The Detroit times., 1910-08-04
ALL TRA|NMEM MOI
TO Be TAKEN BACK
BY GRAMO TRUNK
Former Employees Of Railway In.
gagged as Strike Breakers viii Be
Retained, In Accordance With
Promise. Local Official Declares.
We'll Send for Strikers a. We Need
Them, and We Don't Need Them
Badly Now" Is Statement.

The announcement was made by q
high-up Official OF the Grand Trunk In
Detroit. Wednesday morning. that the
former employees OF the road who
were hired to take the place Of sonn01
OF the striking trainmen would y \
tanned In the service az long q thoy
gave satisfaction. 1t was presumed
by the strikers and their sympathis.
ers that all the strike-breakers would
be dropped as soon az the settle
ment was made. but the wholesale
wedding out will not take place.
''Of course" said The Times IN.
formant, "a great many of the strike
breakers Will have to go. but that will
be no disappointment for them, be-
cause they expected such a move
when the strike was over These mon
were supplied by q detective agency
on the understanding that they were
not to be kept Anyway. most OF
them are professional strike-breakers
and they will return to Chicago.
whence they were recruited by the
detective agenvy which sent them to
us, and will then doubtless go to other
places as trike-breakers. But / don't
want 1t understood that these men
were not railroaders: they had all
done more or less railroading.
"All of the former employees, that
il, men who came back to US AZ
strike-breakers after they had left the
company for one cause or another,
keep them, for they were told on be-
f,,er off thn ctr La hnt -
would not be dropped. So. you see.
we could not drop them IL We wanted
to, II our word counts for anything.
The striking trainmen will be taxi
en- back as fast az we can make room
for them Individuality mat rs, Wen
send for them as we need them. Just
now we don't need them very badly,
for the freight traffic is very slack. So
once II we wanted to. All Che men
may not get back, at that, for we
will not reinstate any who have been
guilty of violence during the strike"
Most of the passenger trains were
run by former conductors and brake
men during the strike, and IL they ara
retained, as intimated by the Detroit
authority OF the Grand Trunk. 1t
means that they will crowd out some
of the strikers for a while. at least.
The settlement of the Grand Trunk
strike, while II Is a sort of compro-
mise, is welcomed by the majority Of
the strikers. They had hoped for q
complete victory; that is, the payment
CT the rate demanded right away, but
they feel that there is some satisfac-
ton in knowing that the big increase
is to come, Jan. 1, 1912, a year be-
fore President Hays wanted TO give
IL. They are also pleased to know
that the increase of Is per cent, ofYer.
ed by the president just before the
men went on strike, Is to be retro
active, the men thereby getting the
present increase from May 1. 1910,
and pay for all the time they have
been on strike, two weeks and one
day.
How do you regard the settle
ment?" was asked of f. p. Curtis,
vice president of the Order OF Rail-
way Conductors, at the Hotel Fuller,
Wednesday morning.
II don't regard II ALL" he replied.
II have not seen the settlement and
don't know anything more about 1t
than you do However, the strike Is
over and the men are returning to
their work this morning"
Mr.. Curtis will go to Montreal.
Wednesday night, to confer with
other leaders of the trainmen In re-
gard to the terms OF settlement.
A. B. Atwater, assistant to Presi-
dent Hays for the lines west OF De-
troit, stated, Wednesday morning,
that the only information he had In
regard to the settlement was what he
read In the newspapers. Commenting
on the settlement OF the difnculty, he
said:
$50 far as I can see, the trainmen
have accepted just what Mr.. Hays Of
fered them to avoid strike. Before
they went out he agreed to give them
the Is per cent increase until the
Grand Trunk Pacific was finished,
about two years from now, when he
would give them the same pay a. the
Canadian Pacific Is giving its train
men. That is all care to say on the
situation until l receive ofncial In
formation in the matter"