Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-05-31
'ARb|TRATE
W|NNiPEG's
BIG STRIKE
Peace Moves Come Just
as Break for Worst
Threatened.
TORONTO WORKERS OUT;
CONFERENCES UNDER WAY.

| Winnipeg, May 30.-Arbtration
of the differences between the Metal
Trades council of Winnipeg and the
leading industrial employers was Of
ficiaIIy begun, this afternoon. at an
hour when tension caused by the
( general strike deadloek-Which began
May 25 seemed to be approaching
the breaking point.
For the first time since the gen.
erai Waikout, crowds of idle men
paraded thru the business district,
jeering persons who were doing work
usually performed by union men.
Some of the men marchers joined a
delegation Of returned soldiers, who par
AIDED to the government building and in
sisted that the government "do some
thing at once The men were told that
the government was considering the ad-
visibility of legislation to enforce the
principle of collective bargaining and
that the offer of mediation by executives
of the railway brotherheods had been ac-
cepted by the leading forces concerned.
Threaten to March Again.
The delegation dispersed after these
announcements were made, but told
Premier r. G. Norris that they would
march to parliament again at IL a. m.
tomorrow.
Success of the railway brotherhoods
in initiating the first movement toward
actual arbitration made since the strike
began caused officials to make changes
IN the program arranged for today. Moth
ing was done regarding resumption of
street car service. The matter of i'm
mediate dismissal of policemen who re-
fused to sign the anti sympathetic strike
pledge was left for discussion at spe-
cial council meeting. The Citizens COM
mittee also delayed its garbage collec-
ton campaign.
Six Unions MedIating.
Late today, railway brotherhood ex-
ecutives issued the following statement
regarding their mediation activities.
1.-THE committee which is attempting
to mediate in the present strike diff
Guilty, includes representatives of the six
train service organizations, viz: Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers, Broth
erhood of Locome tive Firemen and En-
ginemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Con-
ductors, Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men. Brotherhood of Maintenance and
Way Employees and Order of Railroad
Telegraphers.
eve have offered our services as
medlaters between the employers and
the employees in the metal trades and
our offer has been accepted by both
sides to the controversy. We are at
present doing everything possible to
bring about a speedy and amicable set
tIenent'
r. r. Men Warned by Chiefs.
Official letters from brotherhood ex-
ecutives to local trainmen in Winnipeg
and other cities were made public earl
er in the day.
The executives told the men they had
no authority to vote on the question
Of sympathetic strike without permis-
sion from the brotherhoods and that the
brotherhoods we're opposed to any
breach of contract with their employ
ers. One statement contained the dec
aration that some of the Winnipeg
trainmen had been intimidated by strik-
ers.
The Winnipeg city council and Pre-
nier Norris and his cabinet today dis
,ussed collective bargaining and wheth-
er it would be proper to take steps
10 have legislation introduced to make
collective bargaining mandatory. The
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