The Washington herald., 1916-04-08
SYSTEM Is PARALYZED
approximately 10000 Pa
irons Afected-No Cars
Operated After Night.
MAIL is CONVEYED BY WAGON
Only One Division Crippled by Strike
on Washington-Virginia
Road.

Jitney busses Of all kinds and makes,
coal and transfer wagons and horse
drawn vehicles OF all descriptions, from
the blackboard to the almost forgotten
stage coach, streamed across the Aoue-
duct Bridge yesterday from II o'clock un-
til midnight.
The conveyances were Used to trans
port to their homes the thousands of per-
sons stranded in Washington by the
strike of the employees, which paralyzed
the entire system of the Washington and
Old Dominion Railway Company.
Thousands OF others streamed across
the bridge on foot, the one class yelling
cheerful tfbes at the other. Despite the
fact that many faced a walk of miles,
the situation was met jokingiy. APPROX
mateIy 1000 persons are affected.
The entire system Of the Washington
and Old Dominion Railway Company was
paralyzed by a strike order given at II
o'clock yesterday morning
Following the refusal Of General Man
ager W. B. Emmert TO receive the COM
mittee OF employees who yesterday pre-
sented the union demands, every motor
man and conductor in the employ OF the
company left the carg on arrival at the
barns.
Cat Calls Greet Foreman.
One train of four cars carrying the
United States mail left the Georgetown
terminal in charge of shop foreman at
500 O'Clock amid cat calls and cries Of
''scab" from several hundred employees
and sympathize1s.
The second train-one car-left at 5:S
o'clock In charge of another shop fore
man and bearing the road officials Of the
company under similar conditions The
car carried about fifteen passengers.
The United States mail. scheduled to
leave Georgetown for Bluemont and way
stations at $50, was sent by wagon to
Rosslyn shortly before the last car left
The wagon was followed to Rosslyn by
more than 100 strikers.
Despite the fact that the entire system
was paralyzed. General Manager En-
inert last night announced that he had
given the employees a final answer This
answer he said was an unequivocaI no -
Continuing, he said:
I'VE will make no effort to run any
car or train tonight. The car leaving
at 5:45 for Bluemont was the last.
I'VE have three trains at Bluemont
now and will make an effort to start
them for Washington on schedule time
tomorrow morning. We also will
make an effort to maintain a schedule
on the Falls Church division.
I'VE have a few men left in the en-
ploy of the company and we will utiI-
ize their services"
Only One Division Affected.
Though a general strike of all union
employees of the Washington and vir-
ginia Railway was called Thursday,
only the Falls Church division had
been affected up until a late hour last
night.
Frank L. Bail, Commonwealth at
torney of Alexandria County, was the
principal speaker at a mass meeting
held in Ballston yesterday afternoon.
More than a score of employees of the
company Joined the union.
Members of the Cherrydale Citizens
Association will aid the strike OF en-
ployes by boycotting the Washington
and Old Dominion Railway Company.
This action was decided at a meeting
of the association last night. The
boycott agreement states:
I'VE also will refuse to ride upon
the cars of this company until the
strike is settled"