Evening journal., 1920-04-16
CRISIS near IN
LOCAL STRIKE
Continued from First Pase.l

Continued from flrsI faseJ
and 6i tranmen. Thirteen firemcn 70
turned to duty.
A report received at the Southern
Division Offices here today from Balt-
more which gave much satisfaction
was that trainmen there not only were
returning to work. but were expressing
themselves openly that they 1eit Ike
kicking themselves for going out Win
such a Bolsheviki element
More Car Shop Men Quit.
Out of the total OF 1861 men out on
the Southern Division, 1913 were en-
ployes OF the Wilmington car shops
where a total OF i79i men are employed.
The figures reported yesterday after
noon for the shops showed 1858 men
out This morning the workers In the
blacksmith department announced that
they wanted to attend meeting A
vote was taken and out OF % men, 60
voted TO leave work. When the men
said they me>sly wanted to ATTEND
meeting" the shop officials sensed the
EXCUSE as blind for quitting work un-
iii t1le strike ends. Nine OF the men
in the blacksmith shop also failed 10 re-
port this morning.
Passenger trafflc on the Pennsylvania,
the Reading and the Baltimore and
ohio here was reported today 70 be
about the same as OF yesterday. The
railroad officials were united iin deelar-
ing they were meeting the demands
of the travelling public and there were
few complaints. Freight trafnc, II was
declared, showed some slight improve
ment in the number OF cars OF perish
able goods. principally food products
and livestock, handled. The Read ns
offlcials< declared they were getung
their freight out in good shape and
that % Der cent. OF the trainmen VINO
had quit work early in the week nad
returned to- work The B. and .. saio
there was not much change and that
The embargo on general freight had nos
ne vet been Vftod Livestock and per-
ishable commodities are being moved
however. The Reading today Degao
moving freight on the hockland ana
the Kentmere branches.
Puts Blame on Profiteers.
II was estimated that nearly i,OOO
railroad and snOpmen attended meet
ing last night in Odd Fellows HAN
Tenth and King streets. No mention
OF any action by the shopmen today
was made. Robert L. Sibbets, Penn
sylvania railroad conductor, presided,
and the principal speaker was Thomas
b. Lynch, also a conductor.
"The majority OF railroad men," said
MFR. Lynch, ARE American born. They
have all been taught in our public
schools. and every man has been
taught TO think for himself. All The
examinations he is required TO pass
require him 10 become thinker There
was never a body OF men who quit
their iobs. Organized or disOrganized.
outlaws OF outlawed, who have CON
ducted themselves as orderly as the
quitters' on the railroads"
Mr.. Lynch told OF the importance OF
the railroads as the arteries OF the ma
tion and the promises that were made
to encourage Inc, railroaders 10 do their
duty during the war. ''As long as you
conduct yourselves right" he said, you
are going 10 win. This is not a revo-
lutionary move" he continued "A
revolutionary move is an organized
move This Is a disorganized move,
and Is going 10 keep moving"
l. He called attention to President Will
snn's difflculty in getting men TO serve
on the wage adjustment board at SfO,-
600 a year. "Then how do they expect
a railroad man TO get along on S'.99
day." he asked. I'VE have nothing to
do with that bunch OF Reds out Nost,
he remarked 1--WE are a bunch OF dis
organized men; but II General VIII
helm was here tonight and looked the
hunch over he would say: Gentle
men. we can't beat them Anyone who
grows bitter" he said, loses Gentle
men. you are just as quiet as cucuIn-
Der. and that shows you are going 10
win"
Says $500 Are Out Here.
b s. Gum. a passenger man at Broad
Street Station, told OF two large over
flow meetings in Philadelphia, ana
claimed there was no weakening in the
ranks OF the cutters" there.
Robert Lambert. a shop man, SAID
about $500 were out in the local shops.
He said about 600 men were working,
but they were nearly all Of The mana
gerial staff, clerks and laborers.
E. p. Collins, a switchman, told Of
a meeting OF the shopmen yesterday
in Irish-Anerican Hall. The propa-
ganda Of the chiefs Of the brotherhoods
and from Washington. he said, at 1rst
caused some uneasiness among the men,
which was soon dispelled.
Matt Ralston. president Of the car
repairmen in the shops, said he had
opposed the members OF his brother
hood quitting. but when they did he
quit with them.
C. r. Caruthers. conductor on the New
York division. a railroader since 1888,
said he was not going TO return 10 work