Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

1hsn ten men have walked out there.
tmployes say the excursion traffic will
Z be tied up tomorrow.
& ~ The Baltimore and Ohio hns not been
involved up to the present, b. and o.
ohicials says that the men have not yet
beard from their union chiefs and that
there may be walkout later.
2. r. r. Issues Statement
z The Pennsylvania Railroad issued two
Z etatements today, the first at $40
o'clock. IL follows:
'Yardmen in the Philadelphia and
Reading subway, Third and Befks, and
some OF. the roadmen on the New York
division walked out early last night. We
were not affected until II p. M, when
six crews In the Greenwich district
failed to report.
after that twenty two crews in the
same district and forty five car drop
Spers walked out. All engineers on the
yard crews and the firemen, with one
Il or two exceptions, are on duty. No
trouble has occurred on the system.
The men out at the Port Richmond
yards Of the Reading are said to num-
hcr 800.
The strikers insist that the Reading
ynrd at Willow and Noble streets is tied
MP. Only one crew of the eight shifting
. tUklHC crews tDeEt TtnOEltu lvl WIN
this morning.
AZ the American street station it wa.
said enginemen Of the yard locomotives
gave a signal at 8 o'clock last night by
blowing their whistles, whcreupon all
the freight handling engines were turn =
ed into the roundhouse and the crews
left.
At the Readings Fairhill station six
locomotives were turned into the round q
house and abandoned. All switching in
the Erie yard was stopped by 10 o'clock
last night.
Knew Strike was Imminent
Officials of the State Department OF
Labor. which settled the former strike
through the instrumentality of Gov
ernor Sproul knew several days age
that the present strike was imminent
and worked until the last moment tC
avert 1t.
The state conCiliators have not yet
given up hope of pcrsuading the men
to return to work quickly.
n The men insist that their only reason
I for quitting their jobs was the labor
& boards failure to get out its decision
The strikers are saying that EFF the
Z labor board can 60 off for n vacation
; we can, too" The mems contention
that the promise to give a decision il
sixty days has been broken is rebutteC
Z by officials. who point out that hearings
( have not been held for sixty days ant
that without time for hearings on tn,
I, wage question a fair decision cannot bC
& given by the board.
J. Leaders OF the strikers say that the
& men who have left their jobs are get
!. ting other positions. They say tha
there Is no picketing TO be done during
Z this strike. They will simply get Other
! work and let the railroads do what they
; please, the men declare.
Z The railroad strike. coming on tor
5 Of the longshoremen' strike. has Grip
pied the waterfront. 4 tour of Della
ware avenue this morning showed that
scarcely anywhere was freight moving
I Though the Baltimore and Ohio freight
station at Race street was trans ship
ping freight. there was no room for
I additional cars at the platforms. The
4 superintendent reported there was nc
7 labor trouble in his yard.
The steamboat lines running to Ches
ter and Wilmington enjoyed a grea
Z boom in their freight business today be
/, cause Of the strike. TruCkloads o
freight sent for rail consignment wcrr
turned over to the river boat lines 70
) transport instead. The steamboat com
I papies had more business than the.
could handle.