New-York tribune., 1910-07-21
FREIGHT LINES TIED Up
Many Cities Hampered by Strike
on Grand Trunk.
PRACTICALLY NO VIOLENCE
Through Passenger Trains Run
ning-Mails on Many Branch
Lines Delayed.

Montreal July eo-The news out OF OF
tawa that the Minister Of Commerce anu
Labor was trying to get both sides OF the
Grand Trunk strike together on oasls oi
arbitration provoked Mr.. Murdock wee
president of the strikers union, TO snaIp
retort tonight
Arbitration" said he. lis out or tn7
question. AS far as We are concerned thste
will be no arbitration The company III"
not talk arbitration until it had nagged 'ne ne
men to finish Now it wants IT, We VIII
have none OF it,"
To-day the Grand Trunk gained grouho
slowly More passenger trains were oPei
ated This afternoon a start was mace oii
the restoration Of the local suburban ser
vice and a couple Of freights were mace up
and started. Most of the freight work done
vas 10 put the Yards in condition to nan
die business later.
A warning was sent to-day to the preSl-
dent OF the Delaware & Hudson from
strike headquarters. Complaint had oeeh
made that his men had been used for un-
usual purposes" on the Crank TRUNK
tracks
President Stone of the Brotherhood OF
Engineers telegraphed his members tha'
their position was neutral and urged them
observe
the engineers we're told not 10 act as
pilots for green conductors
There is no milk or meat famine mere
The fruit business only has suffered SO
far.
That the backbone OF the strike would be
broken by Saturday was the assertion OF
MI Fitzhugh. vice-president Of the Grand
Trunk Railway. who said:
This afternoon we resumed part of our
suburban service out of Montreal We are
Just setting in motion number or [relgnt
trains. Recruits are coming 10 take tne
strikers places faster than We can tAke
care of them. Our reports from divisional
points all over the system are Just as salts
factory as they are in Montreal no as
+I1rbances of consequence are reported any
where and all important passenger trains
are moving without interruption ~ sat
urday or earlier we VIII nave [,1 r1Il &c COIL m
Tliernent of men and our service Will pe re-
suned in its full capacity.
The unions were inactive They took no
steps either to dissuade strike breakers
from going to work or preventing the run
ming of trains This may be accounted for
bv the fact that Mr. Murdoch vice-presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Trainmen and
his associates spent several hours in ne
gotfation with Sir Thomas Shaughnessy.
of the Canadian Pacific Railway. regarding
final adjustment of the status of con-
ductors and trainmen employed on that
road. II was reported that a settlement Of
disputed points was near
Toronto. July 2o-The third day of the
strike on the Grand Trunk has been un-
eventful throughout Ontario. Through
passenger trains are running fairly on
time. A few local trains have been aban-
doned. No attempt is being made TO move
freight.
The freight situation here is serious.
Yards and sidings are congested with cars.
The ice companies are suffering, and much
perishable freight is being ruined. There
is no truth. however. in reports that a
milk and meat famine menaces the city.
full supply of milk was received only
half an hour late this morning, and cattle
are being shipped here over the lines of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The only important train abandoned to-
day was the Cobalt Special. The trains
that did go out were manned by special
men. and the terminal superintendent here
handled the making UP of the trains him
self.