The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-19
THAT BACKBONE OF RAIL STRIKE
HAS Been BROKEN EVIDENCED BY
LATE REPORTS FROM ALL CENTERS
Most of Workers Have Returned
to Jobs; Vacancies Are Be-
ing Rapidly Filled.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC TANGLED
With Working Conditions Nor
NAL Some Days Be Required
Straighten Out Freight
Movement.

The chairman of the district gem
era1 managers assocfa ton announced
' last night that by far the greatest
percentage of the 80 striking railroad
employees in the New York district
had reported for duty and that the
railroads were filling permanently
places of those who failed to report.
Virtually normal working condi-
tions were restored in the Philadel-
phia district yesterday. . the great
majority of striking railroad en-
ployes having returned to work on
the assurance that there would be no
discrimination.
Several hundred striking Baltimore
e Ohio trainmen, met at Connells-
vile, near Pittsburgh. yesterday and
voted to return to work this morning.
according to announcement from the
company.
The general managers association
of Chicago announced last night that
indications were that the insurgent
strike of railroad employees of the
Chicago terminal district virtually
had lost it's effectiveness. II was re-
ported that officers of the Brother
meet today to consider revoking the
charter of locals whose members re-
fused to return TO work
The railroad strike situation at
Cleveland was unchanged yesterday.
Samuel Gompers President Lee of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, and President Carter of the
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen,
were in conference yesterday, but no
statements of results of their meeting
was available.
Philadelphia, April 1S-An immedi-
ate return TO work of striking rail-
road men on all eastern lines from
Washington, D. c.. to Boston was
expected by members of the Philadel-
phia district strikers committee who
had ordered all employees of the Penn
sylvania and Ohio railroads in this
districe. who walked out, TO resume
work at once.
The order was issued my the COM
mittee at a conference with William
J. Tracy, chief of the state bureau OF
mediation. and railroad officials, at
which it was agreed that if the men
returned to work they would retain
all seniority rights and that there
dices against them.
Meanwhile preparations are being
made by the railroads here for a gem
eral resumption of traffic. The pas
senger service has been almost normal
for several days, but the freight situ-
alton was stin serious. Every effort,
it was said. would be made to relieve
the. congestion as rapidly as possible.
but with the most favored conditions.
railroad officials stated, it would
take several days to straighten the
tangle and get freight movements
back TO normal.
William j. Tracy, chief of the Penn
sylvania state bureau of mediation,
who effected the settlement there, said
the work order would affect strikers
on all lines between Boston and Wash
ington, including those in the New
York district, as the Pennsylvania
strike committee had been authorized
to negotiate for all striwers in the
east
Strikers at Baltimore, another
eastern stronghold. were returning to-
day. having voted to end their strike.
In the New York district railroad Of
ficials declared the men were returning
rapidly.
Reports from all sections of the
country indicated that the swing back
to work was fast gaining momentum.
This was reflected both in the in
creased amount of traffic handled by
the lines and the loss of enthusiasm
for the strike apparent in the attitude