Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-19
Has ParaIyzed Movement OF
Freight, While Few Passenger
Trains Are Running.
BOTH SIDES ARE DETERMINED
Nearly Five Thousand Trainmen and
Conductors IWolVed--So
Far No Violence.

montreal, July 19.-The strike order
issued on the Grand Trunk railroad
last night at 30, and obeyed by fully
$500 conductors and trainmen whose
demands for wage increases had not
been met by President Hays OF the
railrold at the final conference yes
terday, caused paralysis OF freight
| movement throughout the greater part
Of the system today and few. II any
passenger trains were put out.
| All suburban trains on the Grand
Trunk railway running into Montreal
were Cancelled this morning Thou
sands OF business men and others
were compelled TO find other means
OF reaching the city.
MIX trains were also Cancelled and
large section of the city is threatened
with milk famine.
When the / 500 employees of the Grand
Trunk shops at Point st. Charles re-
ported Tor work today they found the
shops surrounded by $50 policemen a nd
notices posted that the shops were
closed I'm consequence OF the strike of
conductors and trainmen, which start
ed last night There was no disturb
ance.
Union officials here say the object OF
the Grand Trunk in closing it's shops
is to force the shop employees, many OF
whom are old trainmen, TO take the
strikers places.
The union officials add that II this
is the intention IL VIII not succeed.
The International limited. the Grand
Trunks fast train to Detroit and Chi
cago, left at the usual hour. Q o'clock,
this morning
WHAT OFFICIALS CLAIM.
Shortly before noon today the Grand
Al.
had not tied up It's service. The Of
ficials admitted that some local trains
had been Cancelled and that freight
traffic was practically at a standstill
but insisted that all important pas
senger and mail trains were moving
as usual
The strike embraces all OF the com
pany's lines from Portland. Me. to
Chicago. 1t involves nearly 5000 train
men and conductors.
In addition the action Of the conf
pany I'm closing its various shops
throughout Canada and Michigan
throws probably 10000 additional work
ers out OF employment.
The strikers say they are less con
cernod in the stopping OF passenger
traffic than I'm tying up freight. impor-
tant in crop carrying, and this they
have succeeded in doing completely.
Both sides appear to be ready for a
determined struggle. The union Of
icials say they will accept nothing less
han the wages and conditions pre-
scrlbed in the Standardization rules and
he company says II cannot meet such
conditions
The company is congratulatlng itself
IN the eleventh hour settlement made
with its telegraphers yesterday, which
'emoves that branch Of the service, |
rom participation In the trouble.
PRINCIPAL POINTS INVOLVED
The principal points involved In the |
trike are. in addition 10 Montreal, |
1ondon and Stratford. Ont, Port
huron and Battle Creek. Mich. in all |
Y which places the company has shops. /
received from all OF these |
laces this morning say there has been
10 violence
Appeals have been made by the men
mployed in the shops at Montreal to
he mayor and city council for arbltra-
ion under the Mulock law and while |
hese city officials viii tender their Of
ces to both sides today, IL Is
OF anticipated that II will have any
esult
The Grand Trunk early posted notices
I Bonaventure station that all local
rains had been cancelled
Strong details OF police were posted
nd these kept the station clear.
BRAKEMAN THREATENED
Flint, Mich, July ia brakeman
n a west-bound Grand Trunk pas
enger train which passed through
lint this morning was threatened by |
Lrikers here. Just as they were
the car steps. the brake
ian's mother stepped on to the
latform and shouted that before
ley could touch her son they must
cal with her Then the train pulled
ut.
MEN OUT IN DETROIT.
Detroit Mich, July 19.-It is
stimated that 500 men are out I'm
etroit as a result of the Grand
runk strike order Passenger serv-
e is being continued and the mails
ave not been delayed to any extent
nc freight is tied up.
WABASH AFFECTED. 1
Buffalo, y. Y, July 1s-As result
the strike OF Grand Trunk train
zen and conductors the wabash rail-
,ad Is partially tied up.
Boston, July 1e-Some 100 miles OF {
Iilroad in the New England states {
ere made practically idle today by the I
rike OF conductors and trainmen, de-
AIRED last night throughout the en- I
re Grand Trunk railroad system {
bout 400 trainmen IN New England .
e involved in the strike. c