yelled disrespectful names at the
strike-breakers. In addition 10 the
coal cars. the freight handlers brought
from the Junction number az ears
or Ice consigned to Brown q Brown.
In view OF the orderly Condition az
the strike, Capt. Marquard. III charge
or the police squad at the Mflwaukee
junction, has reduced his stan. He.
says there appears to be NO need al
keeping big number OF men 81,
guard, as the strikers are offering NO
interference. He and Cant. Guymnn
OF the mounted squad, members ~
which are also doing strike duty. adv
II Is the uuietest and most ORDERLY
strike In the annals of the police ia.
partment.
Constitution Forbids Violence.
The strikers have thus far carried
out their intimation that there would
be no violence shown by them.
we couldn't make trouble ~ s,n
wanted to-" said one OF the strikers
Wednesday night Our Constitution
plainly provides that we are not onIv
not 70 modest the property OF our err,.
ployers, but are to keep away from Il
while the strike Is on. Therefore,.
there will be no destruction OF Grand
Trunk property by us. n any trouble
occurs, IL will be made by synipathiz-
ers.''
The Wabash seems to be having
more trouble running It's trains be-
tween Windsor and Niagara Falls. it's
Canadian division being affected by an
agreement with the Grand Trunk be-
cause OF using Grand Trunk tracks In
Canada. All the conductors on the
Canadian lines put two are out, and
the Wabash has found IL necessary 10
place high officials In charge OF trains.
Trainmaster ]. w. Conatsy, Wind
sor, says that the Wabash conductors
went out after advising the company
that they would stay, thus laying
themselves open to dismissal, in ac-
cordance with provision in the rules
of the Order OF Railroad Conductors.
All the conductors, he says, have been
requested by mail to return to work,
and II they fail to do 40 win be dis
charged.
The same system Ia being followed
In Detroit by the Grand Trunk. This
plan is being adopted, Mr.. AtwAter
says. to protect the company against
experiences OF 1894, when a strike cc.
Cured At'that time men came to the
company after the strike and asked 70
be taken back, saying they had not
been on strike and would have re.
ported for duty had they been called
on.
Funny Side Of Strike.
In connection with the strike some
amusing incidents crop out. For In
stance, the Grand Trunk, in its can
vass for former employees TO return 70
work, two homes were visited where
the men solicited had been dead FOR
two years. In another case, the rail
way requested the return Of q man
who had been told some months Rgt
to "go home and take long resi-
without pay" He sent word back e
the railway that ''he was not yet
fully rested"
The Grand Trunk sets forth that II
is employing only experienced men
but this claim didn't seem to be JUST
fed in the case of a passenger brake
| man who came out to board q train
at the Brush-st. station on Wednesday
He carried two green flags. which
were to be placed. OF course, on the
| raar and 0f the last cOach The