New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
700 Baltimore
YardnenStrike
Embargo Is On
Men Quit Work Without
Giving Warming; Will
Wait No Longer for Wage
Raise From Labor Board
Freight Traffic Affected
Tie-Up in All Passenger
Service Is Predicted To-
dav as More Go Out
s,-c.o, Dispatch TO The T-1bry.

BALTIMORE, June 2o.-BSltimore
ras hit by the new insurgent strike
ss~lv today, and It is claimed by the
s--iiers that every freight yard, in or
sround Baltimore practically is par
s'vzsd. with about TOO yardmen absent
;ror, their work. although even the
strikers DO not say that 100 per cent
n the yardmen are yet out. Up to q
late hour tonight only the yardmen
had walked out All the road crews
st;ll were working. and the railroad
companies were able to maintain full
passenger service. No road crews are
YET renorted as joining the strike
As result of the strike. c. ".
Galloway. president of the Ralti-
mere { Ohio. announced that thera
uas an absolute embargo on all freight
of every description to all points east
Of Cumberland, Nd.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials also
announced al embargo, but excepted
from its operation foodstuffs and coal
tor public utilities and hospitals.
officials q tho Pennsylvania Rail
road admitted that half of their yard
crews were out to-day. Sunday al
ways is q dull day and they declined
to tell their expectations for to-mor-
row. The Western Maryland seemed
least affected. but had no real test Of
whether the men were striking.
None Of the strikers gave any
warning. presented any ultjmatum or
eypressed any grievaAce or complaint
TO the railroad officials. Some of the
ward crews quit in the middle of their
shifts early to-day and the relief
crews never appeared, except in few
instances. No effort, it is stated, was
made to see tire officials
As soon as word was received az
union headquarters, President Samuel
Lentz Of the local union of the Broth
erhood OF Railroad Trainmen tried
to get the men to go back to their work
and wait at least for another day or so
for the decision of the Labor Board
He went to Washington tonight in an
effort to get some authoritative word
concerning the expected announcement
Of the Labor Board decision.
1t is said by officials and trainmen
that the walk-out came because of the
persistent rumor that the Labor Board
would not announce its railroad wage
decision until August 5.
The national executives of the Ave
big railroad labor organizations
warned the board about June l that
the railroad men again were getting
restless. The executives advised an
immediate temporary increase of IS
cents an hour for all trainmen until a
permanent rate of increase could be
decided upon. They said il would be
unfair and dangerous to delay the de-
cision until the short-line railroads
could present their testimony
Mr.. Lentz said he had been telling
the men TO be patient and to wait for
orders from the national executives
but he added that the men were
getting desperate after their three
year diet OF nothing but promises"
PHILADELPHIA, June 20.-Revolt-
Ing members of the four railroad
brotherhoods voted unanimously today
at three meetings to quit work 8. md
night and 10 remain out until an in
crease IN pay is granted to them by
the Federal Railroad Labor Board.
Strike leaders freely predicted that
by tomorrow morning thay will have
succeeded in tying up passenger and
irelght service on the Pennsylvania,
baltimore & Ohio and Philadelphia &
Reading lines. Passenger service had
no. been affected up to tonight.
By the time the first meeting Of
strikers was called this morning il
was said the Reading freight service,
was tied UP in nearly every yard in
the city. and in Norristown and
Phenixville
At all three meetings members and
,oFmer members of the four brother
hoods pledged sympathy with the Chi
eago Yardmen's Association, the or
gsnization which has revolted from
TIE regular railway union. I. was said
hat more than 800 new members had
reen added 70 the organization here.