...4. TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1909. STRIKE OFF? MEN TO RESUME WORK Eighty Per Cent of Duluth Swichmen Decide to Re turn to Posts. UNION- OFFICER ADVISES Members of Brotherhood of Train men to JIol.l Out "o Longer. Nearly All X. I Men Lake Territory Concerned. (Continued From First Fage.) be hr in the morning: to enable them to conduct tiie- business. Members of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, -which embraces a ma jority of the men employed as switchmen at the heart of the lakes, this afternoon unanimously voted to continue their work as swltohmen,. being advised to take this course by A. F. Whitney, vice-president of the organization of which, the switch men are members. It Is said that the men who arrived to day to fill places of the striking switch men formerly were mem bens of the Amer ican Rail-way TTnlon and went out in the bl(5 strike of ISM. mid that the men now out are the men who took their plaoss then. A poll of the strikers shows that 54 per cent of the switchmen are members of the Brotlnvhooa of Railway Trainmen. IS per cent ere affiliated with the Switch men's Union and the rest do not belong; to any organization. SOO PLACED TO BREAK SRTIKE St. Paul Police Chief, Fearing Vio lence, Details All Patrolmen. 8T. PATTI Dec. 2. Chief John O'Connor cf the Police Department, virtually ad mitted that he considered the strike situa tion serious today when he ordered all dar men to do duty at central station intU 10:no o'clock tonight. This order will continue until all danger of a clash between strikers and strikebreakers, is ended. The chief also recalled all patrol men and officers absent on leave. According to railroad officials the begin ning of the end of the switchmen'a strike is In sight. A prominent official said to day that the railroads were handling 30 er cent of all business offered. Knd In Week Predicted. "We are employing new men as fast as they come," he said, "and we are moving a large amount of package freight. In a week the public will not. know that there is a strike." Between 200 and 300 men arrived today from Chicago and were distributed in St. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth. Some will be placed at work In the yards and others will act as guards. Five switch engines were working In the Union Depot yards early today and others were expected to be put In' commission when needed. Third Vice-President Slade, of the (Northern Pacific, says way freight serv ice has been re-establiNhen on virtually all lines. Strikers Are Confident. Strike leaders say they are in a stronger position today than ever. They refer to the fact that the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors in Melrose. Minn., yesterday adopted a resolution to "stand neutral and refuse to do other than the work done prior to the pending trouble." This means that trainmen and conductors will refuse to do any switching except . at those stations where it has been customary far train crews to switch their trains. Factory forces are being reduced be cause of the shortage of supplies caused by the freight tie-up, and the two big shops of the Great Northern Railroad employing 100 men failed to open to day. All except one of the 23 big flour mills in Minneapolis are idle, although millers say they will know in 24 hours whether they will open their mills oon. Labor Commissioners Probe. Imported strike-breakers, wearing special police badges, were reported on duty at the Union Station yards today by strike pickets, and when President Jlawley learned that these men had been imported he called it to the at tention of the state labor commis ioner. Labor Commissioner McKwen said if the men wearing police badges were not , residents of Minneapolis those responsible for their presence in the state were violating the state law. Vie is Investigating. Mayor Lawler has been retained as legal counsel for the switchmen. He addressed a meeting of strikers In Min neapolis last night. Mayor awler said the railroad managers, making- oon irted action through the press to cre ate public opinion in their favor, are not in a position to charge the men with unfairness in refusing to arbi trate under the Erdman law. He said the Erdman law la so hedged that, should the switchmen agree to arbitrate under It. they would be stripped of all legal power legitimately to press their rlalms and it would put them com pletely in the power of the railroads. . General Manager Slade, of the Northern Pacific. tonight Issued a statement as follows: "The situation on the Northern Pa clflo shows steady improvement. Re ports from all divisions Indicate that there will be a continually increasing freight movement from now on. Ad ditional switching force Is being se cured rapidly." Speaking of the action of the Brotherhood of Trainmen at Duluth who voted to go' back to work tomor row. President Hawley. of the Switch men's Union, said he was not alarmed. He said that only SO per cent of the switchmen at the head of the lakes are Brotherhood men and his advices were that only half of these would resume work. SERVICE HERE NOT BLOCKED Krelght Received, With Exception of Perishable Articles. Hill lines, operating out of Portland, yesterday continued to receive freight, with the exception of perishable articles; subject to delay. As was the case Wed