Evening star., 1922-07-22
TERMINAL PLANT
ENGINEERS TO QUIZ
Five of Remaining Six Union
Men at Power House
Out Monday.
CHARGE D. C. PARTIALITY
Pumping Station Men Canvassed
on Terminal Situation, Says
Lawson.
CHARGE D. C. PARTIALITY

Five of the six remaining union en-
gineers employed at the powerhouss
OF the Washington terminal are ex-
pected to walk out by Monday, ac-
cording to an announcement today by
A NJ. Lawson, business representative
OF the local Brotherhood Of Station
ary Engineers. These men did not jolu
the striking engineers, firemen and
oilers Wednesday. Lawson said. be-
cause of desire TO protect the prop
erty of the railroads utilizing the
terminal and to prevent an accident.
II was pointed out by Lawson that
no longer Will union engineers con-
tinue TO work with strikebreakers in
violation of the principles of organ
that the engineers remaining on the
job Will walk out between now and
Monday"
Lawson charged today that offici;ss
or the District government are now
canvassing employees Of the water de-
partment to ascertain how many nom
union men among them would be wills
ing TO accept work al the terminal
This charge came on the heels of &
complaint filed with the District Conf
missioners yesterday by Samut.
Gompers and other organized Label
made to coerce employees at ths
pumping station to fill places left vax
cant by the strikers at the terminI
power plant.
investigation Made.
Immediately after the charges were
made j. b. Gordon. sanitary engineer
and Capt John Z. Wood. assistant er,.
gineer commissioner, went to th'
pumping station and initiated an in.
~ Ctthu
Engineer Gordon announced that tn
personal inquiry showed that fh,,
strike leaders had been misin-
formed"
Labor leaders who attended the cons
ference with the District Commission
ers said that the city head admitted
that canvass was being taken
among the municipal employees for the
purpose of determining bow many OF
them would be available for work at
the terminal power plant in the event
that the government is compelled 70
take over and operate it
Reports of near riot" at the
Union station last night between
terminal officials and a crowd of
strikebreakers en- route from the
south to New York were emphati-
cally denied today by the terminal
authorities Reports of trouble at
the station. officials said. probably
assembled en- masse in the concourse
awaiting the departure of the New
York train. mo fight or disorder of
any kind marked the movement of
the men," said an official.
Strike Call Probable.
Whether a strike of the 1000 clerks
employed in Washington by the
Southern railway will be called prob
ably will be known sometime today.
The strike ballot of the clerks in the
Southern system who are affiliated
with the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks was turned in Thursday at
Chattanooga. Tenn, and Claude Pull
liam. head of the local organization,
said he expected to be notified Of the
result momentarily.
Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the
United States Railroad Labor Board,
who came to Washington today TO
discuss the national rail strike with
President Harding. is expected to ad-
dress a public mass meeting of the
local strikers at the Avenue Grand
Theater. on Pennsylvania avenue
southeast between eth and eth
streets, tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. President Gompers of the
American Federation of LABOR and
other labor leaders also will speak
and outline conditions which had
their sequel in the national strike Of
the railroad workers.
Engineer Commissioner Keller to-
day reiterated a statement thatthere
was no truth in reports that en-
ployes at the District sewage pump
ing station had been urged to aid in
breaking the strike at the Washing
ton terminal. "As l stated yester-
unyarnished uny: an'h W liey The colonel said
he now regards the affair as a closed
incident.