New-York tribune., 1920-04-20
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five of the old men have come back
composing about one-fourth of the
conductors, guards and platform men
who went out on strike. All of the
motormen have remained in the sery-
ice, says Mr.. Root, and no defections
are expected-in their ranks. New men.
he added, are being taken on in place
of those who have failed to show up.
and in this respect the company is re-
ceiving the cooperation of the Train
men and Engineers brotherhood chiefs,
who are showing no sympathy for the
men who walked out.
He said further that in no sense is
the new employee to be regarded as
taken on as a permanent worker and
not merely to break strike.
Rail Service Nearly Normal
A survey of the situation among the
railroads generally showed that the
passenger service of most of thm was
restored to a normal basis and that
the others were rapidly recovering
with the employment of new men. It
was stated that approximately 70 per
cent of the strikers had returned in
response to the ultimatum of the rail
road managers and that about 1000
IL
were still out. Their places, it was
declared, were being filled by volun-
teers who will be gradually replaced
by new men to be permanently taken
into the. service of the various lines.
With the passenger problem off their
hands the roads began concentrating
on the freight question, many report
ing large shipments alreadw in prog
ress while others declared that move
ments are exceeding their normal
amount. Fresh foodstuffs, in particlar,
were coming into the city in huge
quantities, relieving the squeeze in
drop in prices.
The bitter-enders, however, insist
that the strike is still on and is going
100 per cent strong. At the close of
meeting at Grand View Hall, Jersey
City, last night, they announced that
all the men who had returned to work
following the ultimatum of the rail
roads, had gone out again yesterday
and that the railroads had once again
been tied up. According to James T.
MacLean, press representative of the
Executive Committee Of the strikers,
the Erie lost 96 per cent of its men,
West Shore 80 per cent, D. L. & W..
81 per cent, Pennsylvania, SO per cent
and the others about 70 per cent.
Outlaws Not Received
Officials Of the lines, however, fatty
contradictebthis statement, saying that
all the men who had come back were
still on the job and that there was no
indication of their going out again
While the local representatives of the
strikers were announcing that Edward
McHugh, their chairman was being re-
ceived by the Railroad Labor Board at
Washington, dispatches from the same
city were announcing that no demands
would be considered from any but the
recognized brotherhood chiefs.
Following meeting OF employees of
the Pennsylvania Railroad at Newark
last night, William c. Rose. their
chairman announced that the $50 men
attending the meeting had decided
to stay out until they get definite word
from Washington that their demands
had been granted"
A delegation from Lodge 372, COM
prising about 800 freight workers liv-
ing in Elizabeth, N. j., requested the
Mayor of that city to forbid teachers
from telling their pupils that the
strikers were "outlaws." They held that
it created wrong impression. Mayor
Mravag thereupon issued instructions
that the st4ke must not be discussed in
the schools.
The investigation of the strike that
was to have begun yesterday under the
direction of the Federal Grand Jury
at Newark was postponed until April %.
United States Attorney Bodine an
nounced that at that time thirty to
witnesses would be called.