New-York tribune., 1920-06-29
Strike off, ,5OODue
In New Jersey To-day

Leaders of insureent railroad men
meeting at Grand View Hall, Jersey
City, yesterday announced that 1900
employees of the meadows shops, near
Harrison, would quit their posts this
morning in protest against the Rail
a decision on the railway brother
hoods demands for wage increases.
The decision to quit was taken by
the men, leaders asserted, despite the
announcement already made by the
board that its decision would be made
not later than July 20, and that the
increase granted would not be less
than ~ per cent.
Road Reports All Men at Work
At the local offices of the Pennsyl-
vanla Railroad it was declared that no
reports had reached the railroad Off
Gals indicating any disatfecton on the
part of the meadows shops employees.
All the men were at work yesterday.
Francis P. Bowland, spokesman for
the lnsurgent railway men and free
holder Of Hudson County, was posi-
lively direct in his statement that the
men would quit. He declared that the
way men was making continued head
way, and that 1000 men joined the
New York and New England and the
Eastern Rallwaymen's associations, the
Two lnsurgent organizations in this
part OF the country, within the last
week. He denied reports from Wash
lngton and Chicago that $4,000 men
who took part in the epidemic of in
surgent railway strikes las. April had
returned and that the others would
return following certain disciplining.
The men in the brotherhoods are
stampedlng from those organizations
SAID Bowland. Especially are they
stampeding from w. G. Lee. Lee is
now trying to save his face by spread
ing reports that our men are going
back to the brotherhoods. This is abso.
lutely false
Report of Raise Denied
A report widely current yesterda,
that the New Haven road had an.
nounced wage increase of 20 pel
cent was denied by E. G. Riggs, execu
tive assistant of the railroad company
Mr.. Riggs said also that the strike
situation on the New Haven hae
last two days. He said that 105 ou
of 161 men were at work on SUNDAY
in the New Haven yards and that yes
terday forty-nine men out of sixty
were at work on the first shift. A
Meriden six men have returned tt
work, while at Putnam only seven me1
out Of $50 who quit were still ou
yesterday morning. Passenger trail
service is regarded as normal ant
freight movements are expected to in
| crease.
General improvement was indicate,
yesterday in the Camden and Phia
delphia sections, according to an off
cial statement Of the Pennsylvani,
Railroad. The force in the Philadel
phia yards is now 81 per cent o
normal.
| Hope to Call Out $4,000
| Yesterday was the tenth day of tn
strike in Philadelphia and Soutl
Jersey. The strikers reaffirmed thei
statement of the day before that the
are concentrating on an effort to. brin
out passenger trainmen, shopmer
telegraphers and other classes of EN-
ployees. They say there are $4,000 o
these workers and that they hope to in
duce them to leave their posts to-day
No fear Of such an outcome, however
was expressed at the offices of tn
Pennsylvania Railroad in this city
The overwhelming majority of tn
men, officials declared, are satishe
with the promise of the Railroad Labo
Board.