A FIGHT TO A FINISH.
CANADIAN RAILWAY STRIKE. COMPANY REFUSES OFFER OF MEDIATION. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. July 26, 9.35 p.m.) Ottawa, July 26. Mr. C. M. Hays, general manager of tho Grand Trunk Railway, has refused the offers of arbitration in connection with the strike, on. the ground that they come too late. ' This is taken as indicating that the company. intends to fight to, the end. The president of the Trainnien's "Union declares that the union .will support the men; and the. company will be tho loser.
Meanwhile the company's freight service is gradually being resumed, and the railway shops at Mdntreal,'London (Ontario), and Ottawa have been reopened. A passenger tra'fn has been derailed at Durham (Quebec), five persons being injured. An. inquiry into the accident is proceeding. . MORE TROUBLE IN BRITAIN. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY MEN . RESTIVE: .'. (Rec. July 26, 9.35 p.m.) • ' . ' London, July 26. ; The employees of -the North British Railway Company, -, which, with tho Nerth-Eaitern and Great Northern lines, forms the "East Coast Route" to Scotland, are agitating for . the . repudiation of the Conciliation Board. , They allege that concerted action by the companies has rendered • the board ineffective.
In. 1908 a general movement took place in Great Britain to bring into operation more estensivelv the Conciliation Act of 1896, and Boards of .Conciliation wero formed for the principal railways of tho United Kingdom." In a report last year upon tho working of the Railway Conciliation Boards it was stated that the ichemo "had. resulted in the amicabli, settlement of questions which might otherwise have led to prolonged disputes." At the date of tho report boards had been selected for all but two railways, neither of which were large. No less than 77 per cent.' of the 270,000 men to voto hod availed themselves of the privilege, and 850' representatives.were chosen. The North British railway has a mileage of 1359 V miles Its headquarters are at Edinburgh, but Glasgow is an equally important part of- its system. The lino is famous for its two great' bridges, the "Ta.v" and tho "Forth." ■■..•'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 879, 27 July 1910, Page 5
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344A FIGHT TO A FINISH. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 879, 27 July 1910, Page 5
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