Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-09
BELIEVE SHOPMEN
HERE WILL RETURN
T0POS|T|ONS SOON
Union and Company Officials
Confident Strike Will Be
Ended Shortly.
OFFICIALS GO TO CAPITAL
TO CONFER WITH LEADERS
Expect to Make Recommends
tons to Mass-Meeting at
10 O'clock Today.
NO DANGER OF FUEL SHORTAGE
Supplies Sufficient, but Railroads
Take OF Passenger Trains and
Freight Is Slow.
NO DANGER OF FUEL SHORTAGE
Supplies Sufficient, but Railroads
Take Off Passenger Trains and
Freight Is Slow.

With oficials Of the Richmond Shops
Federation in Washington consulting
with union officials there, the strike
OF the railroad shopmen Of Richmond
marked time yesterday, but both rail
road officials and strikers privately
expressed the opinion that some So
luton OF the matter would soon be
found and that the strike would be
at an end in the next two or three
days.
Thomas p. Morton. chairman OF tn.
local federation. headed the deleEa-
tion which held a conference in Wash
Morton were Vice Chairman ssubbs,
committee OF six and other shopmen.
about nifty men IN the Richmond party.
on the return OF the, committee a de-
finite statement Will be formulated.
mass meeting which has been called
for this morning al 10 o'clock. at the
city Auditorium.
Freight EmbnrEoes Continued.
Freight. emhargoes continue on all
Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line
Thsse lines arc SIN aeeepsing freight
tached. The passenger business Of
none OF the roads. with the exception
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio. seems TO
and Ohio is operating but Little more
than half of it's regular passenger
trains. and officials declare that there
is no Certainty 10 how long they
can continue TO run those now IN
operation.
by the Chesapeake and Ohio that to-
morrow IL would not run its usual
sunday excursion train 20 the seashore.
IN addition the public was warned not
10 unduly crowd the a. NJ. train. as
II will be impossible TO add TO the
number OF coaches.
nounced that 1t would not run its
E'Grass Widowers' Special" Monday
morning. This train has been running
every Monday morning between Way
neshoro and Richmond, principally for
the accom- notation of men who go up
Saturday 70 spend sunday with their
families at the various mountain and
hill country resorts.
Freight Movement Slow.
Superintendent E. p. Laird. OF the
Atlantic Coast Line. stated yesterday
that all passenger trains we're SUI
freight was being moved. Similar con-
di1ions were reported on the Southern.
Dealers in coal stated yesterday tina.
worrying over the freight situation.
While the supply OF coal here is not
age amount, and at this time of the
year the consumption is not great. II
is stated that the coal on hand would
last Richmond for several weeks. even
The strike would have to continue
a much sonGs,, ionger time than eSne;e,ed fer fer
rect rector % Of Public Utiiities Tranord
stated yesterday that there was on
coal and coal oil to run the gas plant
for at least thirty days. Much of the
gas produced by the city is water gas.
and oil is used in its production. The
and il It should be necessary the city
could devote it's en,rs
gas and leave off making coal gas.
Sufficient Fuel Supply.
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company usually keeps about three
weeks. ahead in its, coal supply: and
supply to keep up operation for sew
eessaal, esal weeks; The comPany operates
The strike. so far has been without
trace of disorder. The strike of the
main body of shopmen! seems to have
had as yet very little effect on the rail
roads. The main trouble has come
from men whose duty it is to attend
These men went out with the shop
men. and as consequence the officials
of the roads are kept busy oiling the
ard doing. similar work that are
rrnnor in their nature. but yet neces-
E~ry for the operation of trains.
FTior to the mass meeting at the
auditorium there will be a meeting
s< the executive council of the fed
eration at o'clock this morning. At
this meeting the entire situation will
be gone over, so that definite recon-
mendations can be made to the men
at the massmecting.
Southern Railroad officials received
last night a copy of a telegram being
sent out by Acting Vice President
Jewell to all local and general chair
men Of the railroad shopmen, urging
that the men return to work
1t reads as follows:
Asks Shopmen to Return.
you will. Of course. take special
note Of the fact that the President has
taken the position that there will be
no further negotiations on the ques-
tion OF national agreement on wage
Increases until such time as the men
return to work. He further takes the
position that until such time as the
men show proper regard for and obcdi-
ence to the laws OF their own organi-
sations 1t cannot be expected that the
railroad administration could proceed
except when the business Of these or
CARNATIONS is handled In an orderly
manner. The act of our membership
striking In violation Of the laws Of
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