The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-20

Montreal Quebec. July 19.-The strike
of the Grand Trunk Railway trainmen
and conductors was effective all over
the system to-day from Portland TO Chi
cago. as well as on the Central Vermont
Railway. The Grand Trunk Railway
shops all over the system were also
closed down. with the result that several
thousand shop men are out of employ
ment for the time being The result Of
tho strike Is that the Grand Trunk
freight service is badly tied up, no at
tempt having been made 70 move freight
An official statement was issued this
afternoon by Vice President Fitzhugh
that no effort would be made to move
freight until the passenger service was
moving without friction. The company
to-day succeeded in running its through
passenger trains with little delay.
with the train crews being made up OF
nonunion men. The suburban train serv-
ice, however. has been cancelled until
further orders
Arbitration Is Declined.
An attempt is being made to have the
trouble settled by arbitration. the Do
minioa department of labor having Of
fered its services. but Vice President
Murdock, of the trainmen, stated to-day
that there had been sufncient arbitration
and he did not think there would be any
now The men employed on the Wa
bash. which has running rights over the
Grand Trunk from Windsor to Niagara
Falls. 10 the number OF $50 were called
out to-day.
Vice President Murdock stated that the
response to the strike call had been an
swered In a loyal way by the men, and
that services showed there were few. II
any. who were not standing by the Allied
Brotherhood OF Conductors and Train
men,
When asked whether he knew that the
principal Grand Trunk trains were be-
ing sent out as usual, Mr.. Murdock
replied:
I'VE quite expected this. We did not
dream OF being able to tie up the pas
senger service completely, and were pre-
pared 10 see the through trains operated
Where We shall get IN our best work Is
in the freight and suburban services.
Men Are Satisfied.
''The latter is tied up this morning and
the yards are full of cars that the COM
pany is unable 10 move. This is where
they will feel the effect of the strike
most. We are quite satisfied with the
state Of things on this the first day OF
the strike.
I'VE have more than s5,OO0,aO0 of avail
able funds which have grown blue
moldy lying in the treasury so long. Not
one cent Of money has been taken from
that contingency fund for the past ten
years, and We are quite ready for a
struggle Of this kind. We are prepared
TO spend every cent of this money IN
establishing the rights OF the men. and
Will use every possible effort 10 win
II does not seem probable that the engi-
neers will take any part in the present
trouble. The engineers and flremen have
their own organizations, which are separ-
ate and apart from those Of the train
men. and the general opinion expressed
this morning was that SO far as the engi-
neers went they would keep out Of the
trouble altogether.
Buffalo. n. Y. July 1s.-As result OF
the strike of Grand Trunk trainmen and
conductors. the Wabash Railroad is par
TALLY tied up. Wabash train No. I. fast
express for st. Louis which arrived at
o'clock this morning from the East, did
not get away for nearly seven hours.