Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-06

| waking IN from choice was great
circumstance of the performances of
the government workers. The SYM
pathy for the strikers is widespread,
probably reflection of the interest
and Championship by union labor of the
cause of the government clerk in op-
position to a minimum work day, as
proposed by the Borland rider. Again
and again was the good will of gov
of the men who are out. Others told
of cars passing them as they walked
in that We're only one-quarter occu-
pied; when they usually are crowded
so that 1t is difficult to find standing
room, or even footing.
Pedestrian Feats Noted.
Some Of the government clerks per-
formed great pedestrian feats. Walks
of six miles by both men and women
were common. representing the dis
lance of suburban homes from Office
desks. One man walked ten miles. And
there were walks from near and far of
varied lengths and under many condi-
tons that made them difficult, such as
individual physical incapacity for the
extra task. But these obstacles did
not count and the way was found by
nearly all to get to work on time.
Those who were tardy were not very
tardy. the list of delinquents indicating
that the great majority got into the
treasury building or it's offices a half
minute or one or two minutes late.
The worst offender was forty-fve min
utes late and came from far distance.
At State, War and Navy Building.
At the State, War and Navy building
the respective chief clerks said that
the car strike apparently had not af-
fected the business of those depart
ments today. 1t was stated that there
had been no unusual hardness on the
part of the employees. many of whom
apparently had provided against any
shortage of cars by starting earlier
and walking to the office. At the War
department 1t was stated that the en-
ployes generally reported for duty at
the usual hour, even those living in
the suburbs in Maryland. The Chevy
Chase line, it was stated, was operat-
ing under ffteen-minutes schedule
most of the cars stopped at Rock Creek
bridge.
Many government employees living in
villages near the main line and the
Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio made the trip to this city by
steam railroad this morning instead of
taking chances on catching trolley
car.
There is a disposition on the part of
those in charge of the uptown depart
afternoon all those employees living in
the suburbs and in the outlying dis
tricts of the city in order to facilitate
their journey home as much a. possible
Woman Servitors Wait at Crossings.
One feature of the early morning
street scenes resulting from the Grip
pied transportation facilities was the
number of colored women, having the
appearance of cooks, house servants
and other domestics, who were stand
ing at crossings waiting for cars. Many
were walking to work along such
beaten routes of travel as Florida ave-
nue.. U street, 9th street, eth street
and New York avenue. This being
Monday-wash day-scores of laun-
dresses were seen trudging along the
street on their way to their places of
employment.
Connecticut avenue extended from
Chevy Chase to the Connecticut Avenue
bridge was the thoroughfare for more
ing than at any time in it's history. No
one dared brave the enmity of his
neighbors by driving a machine with
an empty seat in it, Improvised jitneys,
with at least a. dozen men and women
damned within the doors, were a COM
mon sight.
Half dozen Cleveland Park families.
whose cooks and other maids were off
duty last night, sent chauffeurs for
them early this morning in order to in
sure breakfast on time.
Humorist Is Abroad.
On the way down Connecticut avenue,
IA man whose humor did not fail him
even in the crisis of a street car strike
said:
There are people on this street now
legs are for"
| morning and ridden downtown with
him. said a lady passenger on an in
bound City and Suburban car this
! morning. when she found it necessary
almost to fight her way into the
crowded car.
The conductor, little peeved, quiet
ly remarked: Il wish you had. as the
car is already crowded"
"Suffragette" shouted passenger in
the
"And whatever feelings the passen-
gers had on account of the overcrowd-
ing of the car one Of the passengers
said were quickly dispel1ed by the
loud laugh that followed the suf-
fragette remark.
Report From Department of Justice.
Conditions at the Department of JUS
tice were described as showing no I'M
| usual changes. In fact. it was sug-
gested that the number of tardy and Of
absentees without leave was probably
| below normal. There were no figures
| compiled. but the general sense Of di-
| vision heads was that the clerks had
| arrived on time and that there was
| nothing notable in the number of alb
| sentees, yet many of the employees came
| from long distances. The division of
| accounts. which has twenty-five en-
| pIoyes, recorded only one of them late
! and none absent.
Walking was, as in other depart
| ments. the favorite and usual means of
locomotion and transportation. Auto
| mobiles-private and taxicab and jit-
| ney-brought many who could afford
| this means of travel or who found kind
friends to give them a lift to their des-
| tination.
| Most Clerks Walk to Work.
"Oh. 1 walk down every morning.
That was the greeting from govern
ment employees who were asked this