The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
Striking Railroad Shopmen May Reach
Decision Today to Return to Work
Executive Council Will Meet This Morning at O'clock to
Draft Report Presented to Mass Meeting in City Audi
forum at 10.

Chairman Thomas B. Morton, will
other members of the executive com
mittee Of the Richmond Railroad
Shop Employees Federation. returned
from Washington late last night wher'
for almost a day and a half they hat
been comforting with Organizer s. NJ
Jewell, Of the national federation, ant
OF the railroad administra
ton.
Mr.. Morton expressed himself a
well pleased with the result OF TIT
rip to Washington and intimate'
that when the committee makes II
report to the striking shopmen al TN
CITY Auditorium this morning, de
rision may be reached by the men Il
returnsto work.
Pending a meeting of the commit
tee at s o'clock this n corning. prior Z
the mass meeting at the City Audi
forum, Mr. Morton preferred not Y
anticipate the nature of the commit
tees report
7. is not improbable that the
striking railroad shopmen VIII
reach q decision this morning 10
act upon the presidents ADVICE
and return to work pending al
t,,dication OF their differences.
A mass meeting of machinists
and allied era ftsnen viii be held
nj 10 o'elock this morning in the
ci,v auditorium, at which time
the executive committee, which
snent yesterday and part OF
Thursday In Washington in con-
ference with Organizer r. M.
Jewell. officers of the national
federation OF railroad workers
and ofric.ais of the railroad ad-
ninistratinn, will make its re-
mort and. 1t Is believed. recon- :.
mend that the men return TO
work. Organizer Jewell has been
;nsisteut that the men do this.
The executive committee Will
meet IT q o'clock this morning
il the Arcade building to draft
Its report.
At a late hour last night the
situation remained unchanged
At that time II was said that
everything hinged on today's
meeting and the nature of the
report to he made to the men at
thn CITY auditorium meeting.
There was an underground feel
ing. however. that the end OF the
strike was near and that pass
ing of another twenty-four hours
would see the men ready to re-
turn IL rot actually at work To-
dav being Saturday and a han
holiday. with Sunday another
holiday, intervening. il may be
tha. the men viii not resume
their wonted tasks until Monday.
Railroad authorities are maxim
strenuous efforts to discourage week
and travel this week in view OF IN
strike situation The cfficiah declar
that they have their hands full main
,.inirg their regular trains and tina
sgtra coaches are out of the aues
ton.
The Chesapeake and Ohio will oper
ate only one excursion train to IN
seashore tomorrow, which viii teav
Main Street station at O'Clock, IN
7.es and the noon trains having bee
temporarily.
The 'sGrs -widowers' Special WI
not run Monday morning. This week.
IRA in has been largely patronfzed b
,xeek-end visits to mountain resort
between Wayneshoro and Richmond
arriving In this city Monday mcrnin
in time for business.
THOMAS L. Morton. general chair
man OF the Richmond Railroad Shop
Federation: Vice-Chairman Stubs
and a committee Of six from the ex
ecutiye council of the federation
we're in Washington yesterday In con
sulta ton with Organizer B. NJ. Jewel
prior to their departure to the ma
tional capital, kilograms had bee
received from Mr.. Jewell. urging tn
men TO return to work pending settle
ment Of their alleged grievances b
the railroad administration.
The executive council will meet 9
4 o'clock this morning in the Arcad
building, -
Railroad managers reported tn
situation unchanged yesterday. The
say they are bending every effort I
keep passenger trains moving an
admit that freight Is practically at
standstill.
Federal Manager w. n. Duke. q
the r., r. g. p, reported that all pas
senger trains were being operated
Only one freight train was move
over the road during the night
At the Chesapeake and Ohio ger
eral ofiices the situation was reporte
as unchanged. with operation
slirhtly in excess of one-half the nor
mai number Of passenger trains an
no freight.
superintendent Laird. of the Altar
Tic Coast Line. said that his road wa
handling Its passenger trains withou
curtailnent, but that little freigh
was being moved.
Similar conditions were reported b
The Southern and Seaboard Air Linz
hoth stating that the situation wa
practically unchanged from Thursda
snd that freight In and out OF Rich
Round trip Norfolk 41.e6 virgini
neach se.lS. Every Sunday, n. = v