Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-25
SHOPMEN TOLD BY
UNION LEADERS THE
STRIKE MUST END
Continued from pnxs .

ment. wooden day coaches, which were
used many years ago and which had
been put away In storage and which
ara equipped with oil and gas lamps
and other ancient appliances.
one CT the most important side
lights developed during the meeting
according to one OF tho speakers was
the action Of Secretary Of Labor James
J. Davis in taking n hand In tho rail-
road shipments strike. md his own
decision to make an investigation OF
the situation for himself. II was
pointed out that on Sunday, Secretary
Davis ut Mooscheart. H.. had met Il.
NJ. Jewell. president Of the railway
employees department of tho Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, and other
leaders I'm an informal conference and
| II In believed by tho union leaders
here I'm Wilmington that az n result
of this action on the part Of Secretary
Davis, the present strike situation will
quickly no adjusted to the entire salts
faction of all concerned.
| One of tho speakers pointed out that
ne was Secretary Davis and his in
| nuenCe that resulted in the sntis-
factory adjustment of the Pullman
situation throughout the country
when the Wilmington Central Labor
Union officially asked him to Invest
gate that matter in the interest Of
employee and employe last year and
as a result Of this an agreement was
effected which j. said to be one of
tho best In railroad circles.
|
Have Faith I'm Davis.
Some of the mon who spoke this
morning claimed that II Secretary
Davis, who by virtue OF tho official
position no holds I'm the Presidents
Cabinet, is the proper man to handle
such questions can step IN and bring
the contcndIng parties together. there
Is bound TO he an adjustment affected
but In the past the creation Of COM
mittees. commissions. investigating
, experts etc. has but tended 10
monkey wrench the machinery Of
harmony and created only confusion
Reports were received AZ the meet
ing relative 10 the local eituai ion and
they showed there has been n slight
! gain in tho ranks OF the strikers and
I that none Of the men who quit since
the strike call was issued had rome
back to work
Q The total registration nj union
\ headquarters remains virtually this
! same. approximately 400 men now
being on the roll
I Chairman Logan and his collea que,
on tho advisory committee. durlnf
their remarks. complmented all IN,
men on tho way they have boen con.
| Quoting themselves and he told then
It was the desire of their leaders tina
g they continue To be law abiding and
y peaceful citizens. We are leaving on
, the rough stuff" declared Chairman
Logan. and we are going 10 win"
' At tho local offices of the Pennsyl
n vania Railroad II was stated thi
{ morning that there has been con
siderable increase In the number o
, men who have been put To work II
, the shops AT Todds Cut The humble
O of men listed by the company as bein,
A out on strike remains tho Same as /
( has been for several days. that is
To- total Of GO i'm the back shops and IA
. in tho roundhouso. These figure
have shown no change for Eevera
days.
However. tho company'r employmen
\ chart this morning. az based on tn
chockup after tho 7 o'clock shift wen
e on duty. shows a total OF 3SS men n
h work in tho shops as compared wit
~ 33i for yesterday. an increase Of 50 70
n tho day. In the roundhouse the tota
"a number at work today was reportc
i. 10 no 81 as compared with 81 for yea
"a terday. a gain OF three in this depart
=. ment.
:, At Perryville, the company claim
=, out of n normal force OF Is men. mir
were working this morning. At a
=. other points along the Maryland Div
- sion the situation was said to hay
,r been unchanged. New men are beir
rs taken on daily and from pow on II
IA company expects to he able TO sho
hlg increase each day in the numb'
ID of men ut work In the shops here ar
of Al other points affected by the strill
One official said this morning Tho
or feel much encouraged by the shown
IN Ithey have been able TO make. He az
- mitted that one day last week for
time there was some doubt wheth
of the company was going to be able
va maintain its service unbroken, b
~, THAT was regarded as the low wat
IN mark and now the trend is all upway
nd Inc company sun refuses 10 ma
IS any definite claim that any of
former employees are leaving the ran
OF the strikers and returning TO wo
in the shops. In this respect the cor
=, pany does not refer TO the shopm
- as strikers. They explain a man W
=. strikes has a real or fancied grievan
-. and takes this means 10 redress
"a but their former employees, they a
- sert. had no grievance at the time IN
49, went out on strike for the Lab
20 Boards decision. effective July /, G
ne not affect the Pennsylvania employ
70, This is the reason the company otiici;
refer 10 the Shopmen as the men W
n have quit" 1t was repeated today
n the officials that when they take
any men they are accepted as NJ
he men. even If they should have be
re employed before by the company, a
ais that the seniority rights Of such m
ed begin when they are employed, no ;
tention being paid to any previo
,as service they may have had with {
: a company.
en-. Demonstration at Delmar.
Of Railroad and union officials alike
le- this city were interested today in
ed, ports emanating from Delmar
)re threats said to have been made tbs
last night that there won't be a stri
breaker left in this town by 9 oclo
tomorrow morning" It was stated Il
there were at least 900 people in I
ol- crowd that has assembled and ms
~ these threats. However. according
the best information obtainable a