Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-07-21
The GRAND TRUNK strike
Passenger Trains as Usual But Nc
Freight Service.


was in effect on the Central Vermont rail-
way when the night express from the
south, due at :55 a. M, did not arrive
until six hours later, or about O'Clock
Tuesday morning and was then manned
By a new conductor and brakemen.
Other passenger trains continued TO ar
rive not more than half an hour behind
schedule time, and mail and express serv-
ice was not interrupted.
Aside from engineers and firemen, the
old familiar train crews are missed and in
their places appear men from the rail-
roads office force and other departments,
who wear no uniform except the regula-
tion caps, but seem to know how to move
trains as well as to handle more clerical
matters. One Of the travelling passenger
agents of the road "snbstitutedp for Con-,
ductor Mike Powers on the north-bound
local yesterday morning and had aboard
three carloads Of men, presumably strike
breakers.
Not freight train moved Monday or
Tuesday, but as the feed and grain dealers
have a stock on hand that will last sever
al weeks, and fruit comes by express any
way, lack OF freight service will cause no
local suffering to man or beast at present.
Salisbury Brothers and Sargent, Osgcod
& Roundy have sufficient stock on hand
to run factory and foundry and have no
particular shipping to do this week; but
the r. r. Emerson company has had 10
send some orders by express and has 9th
ers that are wanted in q hurry. Cream
and butter are sent to Boston by express.
This morning one freight train has
been started out of st. Albans southbound
and another out of White River juno
tion going north, and their progress is
being watched with interest. The south
bound, with a string of 20 refrigerator
cars and three coal cars, passed through
this place just before 10 a. m. at express
speed.
A strike OF the conductors and train
men of the Grand Trunk railway began at
$3.50 Monday night, because President
Hayes refused to accede 10 the demands
OF the men-the conductors and brakenen
asking for an increase in pay amounting
TO approximately 40 per cent, and the
yardmen for an increase amounting to APP
proximately 100 per cent. The president
advised the men that the road was not in
position to do more than had been
offered in q former proposition, giving
the men an increase Of approximately ie
per cent, with the further promise that
they should be given the same standard
rate of pay as the Canadian Pacific as
soon as the Grand Trunk, through its re-
lation with the Grand Trunk Pacific, is
in position to participate in the higher
ratios obtaining on traffic in the north
west, by reason OF the completion Of that
road and the obtaining Of through rail
connections between the Grand Trunk
and the Grand Trunk Pacific, which
should be accomplished within two
years, or not later than Jan. /, 1913.
This not being satisfactory, the strike
was declared automatically, and trains
which began their runs before 9 go p. m.
Monday we're taken through to division
terminals and left.
The total mileage OF the Grand Trunk
system is 4705. The mileage OF the Cen
trail Vermont, q controlled road, is 536.
The Grand Trunk chiefly is owned by
English shareholders and most OF the di-
reetors live in London. The company is
now engaged ia the construction OF a
great trans-eontinental railroad which is
known as the Grand Trunk Pacific, ex-
tending from Moncton, n. B., to the Pa
cific coast.
ub stIlkt on
the New London and Northern aud Cen
tral Vermont branches is about $50. An
other hundred may be added on the main
road between Portland and Montreal.
Because Of the strike, the railroad shops
in st. Adams, where $50 men we're em-
played, are closed, and 10000 men are
thrown out OF employment, by the closing 4
OF the shops in Montreal. John f. /
Maon, once Of Randolph, is chairman OF 4
the general committee OF the Order Of (
Railway Conductors for the Central Yer I
mont railway, and is stationed at Mon 4
treal in charge OF the interests OF his
there.
great factor to the dispute, which 4
will have a vide effect, is the decision of
the Grand Trunk company TO close all its
shops at Montreal, Toronto, London,
Stratford, Port Huron, Battle Creek,
Portland. Chicago, aud all over the sys-
iem pending the settlement Of the dis
pute. This will mean that many thou
sards Of men In these cities will be thrown
out Of employment through no fault OF
heir own, perhaps for an indefinite pc
riod. II is stated that this is not through
my desire on the part OF the Grand
Trunk to hurt its employees, but because
L they have so tremendous an industrial
ispute to fight, It will take all the availa-
bic funds, and they will have 10 concen-
rate their energies on this end Of the e
natter, leaving the work OF the shops as
secondary consideration.
General Passenger Agent, John W.
Ianley has informed the Canadian Office
hat all passengers will be handled
without any Inconvenience and that there
8 no reason why they should be sent
by any other route. Another
iffical would make no prediction as 70
low long it would be before the road
would again be handling freight, but was
onfdent that IL il were necessary every
ingle car Of freight delivered to the road
ould be forwarded without any serious
elay.
The strike breakers have encountered
.othinR worse than hard words and boots
5hen starting out from ST. Albans with
assenger truins and have SO far found
verything quiet an along the line. The
abroad yard in So. Albans Is picketed
nd there is 8 guard At every switch.
A Island Pond Tuesday evening some
oY sympathizers Of the strikers hollered
nd booted and threw rotten eggs 60 the
rains but there was no real trouble.
he train was stalled for bile but no
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