Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17

reason, and because the ,on,oriai artist. had
no Incense
\ bath car was started. but Mir Hickey
stopped IT IN the course of construction Evl-
IDENTITY he expects an early settlement else
believe, that the more dirt and filth these
Nermn accumulate the better associates they
become
Engine 39y threw both drivers on her way
from Saginaw June g. and now they will
have 10 figure out some other poor mill to
double at both ends OF the road The Resort
SPECIAL Was one hour and forty minutes late
On her iirst trip at Traverse City and engine
1875 Vas ordered changed but the only engine
ON the job No ij5 and she wouldn't hold
water long enough To get her hot
One al the seab, tired Ia solve the problem
ui how To run a witch engine without bra,ses
but 1t wasn't very conducive 10 good bearing,
and they had To pu, ihc engine back IN the
round house.
We have to thank the people OF Traverse
City for their attitude toward the scabs sent
there Ia relieve men. One OF, the citizens
received them and turned them around for the
people oi the place TO see. Nearly the entire
town had turned out to these specimens
oi the genus snake. The scabs were advised
to leave town. which they did. leaving ON the
ir>t freigh, Since then scab, have been sent
to Traverse City under guard OF deputy but
no accommodations could be secured for them
and the company taking care OF them
There were fifteen soabs IN No l and
,iN left ON No q Monday Twenty quit the
same night.
someone relieved the company OF four AR
| hammers
An engine stood at Benton liarbor trying
to get water into the boiler. but finally it was
given up for bad job and the engine was
pu, back in the round house.
Our genial friend. Mr.. Alfred, says We can
come back when vacancy occurs and still Mr.,
! Grooming is calling up old men to try and in
duce them to come back to work. These va
cane,es must rather frequently. May
they increase more'
| Trans are being made up here and taken
to Symore to relieve the congested condition
of the yards and when power is available these
trans are to be moved Still Mr.. Mulhern
says things are o. X. Mr. Merehsnt this
may account for that delayed freight.
AT Traverse City an attempt vas made to
wash out an engine by sticking hose down
the smoke stack. -
Detroit reports that seven engines s7e
up and government inspector has tied up two
more. An attempt was made to get some
work done at the Wabash but il fell through.
II rs reported that every once in = while .
seab gets sick" and fails to show up when he
goes out without protection.
Out of }: scabs in the other morning but
six could be found at noon Of the same day.
| \ deficit OF $4,000 is reported for the
month of May Wonder what il will be for
June,
Forty scabs quit Friday Twenty seven
were boiler makers and II were elassed as
maehinists on the gang passes.
| The boiler maker foreman in the round
house quit. taking with him the best boiler
maker in the bunch
The general foremans salary has been re-
duced by s2s because of his incompetency.
The pit foreman quit after a fight with
| s,rikebreaker.
Five marshals were discharged for sleeping
while on duty. There seems to be scarcity
| of deputies.
No scabs are reported in Muskegon as yet.
hut there eight in Traverse City.
A rousing mass meeting was held Sunday
in the Campau hall and IT was well attended
by the transportation men who vouehed their
support to the shop men A conference OF
| committeeman Is tn he held OF all the crafts
on the =. NJ. X. K. including the transporta-
tion men on Monday morning
Mr.. Grooming Is making a personal effort
to get some OF the old men to come back to
work but as yet his endeavors have met with
little success. Not one has left the ranks.
Please don't make it necessary to say anyone
has done So Stick and boost.