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Show ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE STRIKE FALLS THROUGH MONTREAL, Que . July 24. The attempts of Mackenzie King, to effect a settlement of the Grand Trunk strike have fallen throuch at least for the present, the Grand Trunk management manage-ment taking the view that the time for arbitration has passed, and all the company requires to secure the run opernTinn 01 ino roan is uio pru-tectlon pru-tectlon for its new rnen, to which It Is legally entitled. The messnee conveying con-veying this Information to Mr. King was sent today and read: "Your message of the 22rd received. While a you know of the manv conferences con-ferences urclng your action before the strike took place and from nnr offer rerealedly urc-ed upon the committee com-mittee we were desirous of arbitration and so avoiding tho existing trouble, time for such action has now passed, and It Is onlv necessary that we should have the protection to which we are entitled to enable us to resume re-sume the full operation of the roid. (Signed) CHAS. M. HAYS." Coupled with thl announcement of the company that the time has passed for arbitration comes the statement that on Mondav the shops of the entire en-tire system will be re-openod, that Instruction will be Issued to agents once more to take freight, and that way freights will be put on and the manifest freight service Increased. In addition to this It Is announced by officials that some of the summer employes wbo went out on Monday last are reporting for work. The answer of Vice President to this Is: "We are perfectly satisfied with the way things are golne nnd If It Is to be a fight to a finish. I do not know what I could sucgest as Improvements under existing conditions from our point of view. As matters stand, the traveling public Is heln? fairly well taken of. while freight is tied up. The report of A. Kennedy of the engineers' brotherhood to us is that only ten per cent of the Grand Trunk engineers arc on tholr repilar runs, the remaining remain-ing 9'n per cent being Idle." Despite Mr Murdoek's assurance misgivings are beclnnlng to develop among the men -w-ho see the positions they onco held threatened by the progress pro-gress the railroad Is maklnc This was shown ar ho meet'ng of tho men today to-day and the sncgestlon was plainly made to the leaders that action was necessary to hold the strikers together. |