Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-03
ALL WILL RETURN 7.
TO WORK AT ONCE
Amicable Adjustment Of Differs
ences Reached in Great 4
Walkout. -,
TROUBLE BEGAN MARCH 22
Negotiations Brought to Sues
cessful Conclusion as Result
of Government Intervention.
TBy Associat.. Press

! ny Associated trcSS.
ROANOKE. VA, April 3.-At conx
ference here carly today between Of
ficials of the Norfolk and Western
Railway and local and international
representatives of organized crafts
on the system, who have struck in
sympathy with the clerks who walked
out March -. settlement was
reached. under the terms of which
all employees of the company will
resume work Immediately.
According to company officials, un-
der an agreement with the union rep-
rcscntativcs. no further statementSre-
Sarding the settlement of the differ
cnces between the road and it's en-
Iloyccs will 5a made public Whether
the terms of adjustment contemplate
tho removal of w. 4. Divers and
Amos Iicadley. nonunion clerks.
whose discharges were demanded by
the clerks, or whether these men will
lie retained in the service could not
he asccrtaincd. as neither company
officials nor union heads would di-
Vulgc amy information.
Many Men Left Jobs.
The situation reached an acute
stage during tho day when reports
from various terminal points indi-
Gated many men were leaving their
work. IS
At Bristol approx imately 400 men
! were reported out, including car mon.
hoilermakers. fire and water tenders,
switchmcn and yardmcn. Tho walk
out resulted In trains being can
cclcd.
| Columbus, Ohio. reports told OF
5000 workmen joining the strike
movement in sympathy with the
| clerks. Freight transportation wag
crippled and butfew passenger trnin5
| were moving. :. a
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left the employ OF the road following
a meeting that lasted thirty minutes.
Something like zoo quit.
Eishty-two men employed by tho
company at LynchburG quit work.
Including track gangs. a complete
| embargo was placed on receiving
| freight. but deliveries wero con-
| tinucd
Electricians, boilermakers and ma
chinis;s at the Norfolk yards joined
the strike during the forenoon. The
coal piers at Lambert's Point were
Not anec'ed by the strike. tns men in
charge agreeing to load the vessels
ut the docks. The men at the draw
bridges also remained on the job. due,
largely to the fact that they are.
under Federal control
IN The fortsmouth. Ohio, yards 1890
ing the day. Repair men and all
other crafts were also affected.
Hear From President Lee.
Ono of the outstanding features OF
the strike today was the receipt or n
telegram from w. G. Lee. presidenrS
OF the brotherhood. Lee tclesraphef
from the Cleveland. Ohio, nead-
quarters 10 J. B. Smith. general chair
man at Roanokc: -
Threatened strike or members or
trainmcn's brotherhood on Norfolk
and Western is Illegal. Our orsan1za-
tion viii support and prorecr .tne,,
present contract with the raffroatI
| methods - ''@
Another important feature OF tna
walkout situation was the receipt OF
word from Washington during, the
uay that John ID. Colpoys, and charlea
Echheim OF the Labor, Departments
bureau OF adjustment. had been or,
dered 10 Roanoke to conror with tina
men with a view of affecting a set.
'lement of the controversy. i