Evening star., 1922-07-01
1000 Local Workers
Lay Down Tools
and Join Strike.
VACANCIES FILLED
AS UNION MEN LEAVE
Terminal Company Hires
Strikebreakers-No
Disorders Occur.

Without any apparent disorder ap-
proximately 1000 of the $500 rail-
road shopmen employed in the Wash
ington terminal and other railroad
yards in and near the District walk
ed out promptly at 10 o'clock today
simultaneously with the 100000 rail-
road shop craftsmen who went on
strike throughout the United States
Officials of the local unions claim
that the strike here is 81 per cent
effective, and predict that by tonight
| when the night shifts are scheduled
to report for work. virtually all of
the union workmen will augment the
| ranks of the strik ers. Washing ton
terminal officials. however. have not
yet compiled any figures as to how
many employees went on strike. but
believe the unions figures are about
correct
Immediately after the workmen in
the Washington terminal and other
local yards laid down their tools
stTikebreakers were employed to fill
the vacancies by the railroad officials
while at the same time approximate
ly 200 men were hired to act as spe
cial officers to protect the railroads s
property. ]. F. Tonge, superint endent
of the Washington terminal, indicated
that the positions of the strikers will
be filled as soon as possible. either by
employing additional men or the
| transferring of men already in the
service who desire the positions.
Transportation Unaffected.
So far as could be ascertained the
strike as yet has had no effect on the
arteries of transportation leading into
and out of Washington. If the rail-
road officials are successful in filling
the positions of the men who wake
out they are confident that there will
be no interruption in either the pas
senger or freight service.
Approximately 1000 of the men
who walked out were employed in the
Ivy City yards. According to union
officials. only three men are working
| in these yards. Seven hundred of the
workmen at these yards laid down
their tools at 10 o'clock this morning.
night at midnight.
All but about fifteen of the $50 shop
craftsmen on the day shift in the
lexington yards walked out precisely
at 10 O'Clock this morning. Union Of
f1cials are confident that the night
not report for work this afternoon.
Quit Without Disorder.
One of the most unusual incidents
| there was no disorder of any kind.
When the clock hands. pointed to 10
o'clock. the men laid down their tools
and quietly walked away in small
groups.
William Fl. johnson. president of
the International Association of Ma
| chiniStS. expressed the opinion that
| the nation wide strike would be 9S
per cent effective on all the railroads
with 100 per cent on majority of
| the roads.
I'VE are prepared for a siege" de-
The big chief of the machinsts
union expressed the belief that the
strike would last at least three
| months and probably nine. THE
men," he said, ARE fully prepared for
| the continuation of the strike for
| three months"
Trains Leave MS Usual.
| P. J. Conlon. first vice president OF
| the International Association of Ma
/ chinists, who has been assigned by
President johnson to direct the ac-
| tivities of the strikers in the eastern
| sections of the United States. includ-
| ing Washington, said that reports to
him at noon today showed that 81
per cent of shop craftsmen in the
| Washington terminals and other local
| yards and the Potomac yards and the
| Southern railway shops had walked
| out.
Except for several small crowds oi
| striking employees who congregaJed
| in the waiting room of the trainsheG
| Of the Union station and on a vacant
| lot east of the station. there was nc
| evidence that strike was in prog
ress at the great railway terminal
| Trains arrived and departed on time
and the passengers apparently took
no cognizance of the fact that the
i 1aft - atv
| $50 Quit in Alexandria.
| Precisely at 10 o'clock all the shop
workers in the Southern and Potomac
bering about $50 men, dropped theil
tools and stopped work today. There
| was no disorder at either place, the
men going to the Carpenters ant
| Joiners' home. where closed meet
ing was held.
Shop Federation. presided. and after
committees had been appointed thu
meeting adjourned until a later datt
for further discussion.
| Workers at the Southern yards af
fected by the strike included boiler
makers, pipe filters. mechanics. black
| smiths, iron and metal workers, cal
repajrers and electricians with theil
| helpers which takes in roundhouse
shops and coal chute men.
! The same occurred at the Potoma'
yards, about two miles north of Alex
andria, where approximately 900 men
| white and colored, were affected.
| VIII Keep Trains Moving.
| R. NJ. Colvin, yardmaster at tn,
| Potomac yards, said to representa-
tive of The Star today that opera
tions would be continued as usual a
the yards and that everything pos
sible will be done to keep freigh
moving as was done in 1919, when ;
similar walkout occurred. Th
freight, he said, would be handle'
and things will be kept moving.
When asked whether or not tn
railroad companies had made an.
provisions to replace the strikers MI
Colvin declared no action had beel
taken and probably railroad Official
await developments before takini
any steps.
George Buddin, superintendent o
the Washington division of the South
ern railway, with offices in Alexan
dria, said this morning that the fev
yard people who remain on duty will
continue to keep the trains movini
and operations will be continued a
usual.
Mr.. Buddin said further that thu
far no provision had been made t
fill the places OF the men who walke'
out. '.IJntil something definite /
DONE" he said, "the men REMAINING
will do their level best to see tina
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