The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-15
STRIKE BREAKERS
HAVE VARIED LIFE
Meet Difficulties as lust Part
of the Days
Work.
KNOW DISCIPLINE WELL
Men Are Well Housed and
Well Fed by the
Company.
KNOW DISCIPLINE WELL

Men who make a business of lead
ing the breaking of strikes have
learned through bitter experience
how to meet every difficulty which
arises. They consider the difficult
ties as unavoidable circumstances
connected with their work. They
have learned how to care for and dis
cipline the men who are working
under their orders. and II is interest
ing to see just what they are up
against" when it comes to breaking
a strike.
There are seven car barns of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. Five of these are used
as commissaries at the present time,
for feeding and housing he strike
breakers. The company &C 20 great
expenditure. as is show ne prep
arations. for instance. ~, eastern
car barn.
where coo Live.
This barn has been converted into
a barracks. in which between 500 and
600 men are fed three times a day.
and are housed at night.
In a suite on the lower floor. for
merly used as offices. scores of iron
cots, with mattresses. blankets, and
quilts. have beer placed. Upstairs
more cots have been placed.
There is a dining. room on the
ground floor in which the 600 men are
fed three times a day. Adjoining the
dining room is the kitchen. Only the
food for the very next meal Is kept in
the kitchen. the rest being stored in
cold storage houses.
The food for the next meal takes
up all the space, too. Last night, as
an example. in one corner were 100
loaves of bread for breakfast. In an
other were several cases of eggs,
holding approximately 1000 of the
precious ovoids. A large tub Of but
ter-real butter-was in another cor
ner. Slices of meat reposed on
shelf. The menu OF breakfast this
morning included oatmeal. prunes,
bread and butter, ham, eggs, and cot
fee.
NJ. Simmons, who il in charge OF |
the commissary stated there seemed t.
no end to the quantity OF coffee the |
men consumed in one meal, but an |
approximate estimate was from forty |
to fifty gallons.
Substantial Menus.
To-day they had for dinner" he !
said, tomatoes. rice pudding, lima
beans. bread pudding. coffee, pork, -,
and bread and butter. Tonight for
supper they will have hamburger |
steak, corn, mashed potatoes, bread |
and butter and coffee"
Mr.. Simmons stated he had served |
in like Capacities all over the United
E. C. Elliott. chief instructor for /
the Washington Railway and Electric |
Company. stated that in his twenty \
Ave years in that capacity for the |
company. he had never seen cars run
better than at the present time.
Every few minutes a man would ar |
rive in the office with a large armful |
Of thick copper wires. Here's what we I
got at such and such place" he would |
say to Mr.. Elliott. somebody was trying |
to put them down the slot and hang a !
plow." !
Alternately the telephone bell would
ring. and some conductor would report |
that he was stuck" and a big crowd
ndu kdlneTeu dTOunu. crew WOulu De |
lmmedis tely dispatched in an automo-
bile to aid the man in his trouble. and
II possible get his car started
Beaten and BruIsed.
Once there came a hurried knock at
the door. latched on the inside. and
when 1t has opened, there staggered In a
man. one eye black. and with huge
bruises on his face. lie was hatless, and
1irt showed on his coat.
He explained his case. While put
ting his car in at the barn at George
town. he had been surrounded by
crowd. He had dismounted from the
EAR, carrying bundle under one arm
shoes for his little boy.
according to his statement. he had
dropped the shoes. and when leaning
over to pick them up, he was struck
oy several men
The man is II. W. Lynn. OF 316 Six
-eenth street southeast. He is a mo-
-ormsn. and has been in the employ
II the Washington Railway and Elec-
-rlc Company for twenty years.
Such Is life for a strike breaker. "a