The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-01
TRA|Nl0AO Of OLD
Boys STALLED
! BY Strike
Grand Trunk Can't Secure Men to
Take Out Special For Lucknow,
Ont, and Passengers Fume
il at Hours Of Delay.
Finally Get Away On Regular Train
Engineers and Firemen May
Quit Work, Too.

The Grand Trunk felt the real sting
Of the trainmen's strike In Detroit,
Monday morning, when upwards OF
200 Lucknow, Ont. natives. now liv-
ing In Detroit and vicinity, gathered
ut the Brush-st. station TO board a
special train for. their former Cana
dian home. where big reunion OF
"old boys and girls" is now In full
swing. The Detroiters were accom-
apnied by the pipe band Of st. An
drew's society and upwards Of 30 men
in kits. The crowd boarded the train
shortly before $3.50. the time set for
Its departure. but alas. II never start
ed. the Grand Trunk being unable to
get crew TO move II.
The railway officials made frantic
Efforts TO drum up crew TO man the
train, but none was forthcoming.
Finally. an hour or so after the time
set for the train to- leave, the an
nonncement was reluctantly made by
the company that the special couldn't
go because OF the strike. The excur-
sionists, mad and sick at heart, LETT
the coaches and were Obliged to wait
around the station until the regular
train left at 11:10 before they could
make the journey. DurinEsthe long
wait the pipers did their ~ to keep
the crowd in good humor &with the
skirl OF their pipes.
The train went across the river and
Is scheduled 10 reach Lucknow to-
night, going by way of London.
Some OF the striking trainmen said
Monday morning that they heard that
the conferences between Mackenzie
King. minister OF labor In the domin-
ion government. and the Grand Trunk
officials and the trainmens represen-
tatives had resulted in partial set
Element of the strike. but were not
acquainted with the details. They
understood the only thing that stood
In the way of final solution Of the
difficulties was the temporary refusal
or the road to take back all the strik-
ers, they satd.
Engineers May Strike, Too.
It IL not at all improbable that the
Grand -TruRk engineers and firemen
may 90 out on strike In sympathy
with the trainmen, according to tho
sentiment expressed by Vice President
e. p. Curtis, OF the Order OF Railway
Conductors, and vice-President Dodge,
OF the Brotherhood OF Railway Train
mon, both Of whom were seen by The
Times at the Hotel fuller, Monday
morning
"Messrs. Stone and Carter. heads of
the engineers and firemen's brother
hoods. respectively. are now confer
ring with the Grand Trunk In regard
TO their agreement" said Mr.. Dodge.
1.-The agreement between the engi-
neers and fremen and Grand Trunk
expired today, and the conference Will
determine whether the engineers and
firemen are to strike. Some agree |
ments between railway employees and
the railways specify that no strike can
be declared within 80 days after their |
expiration or some stipulation OF that |
sort Just what arrangement the en-
eineers and nremen have with the
Grand Trunk I am not prepared 10
say, but there may be nothing In the |
way at all TO prevent them from strik. |
Ing at once,
Mr.. Curtis said that II was by no
means certain that the engineers and
firemen would not be with the striking |
trainmen In very short time. He
inumated that there was every pros |
pect OF a sympathetic strike on the |
part of the enginemen in the very near
future.
1.-The trainmen. however, are getting |
along pretty well as 1t is, said Mr..
Curtis. They are all standing to-
gether like one man, and that is just |
what Is beating the Grand Trunk. II
the railway could get some OF our
men to desert us II would then have
some chance OF winning. But our men
VIII stick to the last and will win In
The end"
Want Men to Go Back.
"The Grand Trunk has been max
Ing strenuous efforts within the past
few days to get our men to go back
II has offered the men
dig pay as individuals. much more
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