The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-28


OF the Grand Trunk strike, which
also ulc, ed the employees OF the
New Eng and road, a subsidiary.
The lo< al shops were closed to-
day, $50 men being thrown out
of employment.
MONTREAL.-Spec a fight
20 a fnish." was the slogan sounded
foday both by the officials OF the
Grand Trunk Railway System and the
leaders OF the 5000 employees who
struck last night for higher wages.
The union leaders reported today
that every member of the organization
affected had obeyed the strike order,
and that by tonight scarcely a wheel
would be turning on the $3.50 miles
OF railway.
There will be no interference in
service was the declaration of the
company officials The importation
OF strikebreakers, both on the Grand
Trunk proper and the Central Yer
mont, the New England subsidiary, is
being rushed today. Hundreds of
men are ready at the division points
TO take the strikers places and hun
dreds more are on the way.
after the last train that began its
night had been taken to the end of
tts run. the company began attempt
ing to run trains with employees un-
affiliated with unions.
Clashes Are Reported.
This morning several clashes had
already been reported. Vice Presi-
dent James Murdoch, OF the Brother
hood of Trainmen, said today:
The men are firm and we have
silently OF funds for a long struggle
We are lighting for the wages set by
the board OF Cancellation and we mean
20 get them"
President Hays, of the road, said:
We have done all in our power to
avert trouble, and now that a fight
has been forced. we will maintain the
position we believe TO be right"
The company officers declared that
they feared no walkout by the telegra-
Phers. adding that all the operators at |
9EnalI stations in the West had stuck |
90 their keys
The telegra pliers will be out with /
an twenty-four hours" was the an
swer TO this claim, made by the lead
ers OF the men. q
Supplied With Funds. ~
Ne sceESr haS the union men Ae- |
ported 90 their various headQusf1ters
and had ooeyed the order to ws1k on,
Svsnounced ~, he 81 beS aPi Il
y, --'-Er flEUA2f 70 conductors and S35
10 rainmen-wculd be paid by the
unions. which, say the officers, can
count on $350.000 a month in aid |
cleus OF more than S1.00O,00o.
1t was reported today that the
strike might affect the construction OF
the new western line OF the GRAND |
Trunk which has been promised com
rlete by the end OF this year. This is |
the extension TO Prince Rupert on the |
Pacific, $50 miles north of Vancouver. |
since the work was taken up seven /
years ago nearly 700 miles, from Win !
nlpeg to Wainwright. have been COM
Crr nfar.
the fall OF 1908.
Has Extensive System.
The company now has under con-
roll through ownership or lease, g.
z5s.zS miles in the United States. with
capitalization OF S230. 0O0, 600. Of
this $50 miles, operated by the Cen
tral Vermont. Is controlled through q |
possession OF stock majority by the
Grand Trunk. Other subsidiary lines
are the Atlantic land ST. Lawrence
United states and Canada, Buffalo and
Lake Huron. Owen Sound Branch;
Chacago' Detroit and Canada; Michi-
san Air Line Champlain and St Law
renee. Intercolonial Railway. Lewis
ton and Auburn. Norway Branch
{ Maine}; Cincinnati, Saginaw and /
Macktnaw, New York Central (Fort
Erie to Black Rock) and Canadian |
k'scliic IlSsoissing Junction to North
Bay).
The main lines are the Canada At
lantic, the Grand Trunk Western, the
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee.
and the Toledo. Saginaw and Auske-
gon. The entire system as now oper-
ated consists OF trunk line from
Portland, Me-, and Quebec, via Mon
treal to Chicago.
Branches run to Buffalo and De-
troit The total length Of the extern
sion to the Pacific Ocean is 5000 |
miles. When II is opened the Grand
Trunk Will have a transcontinental |
trunk line running from Moncton, N
b. TO Prince Rupert
Company Is Prepared.
IT became apparent today that ir
the six weeks in which the strike has
been threatened the company has not
been idle. The preparations for keep
ing the wheels turning had included |
the mastering in OF heavy force of
guards
When dawn came today armed |
guards were drawn in cordons around
the shops anG yards, and the outlying |
rl&nt OF way was under patrol. Adj |
vices received from other important |
Doints reported the same condition /
there. IN the yards converted box |
cars. such as used by construction /
gangs. were filled with non-union |
rainmen and the machine shops look |
d like dormitories.
The municipal police were prepared |
Tor trouble and all patrolmen who |
souid be spared from usual duty were |
IN strike detail. The company men |
declared that some Of the 700 shop |
men had accepted the ofrer of places |
on train crews and that enough had |
been recruited to keep the passenger |
traffic going.
Armed Crews on ArmOred Trains.
In the yards there is set aside an
arsenal Every train crew is armed. |
md some of the engines appear to
ave been armored about the cabs
thousands OF rounds OF ammuns-
4 are at the cornpany's disposal
IS to bring about peace under
cloiman act OF the United States,
:, L.en4ieux act OF Canada, were
Cla4d today and smother attempt