Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-18
STRIk ERS REPLACED
ON e.. & @. SYSTEM

CONTINUED From Firsr paseD
this morning ~ 1880 o'clock. and
viii he addressed by Howard A. Col
vim, formerly deputy state Commis-
sioner OF Labor. and j. y. Davis or
Washington. "A biz meeting II being
arranged FOR n.S, Thursday nivhI 81,
O'Clock. This meeting Wit he al
hresscd ny one Of Inc leading lsbo-
officials from Washington and wtll
ne attended nv tn. wives and dsuTh-
ters ri the strikers as we'll a. ght
me mbers OF the federation
Oilers Not on strike
Oilers and stationary hrem.n did
not go On strike yesterday as Was
expected The order war regarded
IN "tnvr c'IieS. II was said hut Was
not nbs.rN"d in Richmond The an
nouncemsn, thai The offers and hre
men mad walked out was made a, the
mass m etinE Of the shopmen vester
day morning. but Mr Cottrell SAID
ia had understood thar the same or
Ger that applied outside also applied
I" ths city The meeting YESTERDAY
was addressed by a Mr. Hull. vice-
president OF IN. Electrical Worker.
OF NeS Orleans, La. ard MIR. Davis
With the exception 81 the ,wo ~
IL snn on the Seahoard Air Line he
tween Hamlet. y. C.. and washins,cn.
d. C. rrains on all the line. are
running az usual. Il vas said a, m,
Offices OF the various companies yes-
tdrday. with the shops filing with
mschanics u 10 said tina, iittie trou-
bic - feared 10 the ability ~ tho
COM pa MES 10 keep tho engines a I'd
equipment in repair
Clerks Are SIM On .I,h.
Pendfns me order - strike. n.
OF the ch.sapeak. ard Ohio ara AZ
"crt Sc ~ nothing in the wav ~ ..
"aikout was contemplated II is said
tina tho order vii he issued within
Two or three days. and IL IL erpec,.d
1" affect approximately 600 clerks in
Richmond
The rsilroad company is makjna
M preparation 10 take on new CLERKS
a this time II ~ said tina, rho
ohcials - ;As company SIN hold
none tina the men will not onov the
'tr,Se order. II lis the belief - the
omr'aIs "f me company that :. nie
na'"ri'N OF the cltrks VIII feel bound
by the hereemenl said 10 have been
entered into ny representatives Of the
brotherhood in February. az p0int.d
""' ny ". j. Harnhan. president OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio, and that
the, VIII remain loyal.
II ~ said ~ Offices 81 the general
chairman OF The brotherhood tina,
me vote recently taken all over ths
system. including the general oficas
in Richmond. shows that almost 100
per cent Of the cierks favor q strike
tierks in the employ OF the Chesa-
peake and ohio Raiiwa, held two en-
ihusias,ic meetings last night Tn.
general office force met IN LarIes'
Halt nj Third aud Marshall Streots
and tho terminal clerks gathered IN
the assembly hall OF Murphy's Hotel
While the threatened etrike of the
clerks OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
from ono end OF the line TO the other
was discussed al both meetings. /,
is said. the announcement was made
that no order 10 waikout viii he To-
sued until all Of The locals involved
are heard from. That may he In two
or three days. il was said.
Many Of the young women r,erke
attended the Meeting In Eagles Hall
II was said. and few smoke. tn.
attitude OF all at both meetings was
IL was reported after adjonrnmeni.
that the time had arrived ia strike.
aud 'hs they Would W. loyal TO IN,
bro herhood. 4.,