The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-21
JOBS FOR NEW MEN
Railroad Managers Will Call for
Men TO Fill Places of
Strikers

New York. April 13.-The railroad
general managers. association Of New
York tonight delivered an ultimatum
to the big four" railroad brother
hoods giving them until noon Satur-
day Ito have their men report for
work"
After that time it stated the rail
roads will themselves open their
books for a period of "a hours ending
at noon Sunday for such men as reg
lister during that period and who are
acceptable who will be taken back in
to the service, retaining their roster
rights
In any event" the ul1imatum add
ed the railroads retain the right TO
refuse to reinstate or re-emDloy GER
tain employees who haze shown dur
ing the period of trouble by violence,
seditiouS utteranceS, intimidation or
other we'll defined means, an unfitness
for further railroad service"
J. J. Mantell. spokesman for the
general managers, said hundreds OF
offers of assistance We're pouring III
upon the managers organization
Marked Improvement was reported
today on traffic arteries into New
York. while across the Hudson in Jer-
sey City and Hoboken, slriKing rail
road men debated the question of re-
turning to THEN. posts and voted not
to form a new organization but to
stick to the brotherhoods. The
question of returning to work was not
put to vote but the brotherhood ofii-
cials were optimistic Of an early set
tlement.
At another meeting of the strikers
tom-row it was announced new wage
scale demands would he drafted.
Brotherhood leaders would be asked
to present it to the newly created
federal railroad board at Washington
it was said.
The city's food supply problem.
which was aggravated by strike OF
teamsters, chauffeurs, helpers pnd
porters handling butter, eggs and
frozen poultry, took a more hopeful
aspect tonight, when the strikers. af-
ter being idle for u hours. voted 20
return to work tomorrow morning.
The porters, who caused the strike,
Will receive $35 for As hour week
under the new agreement. the union
announced. !rncy had been getting
$50.
The short lived teamsters strike was
marked by frequent attacks on trucks
and several hundred police reserves
had to patrol the terminal market dis
trict No less than ~ strikes OF va
rious sorts the police say, are in prog
ress in the West Side market territory.
The Erie moved its first freight
rain into Jersey City today from Port
Jervis II brought fuel and was pro-
tected by armed guards but there was
no trouble on tho trip.
Greatly improved service was Siveni
to commuters this evening on the
Erie. Lackawanna and Jersey Central.
All Erie and I-ackawanna trains We're
manned by volunteers. college stud
ents from Princeton. Stevens, Rutgers
predominatinG.
Army officers at Governors Island
have notified the Pennsylvania rail
road that soldiers will move any sup
plies stalled in Jersey City and that
others will man cars on which BODIES
Of American dead, just returned from
overseas will be taken TO home towns.
The military railroad division of the
United States army today began move
ment of government freight conSestcd
at railroad terminals here.
Activities Of The government anti
profiteering squadron resulted in the
arrest Of Nicholas j. f,schenbrenner.
Frank Shea and Harry Walton. gen
eral managers of wholesale firms deal
ing in Danish butter