Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-12-09
STRIKE-BREAKINC COSTLY
if~re Marquette Company NJ Heavy Expense starc
start OF tho strike.

Not"ithstanding what the officials may say To
the '"httary. ia" Fere Marquette Is hcayy ex-
pens an account OF the strik. 81 tn. shopm,n
Thousands of dollars have teen added Ia the
keeping ap Of the equipment and the employing
al Incompetent labor.
At tie time Of the strike there w,re probably
900 men In the shors. all competent hancs in
occurred there have been all Of s."on men coming
and going all the time. These mcn what are
known as prof ssional strike-breakers. \ strike
breaker does Not pretend 10 know any prof,ssiu
hut hires out from employment agencies in the
large cities FOR whatever they may give him. be 1t
mac hinists'. botermak.rs' street men or any
other work. This Is the class OF men the r.re
Marquette has been forced 10 put up with sine.
Junci.
Before the strike the average output In the Sag
NAV shops in engines thoroughly overhauied. In
cludng new fire boxes. etc. was % To 20 per
month These engines good certain
mileage before going back to the shops for an i.
other general repair. since the strike the must
the stttke-br-ak.fs have been able To put Out
was about eleven per month and Of ne eleven
generally half OF them failed ON their frs, trip
Out. some have been known to fail four and i've
Times. During the month of August there Were
five engines put out OF the shops a Saginaw and
three from the Grand Rapids shops. 1t Is esti-
mated that the cost OF the repairs on thes. eight
engines would buy at least engines
from the factory The company not able to
repair enough engines their own shops IL Keep
up with the demand and were forced To contract
With the locomotive works at punkirk. y y 10
help item out. As We understand II these shon,
Will not take an engine unless they put In
hfst-elass condition. and that means upwards Of
$1,000 per engine. or practically new engine
nnnhirk shops. some have returned. but a the
Pere Marquette has no mechanics that can keep
the engines In shape. they have been falling the
same the others At the present time there j.
not an engine In service but what has blows and
pounds.
The cost of traffk expenses have also Increased
possibly from the increased breakdowns and
wrecks. For the month Of May. 1913. at the time
when all men were working, the cost $40 9s1.
and for the month Of June. the first month n
the strike, the traffic expenses increased 10 49,
ia. nearly 5000 In month.
The cost of maintenance OF equipment for the
month OF May Was sslo.7s2 90 and for the month
Of June s2737gf. an increase Of over s53.-
Goa In month
For this y33.o0e added expense the company re-
paired about twelve less engines and then only
light repairs. IL has been said that during thu
months Of the strike the company has not made
the strike there was a Gre" Of men tina, did moth
Ing hui that work.
Added to this loss must he taken the loss In
freight revenues Fer the month Of May. when
conditions We're normal and engines and cars We're
performing their proper duties, the freight
q a the when engines falling
breaking down and shippers were afraid ship
this road account OF delayed service. the
freight revenues dropped TO ss6i.se7 decrease
OF nearly t3s.000 There "A total decrease In
all revenues Of si059SI. and "a total increase Of
expenses Of siol7i5.
Equipment Is going down continuously instead
Of being built up. BEFORE the strike system ears
per cent but now many trains be seen
without any + NJ ears and the average train has
from system ears. The per dem
charge for foreign cars which Is d cents per
day. Is increasing daily. At the time Of the
beet season when coal In demand the
take Its light capacity cars and cut holes In al
sides FOR sugar hset ears.-saginaw Press