The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-22
TRAIL STRIKE ENDS;
| MEMS VICTORY
Delaware & Hudson Officials
Submit to Union.
FEDERAL MEDIATOR is AGENT
Cancellation Board Member inouces
Road to Yield When Workers
Stand Firm-Systenn Para
Iyzed for One Day.

ALBANY. n. Y. Jan. 20.-The strike
| on the Delaware & Hudson, which be-
| gan yesterday morning and by noon
had tied up the entire system. was set
tied last night Railroad officials mex
| the unions demands that they restore
two discharged employees, James A
| Lynch, an engineer, and F. A. Slade, Il
conductor. to their former positions.
| All strikers will return to duty AT
| once. Five thousand were involved IN
the walkout.
G. w. w. Hanger, a member or the
| federal board of mediation and CON
Citation, brought about the agreement
A settlement was reached only after
Mr.. Hanger had suggested to the com
pany officials that they yield to the de-
mands Of the men Arbitration, he de-
clared, was impossible. AS soon as
| Clifford s. Sims, vice-president and
general manager of the railway, and
union officials had signed the agree
ment orders were sent out for men To
report for work as quickly as possible.
Many crews that had been tied up at
| terminal points were notified by teie-
graph to resume their runs without re-
porting here.
Discharged After Accident.
Slade and Lynch were discharged
more than a year ago when car on
their train jumped the track and
bumped along the ties for three and
half miles. The men were discharged
on the ground that they were negli-
gent and had violated a company rule
and caused much damage to property.
The union af1icias replied that the ac
cident was unavoidable and that no
serious damage was done. For sew
eral months the company and union
officials debated the proposition of re
storing the men to their places; then
| a week ago 9S per cent of the en-
ployes voted to strike If Slade and
Lynch were not reinstated.
Entire System ParaIyzed.
Early yesterday the first body of
men walked out From then until
noon engineers, conductors. trainmen,
telegraph operators and towermen
gradually quit. as the safety of pas
sengers would permit. At noon it
| was estimated that 5000 men were
out, and the entire system was para
lyzed. Shop workers and Office EN-
ployes alone remained on duty
II was less than two hours after the
| last striker had left his work that Mr.
and began negotiations. Mr. Sims
agreed Immediately to arbitration. but
the union officials dXclared it was use,
less to talk arbitration with them
Within an hour Mr. Hanger decided
arbitration was impossible, so he drew
up an agreement granting the de-
mands, obtained Mr.. Sims signature
and the strike was officially declared
off few minutes later
No violence was reported as re-
suit OF the strike. Several days will
| be required, however. to straighten
out the mail, express and freight
which has accumulated here and at
other points along the lines.
Men Ordered Back.
Scranton, Pa, Jan. 20.-Upou the
receipt of telegram from NJ. b.
Carey, vice-president of the Order of
Railway Conductors, G.. H. Sines, in
charge of the strike on the Pennsyl-
vania division OF the Delaware & Hud-
son railroad. ordered the conductors,
trainmen, engineers and telegraphers
| back to work.