Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-29
P. R. R. BUILDING
UP. SHOP FORCES,
HAS NOTHING To SAY
Company Claims Matters Are
So Near Normal Daily State
msnts Will Cease.
UNION IS STANDING FIRM

Al tho beginning Of the NTH week
Of the strike of railway shopmen the
situation In Wilmington. and. In fact.
along the entire Maryland and Della
ware Divisions Of the PENNSYLVANIA
system. remains at the deadlock which
was established more than n week ago.
each side standing firm In the attitude
Il has developed toward the other, with
no indication Of break anywhere
along the line. The union men claim
their ranks are unbroken and that
none OF their members has weakened
and returned 10 WORK. while officials
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. con-
tend that tho strike is not inconven-
ionoing them and that all trains are
running and so far as that company is
concerned, they are operating Just as
II there had never been walkout OF
shopmen.
In fact the railroad officials an
nounccd this morning that they have
decided TO discontinue their daily
statements and reports 10 the press.
Tor tho reason that there is nothing
further 20 give out relative to the
eubject OF the strike. IL was announced
up daily it's shop forces, employing
men TO nll the vacancies created by
It's former employees leaving their posi-
tions. and getting back TO it's normal
working status as rapidly as possible.
With this status Of affairs the officials
s,id they cannot see that there is any
thlng of public interest In tho situa-
ton. so that there will he nothing
further emanating from the railroad
company'a offices unless something out
Of the ordinary WARRANTS statement
The same situation. practically
maintains at union headquarters In
the Labor Temple. al Tenth and Tat
nail streets. The leaders OF the shop
men are simply standing their ground
holding their men IN line they claim
and maintaining their pickots 20 pre-
vent, f possible, any men going q
work IN the shope. The men who are
out are much interested In the peace
negotiations and are anNiously await
ina developments at next Tuesday s
conferences and they are hopeful tha;
this new move VIII result In settle
ment.
on Tuesday morning. in Pythian
'HhstAfa ANA' NAA'IfiAi'AA VIII hhNN hu0ANtl
bis mass meeting Tho chief speaker
will he James Richie. a representa-
tive Of the American Federation OF
Labor. The union men say this is go
ing to be ono OF the best meetings they
have had since the strike became ef-
fUctivo.
Reports that vandalism had been re.
sortod 20 In order 20 cripple the rolling
e,ock were called 20 ,he attention ot
tho Pennsylvania railroad officials this
morning. They admitted they has
found air hose cut on some cars: Goa
placed IN rournal boxes TO start FIRE.
and other attempts made 10 proven
the operation Of freight trains. but al
these things happened at the terminal
and IN every instance the act was De
tcCtcd before the car left the tcrm,na
80 that - did not cause any damage
They declared no train leaves AM
terminal until q has heon thorough,
insnectcd and everything found 10 b.
absolutely all risht and safe Nothing
of this kind however has been at
tempted on the passenger service. the,
stated. and there have been no at
tompts 10 cripple that branch.