New-York tribune., 1920-06-29
Strike ofI,5OODue
In Ne,UJersey To-day

Leaders of insurgent 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-
road Labor Boards failure to render
a decision on the railway brother
hoods demands for wage increases.
The decision to quit vas taken by
tie men, leaders asserted, despite the
announcement already made by the
board that its decision would be made
rot 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
ciais indicating any disatfection on the
part oi the meadows shops employee
All the men were at WORK yesterday.
Francis P. Rowland, spokesman for
me lnsurgent ralIway men and free
holder Of Hudson County. was posi-
lively direct in his statement that the
men would quit. He declared that the
insurgent movement among the rail
way men was making continued head
way, and that II 900 men Joined the
New York and New England and the
Eastern Railwaymen's associations, the
two insurgent organizations in this
part Of the country, within the last
week He denied reports from Wash
ington and Chicago that $1,000 men
who took part in the epidemic of in
surgent railway strikes iao, April had
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| return following certain disciplining.
THE men in the brotherhoods are
stampeding from those organizations,
said Bowland. "Especially are the,
stampeding from W. G Lee. Lee il
now trying to save his face by spread
ing reports that our men are goinc
back to he hrotherh oods. This is aoso
| lutely false"
Report Of Raise Denied
report widely current vesterda,
that the New Haven road had an
nounced a wage increase Of 20 pc
cent was denied by Z. G. Riggs, execu
tive assistant of the railroad company
Mr.. Riggs said also that the strik
situation on the New Haven ha,
showed a great improvement IN tn
last two days. lie SAID that los on
Of 161 men were at work on Sunda
IN the New Haven yards and that yes
terday forty-nine men out of sixt
were at work on the first shift A
Meriden six men have returned t
work, while at Putnam only seven NE
ont Of $50 who quit were still ou
yesterday morning. Passenger trai
service is regarded as normal an
reight movements are expected to in
crease.
General improvement was indicate
yes erday in the Camden and Phila
delphia sections, according to an Of.
ciai statement Of the Pennsylvani
Railroad Tie force in the Philade
, phia yards is now 81 per cent c
! normal.
!: Hope to Call Out $4,000
Yesterday was the tenth day of tn
strike in Philadelphia and Sout
Jersey. The strikers reafirmed the
statement of the day before that the
are concentrating on an effort to brin
, out passenger trainmen, shopme
telegraphers and other classes Of en-
ployees. They say there are $4,000 {
these workers and that they hope to i!
t duce them to leave their posts to-da
! No fear of such an outcome, howeve
was expressed at the Offices Of tt
Pennsylvania Railroad in this cit
The overwhelming majority of tt
! men, officials declared, are satisfie
I with the promise of the Railroad Labt
: Board.