nesday, all freight of a perishable na ture. Is being forwarded by express. In receiving this character of freight, it Is stipulated between the shipper- and the carrier that It will be forwarded only by express. In the local terminals, the move ment of cans continues1 uninterrupted, not . man having quit his post since the etrlke order was issued Tuesday night. The following statement of the situa tion, received at the Northern Pacific offlees, was issued shortly befor noon yes terday by the Superintendent of Transpor tation of the Northern Pacific at St. Paul: 11 A. M. Situation very much improved. Punnrer train continue to move resularly. No delay at all on account of strike con ditions. Receiving freight today at Ft. Paul and Minneapolis 'for all points between Jamestown and Bismarck, Inclusive, and branches, north and south of Jamestown and the L4nnton branch and for Butte, Spokane. Seattle. T aroma and Portland. Expect to increase territory for which we receive freight not later than tomorrow. "We are having no trouble in moving freight betwen Portland and South Ta coma." said F. H. Fogarty, assistant freight agent for the Northern Pacific yesterday. "The same condition Is true on the South Bend branch as far west as Pe Ell. all points on the Olympla branch, except thow between Olympia and Gates and all points on the Grays Harbor branch as far west as Hoquiam. Perish able freight offered for any point is re ceived only after the shipper makes arrangements with the superintendent of transportation. Other freight Is being re ceived by us subject to delay." "Our .company Is accepting all freight, except perishable freight, subject to de lay." said H. A. Jackson, assistant freight and passenger agent for the Great North ern, yesterday. "We expect, not later titan tomorrow, to be able to receive freight of all. classes." At the offices of the Spokane, Port land & Seattle it was learned that no trouble is being experienced in handling all classes of freight between this city and Pasco. Switchmen employed In the North Bank terminal yards at. Vancouver refused to respond to the strike order and are still at work. But for the fact that the employes at Pasco walked out when ordered, this road would be able to move freight to Spokane without any interruption. $400,000 SWITCHMEN'S PAX Raise of Wages in Washington Alone Would Mean. $60,000. . : : OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 2. (Special:) Figures in the office of the State Railway Commission show that approx imately $400,000 per annum is paid out for switching wages by all the roads in Washington, so that the proposed 15 per cent increase In wages asked by the strikers would amount to about $60,000 for Washington employes. Switchmen's waa-es average $120 a month and enginemen's on switch crews' only about $100. The Commission has the statement of G. J. Mayer, auditor of disbursements of the Northern Pacific at St. Paul, that in July last at Seattle the actual cost of switching was 88.7 cents per car, as against 43 1-3 cents at Minnesota trans fer and less than 6 6 cents at Portland. These figures were secured for the re cent hearing on complaint that the company charged Tacoma shippers ex orbitant switching rates as compared with those exacted at Seattle. SEATTLE TRAFFIC CONTTNTTES Nonunion Crews Switch Trains Brewery Drops 40 Men. SEATTLE, Dec. 2. The switchmen's strike attracted little attention in Beat tie today. The Great Northern and Northern Pacific sent out their passen ger trains on time, the switching being done by non-union crews. The Great Northern had no difficulty in making up and sending out tonight its special silk train that carried the Min nesota's rich cargo to New York. The Northern Pacllio ran local freight trains between Seattle and Tacoma. With the Milwaukee and Columbia & Puget Sound Railroads In operation, be sides steamer service, Seattle does not expect a shortage of any of the neces saries of comfort. t As a direct result of the strike, 40 men employed In the shipping department of a large brewery were laid off here today. The Northern Pacific has also laid off 29 freight handlers. PROMISE BROKEN, ALLEGED Railway Managers Issue Statement, Saying Switchmen Are to Blame. CHICAGO. Dec. 2. The Joint committee of railway managers late today Issued the following statement: "Calling of this strike, notwithstanding the managers" offer to arbitrate, violates the spirit of fair play. The proposal that the auestion involved should be arbitrated was acquiesced in by the committee which assumed the switchmen shared the desire for an amicable adjustment of questions under' consideration and would not will ingly bring upon the publlo the paralysis of business, the immense monetary loss, and the actual hardship which a strike would occarion. Notwithstanding that President Hawley of the Switchmen's Union joined with this committee, the strike order was issued without the knowledge of he managers' committee or of the mediators, by the switchmen's com mittee, directing the switchmen to cease work if their full demands had not been conceded. This violation of good faith led to the present condition. TACOMA MILL SHTJTS DOWN Strike Interferes With Movement of Loaded Lumber Cars. TACOMA, Dec. 2. Owing to the short age of cars, due to the switchmen's strike, the St. Paul & Tacoma mill tonight