Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-27
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per cent. A 30-day notification that a
change in the wage schedule was ask
ed was presented to the company.
Dec. q. On Monday, the notice will
expire and if no word is received from
the company in that time the local
unions of the Order of Railway Con-
ductars and the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen will meet to decide upon
further action. President Todd has
said publicly that the demands could
not be granted. A conference between
President Todd, Vice President Berry
OF the Order of Railway Conductors,
and James Murdoch, vice president of
the brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
was held here, Saturday, but the re-
suit was not made public.
The company claimed that freight
was moving more freely, Saturday. and
! that by Monday the embargo will be
removed.
AT the concluding meetings of the
arbitration board, Saturday, the wit
nesses examined were: S. Berry of Ce-
OAR Rapids, Ia, vice president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen;
William K. Hallett of Bangor, super
intendent of the company; Walter A.
Danforth of Bangor, treasurer of the
road: L. L. Cleveland of Houlton, pres
ident of the Aroostook County Potato
| Shippers Association: G. A. Powers
of Fort Fairfield, a member of the as
ISOLATION; Morris Weslosky of New
York, representing a firm of potato
| buyers; Herbert Bartlett of Bangor, n
striking engineers: l.. q. Grifiing OF
NeYt York, assistant grand chief en-
eiaeer of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen; r. J. Mcnamara of Buf-
falo, vice president of the Firemen's
| Brotherhood, and A. l.. Chase of Ban
gor, chairman of the joint committee
of the striking engineers and firemen.
| These last three We're recalled. The
meetings were private and nothing
concerning the nature of the testimony
was given out.
| Three more deputy sheriffs were
| sworn in, Saturday, and sent to Milli-
nocket, where large labor meetings
were planned for Sunday. No trouble
was expected there and the officials
say that their move was merely one
| of precaution.
The Bangor G. Aroostook officials
| claimed, Saturday night, that five
heavy freight trains ran round tripsi
| Saturday, and they predicted that the
system would be cleared of freight by
Sunday night.
| Pres Todd. Saturday, issued a public
| statement which was posted at all
| points on the line in Aroostook, as
| follows
| 1.-The strike of our engineers and
| firemen has been in effect for one
week, today. Those who have had any
| experience with strikes well know that
| the company has done remarkably
| well in such a short time in manning
all passenger trains and moving some
| of the freight cars abandoned by the
strikers. We have reluctantly decided
at the urgent request of many promi-
nent people to temporarily discontinue
one through passenger train each way
commencing, Monday. and have our
| new men haul freight
| I'VE expect to restore full passenger
| train service very shortly. The pas
| senger trains temporarily withdrawn
will be No. / and No. 8. The sleeping
| car from Boston, commencing Sunday
night, will leave that city at 10 P. NJ,
| instead of z 80 P. M, and will reach
| Caribou on No. 3, at 2.45 p. M. The
| sleeping car for Boston will leave
| Caribou on No. at 11.25 A. NJ and
will be hauled on Maine Central train
No. ., due in Boston at $50 A. M.
| I'VE, of course, cannot at once move
all the freight that will be offered.
! We have received petitions asking US
in the interest of Aroostook county as
a whole to give preference to moving
seed potatoes and will therefore do so.
We expect to move about 100 carloads