The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-07-21
GRAND TRUNK STRIKE.
ALL CONDUCTORS END TRAIN
MEN WALK OUT AT $50
MONDAY NIGHT.
ROAD ISSUES STAT EMENT
Declares Men Refused Shedule Given
Material Advance and Refused Ar
bitration.--Dan3er in East is Over.
Pennsylvania Lines Make Settle
ment With Their Men.

Observation-Disclosures and train
men of the Grand Trunk and Central
Vermont railways, about 5000 in
number, obeyed an automatic strike
order at $50 o'clock Monday night.
Three thousand and five trainmen
and conductors on the Grand Trunk
and $50 on the Central Vermont a
subsidiary line, are affected direct
ly. In addition, 5000 men engaged
in shop work will be temporarily
laid off.
The Grand Trunk railway teleg-
raphers will not strike with the
trainmen and conductors as had been
promised. The wage dispute will be
referred 20 arbitration with the I'M
Outstanding that both sides will &C
cept the award.
Under the terms of the strike or
der trains which began their runs
before $50 were to be taken through
to the terminal by the men in charge.
After that the company is expected
to look after its own interests. The
developments of the day previous to
lIle calling Oh tUe SlIlkt Wtit CA
planned as follows in statement is
sued by the company at 6 O'Clock.
The management issued the follow
ing statement:
"Messrs. Berry and Murdoch, with
a committee representing the Grand
Trunk trainmen and yardmen, met
the officers of the company this morn
ing and advised that they had re-
ceived the authority of large ma
jority of our trainmen to order a
strike in the event settlement was
not reached with the company. A
general discussion of the situation
took place during which we advised
them that We were not in position
to do more than had been offered in
our former proposition, giving the
men an increase of approximately
IS per cent, with the further promise
that they should be given the same
standard of pay as the Canadian Pa
cific as soon as the Grand Trunk,
through its relation with the Grand
Trunk Pacific. is in position to par
ticipate in the higher rates obtain
ing on traffic in the northwest. II
was explained that if there was any
question of indefiniteness as to the
date when the standardization was
to take effect, we would agree that II
should be not later than Jan. l,
1913. or earlier, if the board of rail-
way commissioners, upon hearing OF
the facts in the case should so de-
termine.
This was not considered salts
factory and the conference was adj
iourned until this afternoon, when
we were handed the schedule of rate:
of pay and rules which are practi-
callv the eastern standard.
The reply was made that we could
do no better than what had already
been offered, and we had no further
propositions to make.
In the meantime. we shall make
effective the rules and rates of pay
offered the employees. Pending set
Element of matters, all shops on the
system will be closed"
To this President Hays added:
eve have done the best we can
having regard to the interests of the
shareholders and of the men them
selves. We have offered substantial
increases in wages. For instance, We
give conductors between Montreal anC
Portland an increase from $40 tC
s135: between Montreal and Brock
Vile. from $50 to $40 a month
between Montreal and Toronto, from
$40 to $40, and baggagemen from
$40 TO sS5, and brakemen from 50,
and $50 to $50.
when ! put this to the men
said that if they did not think i
satisfactory | was willing 70 go tt
the arbitration of a board of exper
railway men as to whether or not the
proposition was fair and would bt
willing to abide by their decision.
But they refused to listen TO this