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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,
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Suits. Raincoats. Overcoats
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Boys' Auto Coats
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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.
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