Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-22
GRAND TRUNK STRIKE
ALL CONDUCTORS END TRAIN
MEN WALK OUT AT $50
MONDAY NIGHT.
ROAD ISSUES TATEMENT
Declares Men Refused Shedule Given
Material Advance and Refused Ar
observation-disclosures in East is Over.
Pennsylvania Lines Make Settle
ment With Their Men.

Montreal-Conducto 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 to arbitration with the I'M
Outstanding that both sides will ac-
cept the award.
Under the terms of the strike or
der trains which began their runs
before $3.50 were to be taken through
to the terminal by the men in charge.
After that the company is expected
to look after it's own interests. The
developments of the day previous to
the calling of the strike were eX-
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 tralnmen to order a
strike in the event a 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 a position
to do more than had been offered in
our former proposition, giving the
men an increase of approximately
18 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 it's relation with the Grand
Trunk Pacific, is in position to par
ticipate in the higher rates obtain
ing on traffic in the northwest. 1t
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 it
should be not later than Jan. 1,
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 ad-
iourned until this afternoon, when
we were handed the schedule of rates
of pay and rules which are pract1-
| cally the eastern standard.
''The reply was made that we could
| GO 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 and
| Portland an increase from $110 to
| $135; between Montreal and Brock
Vile, from 500 to $40 a month !;
between MOnCredl anu loIOuCo, 1loHi
s11O to S14O, and baggagemen from
| $40 to $S5, and brakemen from $55
| and $50 to $50.
''When I put this to the men |
said that if they did not think 1t
satisfactory I was willing to go to
| the arbitration of a board of expert
| railway men as to whether or not the
proposition was fair and would be
| willing to abide by their decision.
"But they refused to listen to this. -