The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
GRAND TRUNK R. R.
IS At STANDST|LL
Over 5000 Trainmen on Strike
Means $1,000 Men in
Lockout.

| MONTREAL, July ia new turn was
| given TO Ibe situation In the strike OF
| the Grand Trunk railway conductors and
| trainmen shortly after noon by the re-
ceipts OF a dispatch from the mlniste er
OF labor at Ottawa offering. In behalf of
the government. to appoint board of ar
bitration In the trouble between the COM
pany and its employees. the finding to
be binding on both and the government
TO bear all expenses in connection there
with.
The offer was submitted In the form Of
letter to President Hays OF the Grand
Trunk and to the head officials OF the
unions involved. and is now under con-
sidera don by them.
While there is no intimation OF how
they VIII act upon the offer. II is known
that strong pressure Is being brought TO
bear upon both sides to accept. 1t is
thought that from the fact that Presi-
dent Hays had already made an offer to
least. Will accede to the proposal, Ad
Vices from all division points Of the
Grand Trunk In Canada and from Port
Huron and Detroit indicate that the COM
pany is having greater difficulty in keep
Ing It's trains moving than was at first
apparent, Az some points no tickets are
being sold because OF the inability OF the
company to guarantee a complete journey.
Thus the train which left Stratford. Ont,
for Buffalo at l0:i5 this morning carried
no passengers, Al Hamilton, a center OF
trade union interests. trouble Is feared,
as soon as strikebreakers begin TO appear
and the police precautions have been re-
doubled.
Freight jams are reported at Toronto,
Hamilton and other points, while the
yards at Montreal are lined with freight
which the company is unable TO move.
An official OF the company, predicts that
the entire train service will be resumed
within forty-ciGht hours. basing his pre-
diction, he said. on the company's ap-
parent ability TO get all the men 1t
wants,
Many Of the men shut out of the shops
have taken train service and the union
officials bitterly denounce the company
for closing the shops at this time and
thereby throwing 10. 900 men into idle
ness
They declare that such a move will be
ample Justification for sympathetic
strike of the engineers and telegraphers.
although there is no indication of such
a move.
The latest calculation OF the number of
men rendered idle by the strike and lock-
out runs TO 900.
The strike embraces all of the COM
pany's lines from Portland, Me, TO Chi
cago, 1t involves nearly 1000 trainmen
In addition, the action OF the company
In closing its various shops throughout
Canada and Michigan throws probably
10, 900 additional workers out of employ
nent
The strikers say they are less concerned
IN the stopping of passenger traffic than
N tying up freight, important In crop
carrying, and this they say. they have
in doing completely.
Both sides appear TO be ready for a
determined struggle, The union Off |
,ials say they will accept nothing less
han the wages and conditions prescribed |
In the Standardization rules, and the
says 1t cannot meet such con-
litions. ,
The COMPANY Is concentrating Itself |
IN the eleventh hour settlement il made |
with its telegraphers yesterday. which re-
moves that branch OF the service from !
In the trouble.
The principal points involved in the |
strike are. in addition TO Montreal. Lon
Ion and Stratford, Ont, and Port Huron |
md Battle Creek. Mich, in all OF which |
patches received from all OF these places |
this morning say there has been no vio-
cnce.