Mr Hays, General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, has
offered to refer to three arbitrators the demands of the telegraph
operators of the road for increased pay and decreased hours, after
several weeks of negotiations.  It is also said that Mr Powell, the
chief representative of the operators, has agreed to Mr Hays'
proposal.

The officers of the brotherhood refusing to show their authority
to act for the operators, Mr Hays, two or three weeks ago, sent a
letter to all operators asking them to state whether they had
authorized the brotherhood officers to represent them.  The result
of this circular has not been given out, but the offer of the Company
to arbitrate would seem to indicate that a majority of the operators
acknowledge the authority of the brotherhood.


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