Evening journal., 1920-06-22
STRIKE WANES,
ONLY 6S men
QUIT; TRAINS
MOVE ON time
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partment Of Labor and Industry. in
Harrisburg.
Railroad brotherhood officials inli-
mated today they will seek an inter
view with President Wilson 10 speed
up the work OF the Federal Labor
Board In announoing a vase award.
Yard conductors on strike, demand
$40 an hour and The yard brake
men 81 an hour. The strikers say
they viii not treat 10 make the wage
Increases retroactive from May. 1890.
but viii insist IL be retroactive from
June, 1918, when they first pre-
sented their demands.
Attempt 10 tle MP rail transportation
by a general walkout OF yardmen on
the Southern Grand Division OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad. which has It's
headquarters In this city, has proven
ilzzlo, according 10 declarations To-
day OF officials OF The line.
Where yesterday POI employees on
the Baltimore and Maryland divisions
were out. today all of the Maryland
division men We're back at work and
only a6 employees had failed 10 report
for duty on the Baltimore division.
The 90 men on the Baltimore division,
comprised eight yard crows out OF a
total OF 30. The eight crows were
composed Of eight conductors and o6
tralnmen.
As stated yesterday. neither the
Delaware nor The Norfolk divisions
lost a man during the entire strike
movement. from Saturday on.
Apparently the news from Chicago
yesterday afternoon. that the Rail-
road Labor Board would not announce
It's wage decision until July 2, and
the hostile attitude toward the strike
movement evinced by the majority Of
train workers. especially Brotherhood
men. put a duietus on the entire en-
terprlse, so far as q concerned This
peninsula.
u was reported at Newark today
that Delaware College students had
been offered ss a day 10 mn places OF
strikers and that number of stu
dents had accepted The proposal. This
however. was denied at The office OF
Gamble Lalrohe. general superlnien-
dent OF the Southern Grand Division,
/ today 4 member OF the office STAN
said that only two men employed on
/ the clerical force had replaced siriki
ers and they were both back at their
desks today
An embargo on freight from Balti-
more sim existed today. but was ex.
nected 10 be lifted at any hour. All
freight was accepted IN this city.
10 was declared by railroad
officials that at no time has
passenger service been interfereo
With In ihe least and that freight was
only slightly delayed Freight was
knowing normally today IL was as
Al no time has trafnc on either the
Baltimore & Ohio or Philadelphia q
Reading lines through Wilmington
suffered any serious delays.
Division OF sentiment regarding
! the efficiency Of the walkout was
revealed at meetings of workers held
yesterday afternoon IN odd felloWs
Hall and last night In Eden Han. Sew
eral speakers advised the men TO "a
hack TO work. while othcrs claimed
this would be inadvlsabie because ol
lis effect throughout the country.
one OF the speakers was emphatic
In his condemnation Of the Brother
hood leaders Others proclaimed tnelf
/ disgust az the general spirit or
anathy attending the walkout.
/ when 10 Is necessary" said one
"to parade Market street and beg
railroad men TO come 10 meeting
like this. it Is time we all went bach
| TO work"
That a return 20 work would moi
lhe fhe end of the struggle for the
attainment OF the demands OF the
\ railroad men was prOphesled by
some OF the speakers. I'VE do not
expect 20 perfect an organization IN
a few months. or a year, or possibly
i longer" insisted one OF them, hui
we intend 10 go on organizing unit
we do"