Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-08-05
STRIKE CALLED ( OFF
Railroad and Labor officials
Agreed tuesday Night
Goth Sides Made concessions-striNe
Breakers VIII Net &c Discharged
Approximate Cost Of the Trouble.

Through the perseverance, Of The Cana
dian minister of labor. Mackenzie King,
10 the face NJ discouragtug setbaczs. the
strike Of -he conductors and -rainmen OF
the Grand Trunk raIlw system. nclud-
lE the Central Vermont system vas Of
1cially called IF Tuesday night after
having been progress -wc weeks
President Charles VI. Hays OF the rail-
road company ana the aoOr lnlon officials
signed an agreement at Ottawa he text
Of which vas as follows.
The company Will put back as soon as
possible the men other than those VINO
nave been or may De found guilty u acts
1f violence Or iisorceriy conduct. he IN
derstanding being that there g 70 De no
coercion Of intimidation Used toward the
new men.
The company VIII put INTO effect from
May 1. 1910. Uhe rates named N the
schedule Of rates dated July l9 1910.
hose rates 70 0e embodied Il The present
schedules now IN effect On this line. Il
being understood hat those rates shall IN
no Instance effect reduction n any ex-
sting rate.
The company Will u January Z. 1912.
make -ffectir- IN train and yard service
On ne frand Trunk -allroad. the rates of
pay and the rules contained II The sChed-
I.e 1r agreement N that late IN effect
On the ines Of the Canadian Pacific rail-
above propositions shall Apply also 20 the
Central T-ruonu Railway eompauy. the
said -a.I-0lI 90 re substituted for the
Grand Trunk railway and The Rutland
-l--1ad o ae substituted for he -iuadian
Plclhc railway Wherever the same are
used 1r understood IN -le above.
The men thus obtain Two .oucessi0ns
over the terms offered by President HAYS
n -la ia- they struck. First. The stand
u Hlr r-rrH-
recently conceded by The Canadian P1ci-
DE -aaes place 0r Jan. =. 1872. instead Of
Jan 4. 1918. as rfered 1v Mr HAYS 4
-1l- NJ one year. Against -hIs s placed
-l= -act chat che Canadian Pacific stand
ard ana -'1.es are rot luI-e hose 0r the
eastern ASSOCIATION vrlc1 the men ie-
.uarded. Secorc--. --e offer made by Mr
-ars -0 -re men On July Is. s adopted.
20 lold Until The Standardization adopt
ri IN Jan. 4. 1879. 1u- ne Increased -ate
N pay made that offer s made retro
active TIE men therefore gain Two lnd
la.t months 9t the Increase. the affer II
Al-- HAYS 1einE when made only effective
from date
Against these -wo gains there must be
placed the -acr that he men are only 70
1e restored 70 heir former positions ls
soon AS possible How much thew will
.ose this wav only time VIII tell. as
ne company IS nor Under obligations TO
discharge any of -he men taken On since
The strike vas called nor 20 reduce them
n rank.
Just what the strike which has ended
has cost VIII be fiffiCuIt 20 figure )ut
-t .asred fourteen iavz. and during thar
--U= vas stated that 500 men we're 1ut
m he Grand Trunk and $50 men On the
Central vermont. To vas figured that N
loss Of earnings and other expenses he
strike cost the Crank Trunk about $500
10 week n appro x1-nareIv 81 100 100
d. d o. I -
pay and -rairueu s35. Averaging this At
$40 a month. IL would mean that The tyvo
Unions paid ont LDoy- $1,000 Added TO
This the strikers lost more rhan 81 1.0OO. 900
n wages. In addition 70 This The losses
incurred by -he general business 1t the
r0Uu-r- can scarcely De- =st~ruated but
the disruption amounted 70 = large tgure.
Definite Information that the strike vas
settled reached 8rarcIabOro about 10
o'clock Tuesday night and the news
-rrsad -anidly among the -ralumen- P.
4- - 5r1ec. VINO had been n charge Of
the situation lere told al the strikers 70
be ready 70 20 back .lto service at very
short notice and the strike breakers
we're -1ld good laturedIv that their days
ot service n --ls .lcaIirv We're numbered.
-t was expected that the former arnplo
would he ordered back 70 -heir regular
runs Wednesday, but the orders we're
slow coming and nor Until today we're
al the Bra-tIab0r0 strikers back NJ work
Mr. OPT Br-e1 called rEe strikers together
Wednesday morning ana read he for
raI orders calling IF -he strike. Before
going I'D Festival hail. where the meet
.r= vas acid. word was et- With the
telegraph operator M -Le station that If
any man was called for 10 begin work i
messenger should be sent FOR him At once.
The men we're III the hall only 4 few
minutes but 10 vas -1e Intention of -he
strikers 20 show their willingness 70 help
1ut che situation by the 1roupresr kind
NJ response 90 any definite order.
The biggest demonstration 2 Brattle-
loro IN connection with the settlement 0f
me strike took place lJ the station We'd
lesdav afternoon about o'clock, when 4
big double header freight train Of 80 cars
pulled out FOR the North r charge u
Conductor Jack Riley. Strikers and
strike breakers gathered 1u the platform
-O give aim q rOuslnE seud-Jr Iu1 as he
stepped on the train with about 4 peck
lf wav bills In his arms -hev -heered
ann with hearriness. This was the drst
through freight 20 be started for the
North and ir was one Of the biggest that
has pulled 5ur OF Brattleboro in A long
time. Freight which had accumulated
II the Yards made ID the greater part Of
the rraLnlOad. Conductor Riley vas the
.dsr man 70 90 OUT when the strike was
called. Most Of the other IRE ghu crews
we're put back on their runs yesterday,
and today the strike breaking crew On
and the old men were put on. Al along
The line the old hands were greeted with
warmth. According to the strike break
ing crew 0f the West river division, peo-
pie Up the West River valley have used
them very we'll for the most part. Only
one Of the station agents failed 70 meet
them fairly ana they united In giving
him a choice opinion as to what they
thought Jf him. The general verdict is
that while some Of the strike breakers
were OF L low type Jf manhood there
were also many Who we're 1f L decidedly
better class. The majority Of them left
for New London Wednesday night thus
leaving their places vacant for the old
| men 20 resume.
Mr.. BriRu eft yesterday morning for
l Montreal where all Of the strikers com
mItteemen we're ordered to report The
! wav n which ne couuselled the striking
-rainmen after he took charge 0f the
| situation here placed him high n The
/ estimation OF Brattleboro people. His
| advice and actions in every case we're
| toward peace and order and against any
I stood by the principles OF the striking
| trainmen down TO the smallest particular.
| Altogether the strikers conducted them
selves we'll IN Brattleboro. The few IN
i fortunate Incidents were brought about
/ by outsiders and Whatever part the
/ strikers took IN them was due 70 the ex-
| citement under which rhev were placed.
Many a man who knows himself Is for