Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-16
MEN MUST RETURN
TO Jobs SATURDAY
Managers w ill Reinstate
Strikers Who Apply Before
Time Expires.
NOON SET As LIMIT
Right to Refuse Former Posi-
ton Is Reserved
by Roads.
NOON SET AS LIMIT
Try Asso -.atad prcss.l


NEW YORK, April l5.-'rhe Rail-
road General Managers Association OF
New York tonight delivered an uiti-
matmm 10 the big four" railroad
bro;hcrhoods. giving them until noon
Saturday TO have their men report
for work
After that time, il stated, the ra.l-
roads will themselves open their
books for a period OF twcnty-four
hours, ending at noon Sunday, for
such men as register during that
period and who are acceptable, who
viii be taken back into the service.
retaining their roster rights"
I'm any event" the ultimatum add
cd. the railroads retain the right to
refuse to rc'nstate or re-cmploy Ger
tain employees who have shown dur
ing the period of trouble by violence.
seditious utterance, Intimidation or
other well-defined means. an unfitncss
Tor further railroad service
Goes TO "DiE Four.
The ultimatum was addressed TO the
following local representatives OF the
big four: l.. G. Gritiing. Brother
hood or Locomotive Engineers; Tim
othy Shea. Brotherhood CT Locomotive
Firemcn and Engincmen; IT. r. Dodge,
brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen.
and S. c. Cowcn, order or Railway
Conductors.
j. J. Mantell. spokesman for the
general managers, said he hud pre-
v!ously asked the public to bear with
the'railroads for n few days in order
10 give the grand officers OF tho
brotherhood organizations, who had
arrived from the West. an opportunity
TO bring the outlaws back into the
service Of the roads.
AT this time" Mr.. Mantcll added
hundreds OF offers OF assistance were
pouring in upon the managers organ
i2ation, after considerable delibcration
on the part OF the general managers
at their meeting today. and the in
sistent demand of the public that
traffic be resumed. 1t was felt that.
ns the strike had 1aster n full week
and had caused great disarrunscmert
OF business and other afairs, the step
they are now taking will be consid-
cred reasonable and just By. tile gen
erai public"
Improvement Is Noted.
Marked Improvement WAS reported
today on traffic routes into New York.
while across the Hudson in Jersey
City and IIoboken striking railroad
men debated the question of returning
TO their posts and voted not to form
a new organization, but to "stick to
the brothcrhoods." The question OF
returning TO work was not put 10 a
Noie. ont the brotherhood officials
"Sre optimistic OF an early settle
ment
~ another meeting of the strikers
tomorrow, it was announced. new
wage scale demand would he draft
cd. brotherhood leaders will be ask
ed to present 1t to the newly created
Federal railroad board at Washing
ton. it was said.
Tho city's food supply problem.
which was aggravated by strike OF
tcamsters, chauifcurs, helpers and
porters handling butter eggs and
frozen poultry, took a NOR. hopeful
aspect tonight when the strikers, after
being idle for twelve hours. voted to
return TO work tomorrow morning.
The porters. who caused the strike.
viii receive S35 for Il forty ive- hour
week under the. now agreement, the
Union announced. They had been get
ting $50.
The short-lived tearnsters' strike
was marked by freu:ent attacks on
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