Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-18
Traffic on Principal Arteries
| of Transportation Near
G., lne Normal.
SITUATION BRIGHTER AS
RAIL BOARD FUNCTIONS
Here and There Some Workers
Stubbornly Persist in Apparent
/! ly Hopeless Struggle.

Trafic on the country's main ar
teries of transportation affected by
the OUTLAW" strike was far nearer
normal last night than at any time
eince its disruption.
With the machinery of the Railroad
Labor Board in Washington set in
motion to adjust various wage con-
troversies, there came reports from
the principal railroad centers OF vast
ly improved conditions. with here
and there a show OF lingering stub
bornness by the strikers to continue
an apparently hopeless struggle.
New York Insurgents Stay Out.
In the New York metropolitan dis
4rict .insurgent" firemen and engine
men voted to remain out. but their
absence from the terminals, accord
ing to reports. Is not retarding prog
Sess in the gains made in both freight
and passenger movements
A strike last night of passenger
train switchmen in Cleveland was
short lived. They were ordered to
return to work Immediately by the
pEcSlucuS Va thC O.
tion, and did 30, with the exception
Of one crew that could not be FOUND.
Hero Than LOCO Resume at Toledo.
More than 1000 switchmen and other
yard employees in Toledo reported for
work yesterday and were given their
old runs. Full crews would be oper-
atfnR today, II was said. on all of the
twenty-three railroads entering there
and freight would be moving normal
" in two or three days.
Unless the strike In the Michigan
Central yards at Detroit Is called on
by tonoFrow. 1t was announced an at
tempt would b made to break the tie
up with former switchmen recruited
from .ths rank. Of idle factory work
ers. other roads would do likewise,
IL was said.
New Dena.As Mt Chicago.
The strike in the Chicago terminal
district took o new aspect with an
additional demand for recognition Of
the Chicago Yardmen's Association as
the governing body Of railway switch
men and yardmen- John Grunau, It's
president. denied 1t was planned to
call on the strike
Switchmen Of the Florida East Coast
railway in the South Jacksonville
yards have returned to work. accept
ing q proposal to await the findings
of the Railroad Labor Board.
Striking yardmen in the Buffalo dis
To- Mi n fO
work In Scranton. contrary to ex-
pectations, the walkout on the Lacka-
wanna had not been settled. but there
were indications It would end today.
Switchmen in the Lackawanna and
Erie yards at Elmira. N. Y. were or
odered back last night.
Improvement at Philadelphia.
All roads entering Philadelphia re-
ported greatly improved conditions.
A. O. Wharton. international presi-
dent of the railroad employees depart
ment of the American Federation OF
Labor, left Kansas City last night for
Washington, to attend meetings OF
the Railroad Labor Board this week.
Laekawanna Men Go Back.
Engineers of the Lackawanna rail-
road in New York who had Joined the
'.outlaw" strike Of switchmen, firemen
and yardmen voted, at a meeting in
Hoboken late last night, to return tc
work Immediately. Other locals hur.
riedly called meetings to vote in Civ
ing up the fight and to take ad-
vantage of the provisions of the rail,
road managers ultimatum, which ex.
pires at noon today.
At the same time. the firemen o
the Lackawanpa polled tie vote OIL
the question of returning to work ans
adjourned their meeting until tomor
row morning. when 1t Is expected
they will act favorably on the ques
fion.
Several of the engineers stated tina
employees Of the other roads in tn
district probably would vote to cal
off the strike.
The emergency" meetings OF tn
individual locals were suggested b,
Timothy Shea of the Brotherhood o
f'iremen and Enginemen. after tn
:outlaw" members of that brother
hood had issued a statement to the ef
feet that the men would not return {
work until they had been assured the
would receive increased pay. Nj
Shea told the men their object ha
been accomplished. because the labo
board had taken up their cases an
quick action might be expected.
view of this he urged the locals t
Vote separately on the question Of re
turning to work. Mr.. Shea will 6