The Washington times., 1922-07-19
E MOVE BETWEEN MINERS AND OPERATORS UNDER WAY
ENGINEERS At
!. TERMINAL JOIN
|. RAIL WA[kOUT
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whom substitutes will be hard to
find.
A glance at the employment Of.
fices of the Terminal show no lack
OF applicants for employment In shop
work, advertisements for which have
been run in local papers several
days. Extra police are being taken
on by officials. II Is said.
Coal passers and water tenders
were among those striking this
morning.
w. J. Harahan, president OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Com
pany, today issued manifesto to
clerks, declaring he had been in
formed that there would be q strike
by the organization with which
some of our clerks are affiliated"
Says Strike VIII Be Useless.
Two Of their reported grievances.
he said, had been taken to the
Railroad Labor Board. A third still Is
pending.
"It seems to me-" he said, that
useless one, clearly and directly in
your organization.
II will be necessary, of course under
the law, and to carry out its duties
TO the public. for the company to
continue TO operate the property for
which the necessary complement OF
clerks will be required"
Southern Railway clerks employed
here have been balloting on strike,
the votes being returnable at
Chattanooga, Tenn, tomorrow even
ing.
Pennsy Revises Pay Scale.
The Pennsylvania System this
morning announced that wage
agreements affecting more than
20 900 shop craftmen. maintance
of way and signal department EN-.
ployes, clerks and sicellaneous
forces, have been negotiated in q
series OF conferences between en-
ploye representatives and the man
agement.
New schedules OF pay. effective
July l6, but retroactive to July !
have been agreed upon.
"The new schedules" a statement
set forth, differ in some respects
from the rates estimated by the
labor board for other railroads, but
the difference is in favor Of the
Pennsylvania employees.
For the most part. the PennsY
vania System rates are graded In
accordance with skill and experience
and the prevailing rates are generally
higher than those established foI
other railroads.
THE compilation of these wage
adjustments marks the third i'm
portant development in industrial re
lations under. the Pennsylvania 5ys
TEN plan OF employe representation
which was established last year ir
order to give the employees an op
portunity to have voice in the
Pennsylvania management"
Since the walkout of the shopmen
July l, public attention has been di
rected mainly to the maintenance o.
passenger service on the various
lines. From reports today, however
II is the slowing up Of freight traffic
that is OF more concern 10 the roads
themselves.
At the office OF the district freigh
agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio 4
was said today that deliveries from
cars reaching Washington from
Western points are on an average
thirty.six hours behind.
Priority for Foodstuffs.
Priority is given first to perishabl,
foodstuffs and, second, TO coal, AM
in the case OF the former, Shipment
have been moving on schedule, II Il
said. Some commodities are seriousl.
delayed, however, particularly build
! ing materials. essential to the con
struction boom now under way II
the District.
While the Baltimore and Obi
! frankly admits itself embarrassed Il
freight handling, the Pennsylvani
system does not. w. w. Bowie. di:
trict freight agent here, said deliN
cries are being made on time. inclut
ing those from cars coming up fror
the South.
At the Builders and Manufacturer.
Exchange II IL prophesied that cor
tinuance of the shopmen's strike wi
cripple deliveries of building mat,
rial. Already the retardation Of d.
liveries is being felt on big project!
such as the new home of the Chan
Der OF Commerce of the United State
and others where structural steel