Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09
granted for the purpose of organizing
any opposition to the strike.
Committee to Receive Pay.

MIR. Patterson suggested that the
committee would be willing to recon-
mend to the men that all go back to
work tomorrow morning. Sunday, April
9. 1916, receiving their former posi-
tons back; that all men who had been
employed since April l would be dis
charged. and that negotiations be aiken
up. to be terminated within a period
of ten days. it being understood that
during that time the men working on
the committee would receive pay the
same as if they were working on the
road, even though they were not able
TO charge that time as making time on
the road
In other words, the men would make
Such time as they could. not incon-
SiStent with the work of the sessions
OF the committee with the officers of
the road. and the time that they lost
IN such sessions would not be deducted
from their salaries.
IT Is also understood that the COM
mittee and all those it represents are
received as union men. members of
Local Division. No. 699. Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electrical
Railway Employees. said men being
treated with as belonging to said union
and employees of the railway companv
The final time for these negotiations
to he concluded is o'clock pm April
1S. 1916
Tied Up Traffic Effectively.
1t was conceded by all concerned that
the strike of the two branches of the
Washington and Old Dominion line
probably tied up traffic about as effec-
lively as any strike that has ever oc-
CURED in this country. Not one piece
of rolling stock was able to go over
the road yesterday after about O'Clock,
when second train from Bluemont
reached Rosslyn. and it was while a
member of the office force was moving
part of that train that one of the cars
blocked the tracks near the car barn
shortly after spring switch at the
west end of the railway yard was
reached the forward truck crossed to
the inbound track while the rear truck
remained on the outbound track. and. it
is stated the car came near crashing
into car containing a dozen or more
so-calied strkebreakers.
The train of four cars that reached
Rosslyn shortly after = o'clock it was
said. left Bluemont shortly after 10 in
the morning. 1t was composed of one
car partly filled with passengers, an
express car that was "deadheaded'' a
milk car and freight car. The milk
car contained about $500 gallons of
milk consigned to Washington dealers
1t is said that effat section of Virginia
supplies about $500 gallons of milk to
the city. 800 gallons of which were
brought here on trucks and in wagons
earlier in the day. Trainmen experi-
enced delay near Vienna, where. if
is stated, there is an overhead bridge
Some unidentified person or persons
hac dropped chain with hook attach
ment from the bridge across the over
mead wires. Owing to miscaIculation
IN dropping the chain, however, it is
stated. not much damage was done
"hen the train reached the bridge.
Reward of $500.
A reward of $500 has been offered for
Information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the persons responsible
for derailing two cars on the Washing
ton-Nirginia line at Nauck station Fri
day night. 1T is stated that the tracks
were soaped for distance of fully one
quarter OF mile. and that car taking
the track at a speed of twenty miles at
the north end of the soaping might east
ly nave attained speed of seventy
miles at the other end.
Cars on the lines in operation last
night were we'll petroniZed Strikers
and many sympathizers, however, pat
ronized the temporary bus lines mat
were established between the north
end of Aqueduct bridge or RossIyn
and nearby points in Virginia. Resi-
dents of the section between Bluemont
and Great Falls and this city were
greatly Inconvenience by the strike,
the vicinity of Bluemont. Hamilton.
Leesburg and points near the western
terminus of the road reached their
homes by way of the Baltimore and
ONO railroad to Point of Rocks or
BRUNSWICK and driving ten or fifteen