Evening journal., 1914-03-26
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LAY OFF ARMY
OF employees
1000 Men on Maryland
and Delaware Divisions
Among Those Effected
Will Be idle Until
BUSINESS IMPROVES

Fifteen thousand men including be-
tween 1000 and 1900 of the cm-
ploycs of all classes on the Maryland and
Delaware divisions of the Pennsylvania
railroad, will be laid OIL within the next
few days. Some OF the men will be dis
charged, while others viii be laid on
until business conditions improve. The
company is institutng the most far
Preaching and drastic program of re-
ltrcnchment and oconor- in recent years,
land thousands of men viii be- affected.
As the railroad company normally cm-
iploys about 10000 men, the number of
men to be laid OIL will exceed 10 per
ccnt of the total of the employees.
A local official of the company SAID
this morning that approximately 1000
men on the Maryland and Delaware de
visions aud in the ear shops will be laid
lon. Some of these are already out OF
work. A large number will be placed on
lpart time and this condition will likely
iremain until the business conditions OF
the country improve.
The lay-off on the local divisions
viii effect all classes Of employees.
Engineers have been reduced TO fire
men. and fromen and brakemen have
been laid on. The policy also eX-
tends to the Office forces of the COM
pany. More than l50 men employed
i'm the shops OF the company have al
ready been laid off and IL was said
this morning that more would prob
ably follow.
An official today said that Il was
the intention of the company TO re-
turn to the working basis of 1910
The policy OF the company also ex
tends to passenger trains, and ON
April / and April 4. four trains vii
be taken of this division. So iai
only four trains have been ordered
or. The official could not say whether
any more would follow.
The trains to be taken of are No
ST. which arrives here at $50 p. m.
No. 90. which arrives at 23 p. m.
No. SO, which arrives at 1923 y. m
and No. 9S. which arrives at 4.41 I
IN. Tho FIRST two trains are South
bound expresses and will leave Ne'
York for the last timo on April
The latter trains are northboun
trains and will make their last trip
, on April a.
Most of the men to be laid on ol
the local divisions will come from th
Maryland division. The Delawar
Road has been working with a small
a force for some time and a wholesal
r lay-oh on this road could not be &C
/ complished.
I. Two hundred clerks have been dis
= charged at Broad Street Static
y within a day or two.
!, The Pennsylvania recently cut oi
considerably more than a score q
= passenger trains on the Easter
7 lines. Several of these we're throug
. trains, from the East to the West an
y South, and ranked among the mos
= important on the system. Other
u were divisional trains of lesser, bu
T. still very considerable Importance.
Concurrently with dismissals, dc
motions of higher employees hay
been made; enginemen have been n
duced to the rank of firemen, whe
the latter were laid off altogether, q
placed on extra lists.
Further reduction in the passenge
train service is now being arrangel
Il was ascertained yesterday. and az
cording TO present plans. shortly wi
be made effective The attitude {
the management on this point, IL
understood, Is that when absolui
necessity forces rigid economy, whic
is said 10 be the case at present, th
passenger service, Which al be-
gives only scant profits over opera
ing costs, must bear the brunt II
stead OF the freight service, fro
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