Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

innate of the award of the board Of con-
| Citation.
.,rhe committee at a glance found that
| it was very far from being anything hse
the boards award and that In the great
majority of cases where rates had been
specified these rates are very much peio"
| those suggested by the board.
For instance. on the Portland Mont
real runs we find Mr. Hayes offering va
| for 100 miles to a passenger conductor
| instead of $2.45 $40 as filed in the board
award. We find in Montreal-Toronto
! passenger runs he offers conductors VOL
| per 100 miles, instead Of the board
award of AS $40 The minimum stand
ard monthly salary for passenger con-
ductor in the territory is 1925 month,
| the board recommended $101 a month. Mr..
| Hayes suggests many runs at 500 a
| month and some as low as $50 month.
| The minimum monthly pay for passen-
| ger brakeman recommended by the board
was $56; Mr.. Hayes offers in many cases
| $55. monthly increase of IS on $50 sal
| airy.
| Further, in his proposition, Mr..
| Hayes ignored entirely the boards
recommendation to standardize condi-
| tons on the Grand Trunk and its rec
OmmendatiOn to put into effect the
mileage basis of pay in either passen-
| ger or local freight service. Instead,
he proposes to perpetuate existing con-
ditions and in some ways to make
them more Objectionable, since there
would be greater inequalities than in
| the past.
| "Tkerefore, we positively refused to
accept his propositions on behalf OF
the men, who had left US out instruc-
tions with power to act AS a result,
the men left the service at $50 this
evening""
Asked as to what backing the inter-
national unions would have for such
an extensive strike, Mr.. Murdoch said:
There is a protective fund of $1,000
900 back of us now, and there Will be
no difficulty in getting $350,0O0 a month
to keep the strike going. The full pro-
tective features of both the Conduc-
tors and Trainmen's Unions will be
given with payment of strike pay OF
$50 a month to members Of tine Order
Of Railway Conductors and s35 month
| to members of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen."
| The Central Vermont, which is con-
trolled by the Grand Trunk, made an
effort to prevent it's men going out by
appealing to Washington under the
| terms of the Erdman act. Vice Pres
ident Murdoch of the trainmen this
afternoon read a telegram signed by
Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, and
Charles P. Neill commissioner of Ia
Dor, stating that the railway had made
| this application and expressing their
| willingness to use their offices in the
| direction desired. To this, Mr.. Murdoch
replied:
| "Our organization always is willing
| to accept your friendly Offices. but
the situation is such considering the
attitude of the company as to leave
| small hope for settlement as a result
of mediation. Men leave this service
this evening"
] The order closing the shops all along
the lines of the Grand Trunk will af-
| feet over 5000 men, of whom about
700 are in Montreal. 1t is understood
that a considerable number will be
offered the chance to take the places of
striking conductors and trainmen,
some of them being qualified by ex-
perience on the road. In addition to
the Montreal shops, the Grand Trunk
had shops at Toronto Stratford. Battle
Creek, Mich Port Huron, Mich. Cor
ham, Me- and Portland, Me.
| The Grand Trunk made application
to the minister of labor for the APP
pointment of a board of arbitration,
but the minister declined considering
the reference under the Lemieux act
| no hfvy1n q
municipality affected may make appli-
cation for the appointment of arbitra-
tors and the intention is to make the
CITY council, if possible repeat the de-
mand which the minister of labor has
already refused in the application of
the railway company. The report of
second board of arbitration could not
affect the company's position and
might strengthen it.
| Only passenger trains scheduled to
leave Bonaventure depot after the
strike order went into effect, the To-
ronto express and local pulled out
without any delay due to the strike.
The express was manned by crew of
French Cana dams, old employees of the
company not members Of the brother
hood A number of strikers watched
| II depart, out There was no ueIIloIStTd-
ton of any kind.
| The management of the Grand Trunk
issued the following statement tonight:
| "Messers. Berry and Murdoch with a
committee representing the Grand
Trunk trainmen and yardmen met the
officers of the company this morning
ami advised that they had received the
authority Of a large majority of our
trainnren to order a strike in the ad-
vent of settlement was not reached
with the company. A general discus
sion of the situation took place during
W inch we advised them that we were
not in n position to do more than had
| been offered in our former proposition,
giving the men an increase of approx
mately 18 per cent. with the further
promise that they should be given the
same standard rate of pay as the Can
| adam Pacific as soon as the Grand
Trunk, through it's relation with the
Grand Trunk Pacific is in position to
participate in the higher rates OBJ
| tanning on traffic in the Northwest. BY
| reason of the completion of that road
/ on6 tho obt al N Of fhro,,pb roi1 oop.