The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-09-09
A GENERAL CUT
MADE BY B. ( B.
= :.
Men in Nearly Every De-
partment are to be
Dropped
EVtRY SECTlONFOREMAN
WILL STOP WORK TODAY
General Manager Berry Explains why
the Cut is Made-Hundreds of
Cars are Blocked. Other Lines
Also to Reduce in Yards.

The seriousness of the strike sit
uation between the lumber and cross
tie shippers of Brunswick and the
longshoremens' union seems to be
having its effect upon the transpor-
tation lines entering Brunswick.
The Brunswick and Birmingham
seems to have been the first to feel
the i'll effects of the labor disturban-
ces and yesterday morning it was
annousced from the general offices
OF the line that the strike situation
had made it necessary for the com
pany to- materially conduct itself along
retrenchment lines in order to meet
the emergences of this very complex
and thoroughly varying condition.
Consequently this company yester-
day morning issued a general order,
= effective this morning, whereby the
entire force in all departments of the
company has been materially reduced
J In the general offices the clerical
force in the office OF the generai
manger, the auditor, the freight and
passenger department, has suffered
considerably and eight or ten clerks
in these departments have been tent
porarily dispensed with.
In the motive power department
the entire car works has been IemoV-
ed, including the foreman. and here
only such employees will be kept as
will he necessary to keep the few
engines in condition that will be re-
quired to perform the service under
the new arrangement The entire
switching crew has been laid OF.
The force in the office Of Local Agent
Manning has been materially decreas
ed and every section master on the
lime of the road will be laid off, pen
ding the adjustment of the labor sit
uation in Brunswick.
When questioned on the subject
General Manager Berry said:
"On account of the congested cond1-
ton of freight at Brunswick, owing
to strike conditions, the B. & B. rail-
road effective at once, will cut on
all section foremen and men with the
execution of one man to patrol thell
respective sections t%iee daily, The
switch engines will be cut off one hall
day. Forces will be reduced in Gen
eral managers Office, Superintendent
of Motive power department, car de
partInent. No freight will be handled
snch as lumber and ties destined tC
Brunswick. Locrl Eneight such as
merchandise and car load shipment
other than specified above, will be
handled as heretofore,
This order effective until the str1K'
conditions at Brunswick are adjusted
All men laid off will be put back il
the company's service just as soon i
a settlement is made between the lun+
bermen and the strikers.
The management hesitates to tai
this step but owing to conditl"..
which they cannot control, thay a..
forced to do 80 from a linanclA. .;~.
point,
six hundred cars belonging t, IT,
B &B alone are tied up, not COUNT.
the large number of cars belonGin
to- foreign roads which are also q
their tracks under load on which The
are paying per diem OF 70 cent
per day. and are now paying on
good many cars a penalty charge
one dollar per day. Hence the 81
uation."
AS will be noted by the above IL
teryiew, Manager Berry regrets tht
prevailing conditions made it nece
sary to take this step, but he fee
that as financial proposition h
should protect his interest by shu
fling off various avenues of dlsbur5
tnents that had no corresponding r
turn Of receipts,
In this connection the Southern raj
way and the Atlantic Coast Lin
Joint yard agency, yesterday not
found it necessary TO dispense WI
Just Que half their switching SsrYl'