Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10
SHOPMEN DIVIDE
ON PROPOSAL TO
RETURN TO WORK
Thousands Vote to Resume
Duties, While Others
Stay Out.
OFFICIALS THINK SITUATION
WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE
Chesapeake and Ohio Employees
at Cincinnati to Continue
Strike.
S. A. L. MEN, HOWEVER, RETURN
Impression Prevails Majority viii
Heed Warming Issued by Presi-
dent Wilson.
S. A. L. MEN, HOWEVER. BETURN
IRy Associated Press.1


of 1000 striking shop employees on
the Chesapeake and Ohio and the
Louisville and Nashville Railroads to
return to work, after meeting of the
strikers representatives in Covington.
Ky, today blasted the hopes of oper-
ating officials and the United States
railroad administration for an immedi-
ate lifting of the embargoes in the
Cincinnati district.
The men voted to remain on strike
until their demands are met by the
railroad administration.
AT Montgo Ala the 1900 Strik-
ing shopmen today voted to return to
work, provided proper assurances of
speedy and satisfactory adjustment of
demands, retroactive as of January !,
1918. is given them
Seaboard Air Line and Norfolk and
s9g1hern snopmen who sve been on
eSpf.s Ralssh 'as i aaa seS ssshs
return TO work Immediately this after
noon under the advice of their grand
| lodge officers and with assurances frorn
| reached.
Five Hundred Involved.
Five hundred men were involved at
y Ksieigh and md points in the immediate
with the yards Crowded wit dsf bad ID %SfK
The resolution adopted at O'clock
shopmen sSpressed CONFIDENCE sds IN IN the the
national officers Of the national organi-
men Of the United States are under
lasting obligation to the President.
S Mso o has always been fair and just in
"A message, from Atlanta. Ga. to-
night said that although union rail-
MgHi shopmen in Atlanta and Birming-
Monday Of 1000 slr f lRrs ssepm Ieaua at
the situation in the Southeast.
Two Thousand Vote to Begin Work.
Two thousand shopworkers OF the
Dublin and savan Griha Ra lns Mae em
ployed in Macon shops voted BY sub
Monday ma Al AiSa to their work
men have been on Strike al " the Lo 5;Tso
m Tilis and l,. N as1H shops mass
Vote fa Was hsid with a result that
lated. AT Savannah. Ga. and Mont
Eetnrn un A5s;: sho5WG5kers agreed to
not as yet been definitely settled.
80 Tar as Atlanta was concerned.
Inc shopmen remained firm in their
mass meeting was held today. and ad
oitional resolutions were adopted en-
phasizing the mems determination to
granted
Word was received tonight from Co.
,umous. Ga. that 500 shopmen who
nae, had neen on strike at mass-meeting
pending action on their wage demands
by Director General Hines.
SHORTY after the meeting the regu-
lar night shit reported for work at
the central OF Georgia shops and were
assigned to their regular duties.
birmingham Holds out.
Birmingham striking railroad shop
me men. who walked out last Saturday,
to await action by the President in
mass meeting today. A telegram sent
Ge sl rn ,n 10 RireGtor- General Hines
promise unless they had been assured
Of time. date and amount" was fully
From East. South. Southwest and the
Ear west came reports that the men
had decided not to return to work until
vices from Atlanta, Ca, we're to the
effect that the executive committee OF
the federated shopmen had adopted
until their wages had been adjusted.
Denver, Col. reported a similar at
, n,an on the part OF more than $500
Little Rock, Ark. messages stated that
l;Soo workmen at that point had de-
f fhnn MOI TO go back to their jobs until
annapolis shopmen also were holding
PACK. while in the East manv shopmen
| ~ ny Unity VI boston decided to
| remain out. w
Return mt Knnsns City.
At Kansas City 1000 OF the crafts
men were reported at work
Limited embargoes on freight were
| continued on nearly all roads. hut the
most pronounced freight regulations
Incidental to the strike were on the
| New England lines.
While several of the railroads an
nounced the discontinuance OF passen
ger trains. principally locally, the
E ,h. and Ohio gave notice Of
trains between Cincinnati and Chicago
Strike Faction Dominates,
a Chicago dispatch tonight says
| that representatives OF the Ch.cas n
district council Of the federated rail-.
way shipments union. which called q
strike August in defiance OF the in
ternational officers OF the shop crafts
unions, today dominated conferences
at which some OF the international
officers sought TO have the men re-
turn to work in obedience to tho
wishes OF President Wilson
The council sent telegram to the
President stating that until some con-