The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
KEEP THEIR PLACES
Navy. Yard Employees Will
Be Kept at Work.
MAY BE AN ACT OF PRESIDENT
Rumor Has IL that Order Has Gone
TO Commandment from the White
and Suspensions Must Cease-Much
joy Displayed by the Men.

Smiles took the place of frowns. and
cheerfulness was manifest when the en-
ployes Of the Washington Navy Yard
yesterday afternoon heard the rumor that
no more men were 20 be suspended or
discharged.
Whence came the mysterious or
der, 40 one cared for the time suffi-
cient unto them was the knowledge there
of-knowledge of continued work. 1t was
immaterial to the employc who had gone
to work i'm the morning worried by the
gnaving expectancy of being at any mo-
ment notified that his services were no
longer needed. from what source ema-
mated the order that no more men should
be laid of. lie knew he had been saved
and he was satisfied.
Intervention of President.
That the order came direct from the
White House was the general report al
though this could not be verified. Il was
not. however. denied by any Of those
who were seen last night.
The first iutimation the men had Of
the action Of those higher up 10 cease
tA4si Kills ny t4tt NlNifoolN INV iifAatNS
at the navy yard, was when a foreman
approached fifteen or twenty men IN the
foundry department. in the afternoon.
and told them that his order of the day
before. dispensing with their services,
would be recalled.
Like w.lddre the news spread through
the shops, and before closing time every
employee was satisfied that no more heads
We're 10 fan into the basket.
Columbia Lodge. No. ia, Machinistsi
will hold an important meeting in Naval
Lodge Building tonight.
A resolution viii probably be passed
asking the commandaut Of the Washing
ton Navy Yard 10 allow each employe
TO take ten days leave without pay IN
order that all the men now employed
may retain their regular positions.
Belief of the Machinists.
BY allowing squads OF from fifty 20
a hundred men TO cake leave of ten
days without pas, the machiHists be-
lieve it will not be necessary to dis
charge any more employees on the ground
Of scarcity OF work
Something over eco machinists have
been discharged from the yards since
the middle of January. and the reason
assigned has been q lack Of work. IL is
rumoTed that another lot Is TO be dis
charged within q few days. II IS with
the idea OF preventing such a happening
that Columbia Lodge viii ask tonight
for the adoption Of the plan allowing ali
10 take a short vacation and return TO
their regular positions.
The session OF the lodge viii be exeCu~
tive and from the tenor Of some of those
who have quite recently lost their posi-
tons viii be enlvened by several sharp
talks.
The consequences Of the Wholesale dis
charge Of The men from the navy yard
are felt in every part Of the city. One
boarding. house IN the northeast. 50 it s.
said, has lost about fifteen table boarders.
and as a result the landlady viii soon
move into a smaller building
Losses 10 Washington.
Approximately $500 day is lost 70
Washington by the scarcity Of work at
the navy yard. All the machinists got
from $50 to SS5 per month. Many Of them
are from The States and viii return 10
their native homes, certainly for the
present. The few who will remain IN
Washington will try 60 find employment
in other machine shops