Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-02
MEN EXPECT TO TIE
Up RAILWAY LINES
Union Officials Assert That
$4,000 Employees Would
Become Involved.
SEAB0ARD WORKERS QUIT
Demand Is Being Made for
Higher Wages by
Shopmen.
'EAB0ARD WORKERS QUIT
rBy Associated prrx.1

ATLANTA. GA. August 1.-The
strike of railroad shopmen in the
Southeastern States. which union lead
ers said would involve 10000 en-
ployees. had not interfered 10 any
great extent tonight with movement of
Vrains as far as could be learned.
Union men said, however. that II
would be fully twentyfour hours be-
fore the strike became complete, and
that they expected freight and pass
enger traffic would be tied up
In the absence OF 3. l.. Wincheli,
regional director Of railroads for the
Southeast. who is in Washington. the
only information that could be oh
tained firm administration headquarters
here tonight was that SO few Federal
managers OF railroads had sent in
ports that little could be told about
the situation.
The strike. part OF a nation wide
movement for higher wages and a ma
tional working agreement between the
unions and the railroad administra-
tion already affects, or will in twenty
four hours affect. sixteen railroads in
the Southeast. strike leaders said. This
includes the Southern, the Seaboard.
and other large systems under Federal
management The strike was called
in accordance with a resolution adopt
ed at convention OF the Southeast
l5 to II.
sIuny Trades Are Anected.
The workers involved are boiler.
makers, blacksmiths. sheet metal
worhfrs car men and other e%p!eyees
serted all saops here had been affected
with 1000 men out: and reports from
Jacksonville and Tampa showed the
TO the mems lS<ders. Reports, from
over Georgia were similar, while Co
lumba had no reports as yet on the
strike in that State, there being none
in the city itself.
Officers of the Chicago district coun-
Gil Of the Federated Shopmen's Union.
railway shop workers this morning,
were favorably Impressed by PresI-
dent Wilson's request today that Con
wage increases for railway employees.
When reports were received that the
President had suggested that any
August ], 1919. the union leaders here
aid they would remain firm for retro
action TO January /. 1919.
Seaboard Men Walk Out.
A dispatch from Raleigh. =. C.. TO-
shop employees of the seaboard Air
Line and the Norfolk Southern went
on strike for higher wages this even
ing at 6 o'clock.
The strike is in line with similar
action at other points on the Sea
board system. Labor leaders said that
allied craftsmen at other points in
North Carolina would qui, work as
soon they could be communicated
with. II was 100 per cent strike
here.
At Portsmouth AL. shopmen of the
Seaboard, Norfolk Southern. Norfolk
and Western. Norfolk and Portsmo out n
Belt Line of the New York. Philadel-
phia and Norfolk. Atlantic Coast Line
and Southern roads in. Portsmouth,
Norfolk and vicinity left work this
morning al 10 o'clock IN accordance
with the Atlanta resolution. Union
officials declare shopmen in the entire
district are out unanimously.
Many Leave at Wilmington.
a Wilmington, y. c. dispatch says
that approximately $50 members OF
the Federation OF shop Craftsmen EN-
ployed on the yard of the Atlantic
Coast Line, walked out today al 10
A. NJ. Many negroes were included
among the strikers.
At Roanoke, Va, carmen Of the Nor
folk and Western Railway, who planned
20 strike here today to enforce their
demand for an increase in wages or a
reduction in cost OF living. remained
at work upon the advice OF their rep
resentatives in Washington.
From Lynchburg. Va. comes the re-
port that 40 men quit work at the
Southern divisional terminals.