Evening journal., 1920-04-14
SHOP
MEN ON STRIKE
Continued from First Page,

hoods, in NOn-Partisan Voters Hall, No.
50i Market street or IN Eden 'Ia.'. which
has been selected ss headquarters Of
the men VINO are idle.
According TO officials OF the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad the passenger service
had gained appreciably overnight, al
though they admitted that freight serv-
Ice was still tied up. They laid much
stress upon the return TO work Of the
crews employed in the Bennings yard
at Washington, which Is under the iur-
lsdiction of the Southern Division head
quarters in Wilmington. Headquarters
here controls four divisions, the Mary
land, the Baltimore, the Delaware and
the n. Y p. & N. Train on all four,
It was asserted, were operating more
nearly on time and the officials declared
they expected much improvement In
the situation as the way wore on.
According to figures given out at the
ofllce OF Gamble Latrobe, general man
ager Of the Southern Division, last
night. al men had quit work up to, 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. These
men were distributed as follows. Yard
freight, 27l; road freight, 81 passenger,
AZ, or a total Of All out Of approximate
ly 1900 employees.
This morning 1t was stated that the
number of men who had quit work on
the Southern Division had increased
about 100 and that 90 men had returned
10 work in the Bennings yards at
Washington. thus leaving the number
of men out practically the same as yes
terday afternoon.
The return OF the yard crews at Ben
inss enabled the road to make up and
send out trains from Washington TO
New York and four of the 10 trains on
this line which had been annulled were
restored this morning. II was expected
eight in all would be restored before
nightfall. and the entire ten would be
in full operation tomorrow.
The 100 men who quit work on the
Southern Division last night and early
today were mostly In Baltimore and
north of this city. The Edge Moor
yards here, which handle freight, were
still tied up tight today. with slight
OF immediate relief. but the
West Yard. which makes up passen-
ger trains, was declared by the rail-
road officials to be operating nearly
luc Huiibti VI AAcA VIZ
quit in the West Yard, the officials
said, was negligible.
Gamble Latrobe. general manager OF
the Southern Division, was today com
piling lists Of men who had quit work
in response to the following telegram
which he received from Samuel Rea,
president of the Pennsylvania system,
who had received 1t from A Mitchell
Palmer, head Of the Department OF
Justice. at Washington:
"Please send us. at once, the
names OF all your employees who
are on strike, indicating the names
OF any Of them, who appear to'be
directing the movement in whole or
in part"
This query, coupled with the news
Of the raid made by an official OF the |
Of Justice upon a meeting
OF railroad men in New orleans. and
the arrest Of several of the latter for
the anti-strike law, was taken |
by railroad executives here to mean |
that the government had concluded |
that interference by It was necessary. |
Conditions on the Baltimore and |
Ohio road SO far as they concerned |
Wilmington, were declared by officials |
today to be improved. It was asserted |
that the road was taking care OF the |
of coal supplies, perishable |
freight ad livestock locally. and was
handling traffic both locally and !
through. No attempt was being made /
to move slow freight, It was said.
officials of the Baltimore & Ohio de-
clined 10 say now many OF It's men
were out. but declared they had forces
enough to handle ifs freight requiring |
immediate attention. No freight fori
outside points was being accepted. The |
B. & o. has 500 retired veterans In
his division which It is drawing upon
FOR aid In the present emergency.
Passenger trains on the Delaware
II was declared today, not only
we're moving regularly, but mostly on
lime.
Eden Hall was packed TO capacity
afternoon and last night. be-
.ween six and seven hundred men at
lending each session. The afternoon
meeting was a repetition Of the "insur-
y,nt" meeting Of Monday night, repre-
Of the various craft who
lave quit reiterating their intention OF
staying out and exhorting their hear
rs to Join the movement. At the meat-
ng in The evening members of the COM
niltee of seven who attended q meet