laid off Its night crew, consisting of 60 men. while other mills are threatened with a curtailment of operations unless more cars are received before the end of the week. Three switch engines were at work in the Northern Pacific yards in the morn ing and Ave engines in the afternoon. These engines were manned by officials and several nonunion switchmen who re turned to work. Four strikers reported for work here today, officials asserting that others will soon be at work. One train of coal and another of .merchandise will leave the city tonight. Officials assert that local freights on branch lines will be in opera tion tomorrow. STRIKE CLOSES COPPER MINES Two Amalgamated Diggings Hiring 400 Men Shnt Down: HELENA, Mont., Dec. 2. Lack of coal, due to the switchmen's strike, forced the Parrot mine, of the Amal gamated Copper Company at Butte, to close tonight. The Moonlight, another Amalgamated property, will shut down tomorrow. The two mines employ 400 men. So long as the Oregon Short Line continues to operate Butte will be sup plied -with fuel and other necessities and the rest of the mines can keep open. Two Northern pacific freight trains left Helena for Missoula today. Otherwise the strike situation shows no change. At Missoula the Northern Pacific of ficials worked in the yards today. Passenger trains are running on time. Five Engines Work at Superior. SUPERIOR. Wis., Dec. 2. The Great Northern has four switch engines in oper ation, the Terminal Company has one and the Soo Line one. The Northern Pacific as yet has none operating on this side of the bay. All the engines are manned by officials and clerks. A special car brought a score of strikebreakers from Omaha this morning. The Great North ern announced that local freights would be started tomorrow, Sll WTm 11 i ' I lip fep W b tt,j , .j "'-'nf'nsy -V .a-.Jt .a..w-..,. r ... nil , What's Your Choice in Overcoats? Do you like the form-fitting or loose back? Do you prefer a velvet or cloth collar? Silk lining or not? Or perhaps a Raincoat with a "military," com bination" or plain collar would suit you better? We'll show you any style you want, and at the right price. Suits. Raincoats. Overcoats $20 to $40 Boys' Auto Coats 2Va to 16 Years $4.50 to $12 Youths' Auto Coats 14 to 20 Years $8.50 to $20 . Ceigmxhx Hstt Sohaffrcrr A Marx Money Bank, Footballs, Football Pants Given Away With. Boys' Suits or Overcoats Corner Third and Morrison Sts. am' osen blatt & Co. The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Fine Clothes SUGAR SCALES FIXED WEIGHER TESTIFIES AI,Xi HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH. Documentary Evidence and Wit nesses Wanted by Government Disappear Carpenter Tells. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. The Govern ment encountered a check: today in Its prosecution of the American Sugar Re fining Company when it developed that documentary evidence and many wit nesses Important to the Government's case had disappeared. The missing documents were records kept by city weighers, and neither the documents nor the men who kept them could be found today. But. although tally sheets were miss ing, the Government was able to in troduce testimony showing that every scale on the Williamsburg docks of the company had been tampered with. Conrad Heller, a carpenter, testified to cutting out a portion of the wooden stanchion of No. 1 scales. Through the hole thus cut, the Government contends, was operated the steel spring that manipulated the weights recorded on the beam. Thomas D. Hyatt, a Government weigher, was asked if he had Inspected all six scales on the dock in company with. Treasury Agent Parr. BREWERS BEAT RAILROADS Interstate Commerce Commission Gives Seattle Verdict. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 2. The Interstate Commerce Commission today rendered a cision in the case of the Olympla Brewng Com pany and Seattle Brewing Company against the Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific and other Southern roads, holding that the rental charge of $5 per car on shipments of beer from Olympla and Seattle to points in California, Nevada and Arizona was unreasonable and dis criminatory, and the brewing companies are authorized to demand and collect the repayment of all rental so extorted. This rental in excess of freight charges was imposed for the use of Armour re frigerator cars used in transporting beer, but a similar charge is not imposed on shipments from Portland or other points not on Puget Sound. The brewers were compelled to use Armour cars, the rail road companies being unwilling to supply refrigerator cars of their own. TH01PS Eyesight Specialist ON r I. ? : The Beat En Examination, taa Best Glasses, the Beat Results Lenses exchanged and frames kept in repair for one year with out extra cost. Corbett Bldg. Fifth and Morrlaon, Second Floor. EXTRA SPECIAL! HANDBAGS Handbags, in seal, walrus, patent leather, etc., with sep arate coin " purse; large size ; values to $4.50. (t "1 "TA Friday at only. .Jj) A 5 Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts. EXTRA SPECIAL! COLLARS Fancy 6tock, lace stock, em broidered linen Dutch col lars; values up to $1.75 each ...... 23c So T peaal Buy Furs now and by making a deposit we will lay them aside for you until Christmas. 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