Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-17
RAIL ROAD MEN DENY
RED AFFILIATIONS
Claim Public Has Been Led to
Believe They Were l. w. w.
Sympathizers.

Newspaper reports of the railroad walk
out, and especially the Use OF such terms
as outlaws" and attempt TO connect the
qmtters with Red leaders and tendencies,
were denounced yesterday at the opening
of the meeting of qutters in Odd Fellows
Hall at Tenth and King streets. EvI-
dence of fraudulent dispatches and tele-
grams has been submitted TO the post
office authorities, one of the committee
men said, and legal proceedings will be
instituted on charges of using the mails
to defraud. After describing the tactics
of which he accused their opponents, one
OF the committeeman inquired, who Is
the bolshevik?'
Telegrams, all signed by the same
brotherhood official, have been issued
within few hours from points as far
distant as New York, Pittsburg and
Philadelphia, the committeeman dc-clar-
ed. Another described a letter with n
New York letter-hcad, but Philadelphia
cancellation mark.
Warnings against attempts to cause
dissension in the ranks of the quitters
were also made at yesterday aiternoon's S
meeting. One such attempt, a speaker
stated, was made ut the closed meeting
Of shopmcn Yesterday morning at Pythlan
declared that 1T looked like a freeze
out for the shop men and tried to anger
them against the train and yard workers
in order to end their cooperation.
On the Red question, Wilmington
cutters denied any connection with the
Chicago Yardmens Association led by
Grunau, with Foster, the steel strike
leader, and with the l. W. w. II am not
a member of this Yartlmen's 5 Association,
a rocai vardman declared, "and before
anv of us join VIC want TO get a look at
their constitution and bylaws A Phll-
ade'phia committeeman asserted that
none Of the committees with which he
had worked knew Foster or had anything
to do with him. The religious tone which
has marked many Of the orations was de-
veloped by one speaker who dared the
newspapers to print the statement that
We have only one Leader and we are all
His children.
The chairman. in opening the meet
ing. said, Eve are only asking for justice,
and we wish that the Every Evening and
all other papers would extend us that. =
We hear q lot Of talk about Americana
zation, the chairman continued, but
those who use that wonderful word over
look the most essential thing to any ma
tion-the home. The gouging system.
which is running riot among landlords and
merchants, now has broken up more than
one home, he asserted, "and if it is not
broken up itself. II Will break up the ma
ton.
They ask us to go on with our old
wages in the interest OF the public, the
speaker added, "as if the men who run
the railroads were not part of the public.
They say our action viii raise prices. Why
don t thew go to the men who raise prices
and talk public interest to them? Other
industries make as much as they please,
and the workmen get as much as they
please. but railroaders can not raise rates
OF wages without the permission OF the
government
The orderly conduct Of the quitters at
the meetings and on the streets was prais-
ed by several speakers, and they were
adjured to remain good citizens, observe
the law and keep the peace, whether they
accepted the judgment of the labor board
or not