The Detroit times., 1910-07-23
Individual Strikers
Offered Wage Demand

from Acting superintendent
Ehrke, OF Battle Creek, for protee-
tion against hoodiums who are
stonins trains at Pontiac, Flint,
Ionla and other towns. The gov
ernor will instruct the prosecuting
attorneys and sheriffs TO act NJ
once and II necessary, state troops
may be called out.
The railway commission re-
ceived kilograms signed by zoo
Charlotte business men declaring
the Grand Trunk 10 employing In
competent strikebre akefs and they
ask the commission TO Interfere
as a measure Of public safety.
Chairman Glasgow, Of the state
railroad commission, says no evil
dence has been brought to his at
tention showing that Incompetent
men are employed. II such 10
proven to be the case, he will take
such measures as the law permits.
Secretary LOOMS communicat-
ed at noon with Gov. Warner, who
10 attending a joint prison board
meeting at Marquette, by tele.
phone. Gov. Warner directed that
the following telegram be sent to
the sherlffs Of Calhoun, lonia, Oak
land and Genesee counties:
.You are directed 10 take I'm.
mediate and effective steps to see
that laws relative TO railroad
trains and passengers are en-
forced. Trespassino on railroad
property or interfering In any way
with employees or passengers must
not be permitted. Keep in touch
with the prosecuting attorney.
OTTAWA, Ont- July 22.-The
replies Of President Hays, OF the
Grand Trunk, and of vice-Presi-
dent Murdoch, Of the strikers
committee, to the telegram OF
Minister Of Labor King yesterday
Offering arbitration, are consid-
cred eVasive by the minister and
this morning he sent telegram
to the two leaders In the dispute
insisting on a plain and direct
answer.
Once the principle Of arbitration
Is accepted the minister thinks II
will be easy to secure a mutually
satisfactory board. but the consent
of both parties Is first needed.
Driven to desperation to get com
petent men to run their trains. Crane
Trunk officials In Detroit sent for {
of the striking conductors anC
brakemen. Thursday afternoon anC
Friday morning, and begged them Il
return TO work, agreeing to give them
individually, the increase demanded
In each instance the company was
turned down cold" the officials be
ing told that the acceptance OF sucf
conditions was absolutely out OF tn,
question.
I'VE simply told the company,
said one of the men offered a chanc,
to go back TO work, that we woul(
not consider an individual settlement
OF any kind; that the only way 4
could deal with us was collectively
All or none must get the increase ask
ed for"
In view of the company's latest ef
forts to get the old men back, tn,
strikers feel much encouraged. The!
believe that II will be only a matter
of few days, perhaps hours, unit
the company comes to satisfactor.
agreement with the men, Some o
the trainmen are OF the opinion tina
while the Grand Trunk may not agre,
to give the schedule demanded RICH
away, il will compromise in such
way that the rate asked for will b,
available within shorter time thai
three years, as stipulated by Pres
Hays before the strike.
MIR. Hays agreed TO give us the in
crease asked FOR when the GRAM
Trunk Pacific road Is completed il
1913" said one OF the Windsor train
men, Friday morning. Now We re
fused that offer for the simple reason
that we are not going to let the Crane
Trunk build the Grand Trunk Pacifi,
at our expense. The company woulC
save almost enough in three years b!
continuing the present scale OF wages
to pay for the building OF It's north
west extension. We want the increas,
now and we are certainly going to ge
il, or at least large part OF 1t.
1T is stated in some places tina
tt.e engineers and firemen will no
strike. Well, let me tell you that the.
will strike, just the moment We sa,
the word. Moreover. we are going I,
see to il that Grand Trunk freigh
doesn't get beyond the Falls and But
falo II the company happens to run
out of Windsor. The trainmen ant
switchmen OF other roads at Buffal,
are with us in this strike and the.
will refuse to handle any freight sen
tbara nv tho Crand Trunk -
The Windsor trainmen are disar
pointed in the attitude of the Cana
dian government in regard to tn
strike. The trainmen claim that tn
government is aiding the Gram
Trunk in getting men from the Unite
States to operate It's trains in Canada
The immigration officers at Windso
arc acting faithfully, however, but tn
Grand Trunk is finding a way TO Gil
cumvent the immigration law. Flo
instance, the company sent numbe
OF strike-breakers to Chatham, Ont
from Detroit on Thursday by boat.
The danger Of the public while rio
ing on the Grand Trunk and Wabas
trains in Canada was pointed out b.
Wabash conductor, Friday morning
He related that the Wabash ContineT
tai Limited went out of Windsor
Thursday night. with green lights o.
the rear coach instead OF red.
"A train following the limited,
said the conductor, would be liabl
TO run into the limited at any moment
for tho reason that the engineer O
the train following would take it 70
granted that the limited was on a sid
ing instead of the main line, becaus
of having green lights at the rear END