Evening journal., 1922-07-21
Today's News Today
LOCAL STRIKE
SITUATION IS
NOW DEADLOCK

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number OF guards at the shops came
out of the yards surrounding the
plant last night at Thirtieth street
and made a move as though to
chase the pickets away. Some OF
the guards the pickets declare. car
ried riot guns. The pickets refused
to depart and city police finally pre-
vailed on the guards to return 10
company property.
Rigid instructions were given the
pickets by the strike leaders TO use
every care to prevent any clash with
the company's guards.
Nineteen negroes. employed as
handy men about the shops and the
camps established there for the
strikebreakers got tired of remain
ing in camp last night, the pickets
also reported. and sailed forth for
an airing. All ninteen. the pickets
further reported. were prevailed on
to quit their jobs and remain away
from the plant.
II was reported at the Labor
Temple that the Pennsylvania Rail-
road has made an offer to those Of
its employees who have struck since
Sunday, last. July 16. to restore their
seniority rights and pass privileges
il they will return 10 work. The
men. it was stated. have spurned the
offer.
A strike leader commenting son
this offer said this morning that it
was only beginning OF such move
ments to get back the men. The
road next will make similar over /
tures to other strikers" he declared. !
but will be turned down. Efforts |
TO break our lines will fail. The |
men are standing together 'one for
all and all for one"
This leader also said that some |
OF the maintenance OF way men have |
quit because they were asked to do /
the work of striking shop employees. 4
A report that clerks in the main |
office of the railroad had gone on 4
strike was denied by officials Of the
At the main Offices OF the South
ern Division il was stated this af
ternoon that a total OF SO new men
had been hired yesterday. Where
665 men reported for work at the
back or repair shops for the day
shift yesterday. officials said 673
were on duty this morning. At the
engine house 141 were reported at
work yesterday. Today the num-
Der was placed by the officials at
l44.
These figures give a total OF sos
men at the shops and engine house
yesterday compared with Si7 to-
lay. Seventy-two men were report
I'd sick yesterday. Today, the COM
Dany chart showed IS.
At Thurlow the normal force Is
fourteen and fourteen are working,
i was stated. Twelve Of these are
new men and two are old. At
the company reports ten
men working out OF a normal force
D. Is. at Delmar where the normal
orce is SO. il was said as were at
work. the larger number being due
o the fact a number OF helpers are
,eing drilled as assistants.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials
asst night reported that out OF a
FORMAL force Of 81 men on the sec
md. or o'clock shift yesterday. 60
lew men were reported on duty. an
verage OF about 66 per cent OF nor
nal. II the same ratio OF increase is
It was stated. the COM +,
any expects within two or three days i
o have all existing vacancies filed. =
The company, II was learned. has a
or the time being. at least. aban- q
oned its announced intention OF c
losing the back shops at Todd's Cut Z
Numerous meetings OF the various a
hop crafts were held yesterday af- d
srnoon and last night. The electri-
al workers and the stationary engi- v
eers met at the Labo~ mple a
esterday afternoon q ock. 1
Iachinists and their he end s
d a meeting at the san .ce az a
80 o'clock last night. The cur e
len and their helpers. regardless of
neither they belong to the union d
r not will meet at the Labor Temple II
might at 7.3O o'clock, and the c
and helpers will meet "
Ionday evening at 73O o'clock in D
ish-American Hall. Another big
lass meeting of all the railr )ad II
orkers will be held in Pythian b
astle at o'clock next Tuesday
corning. c.