Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-24
VICTORY IS
NEAR SPEAKERS
TELL Rail MEN
Senator Swanson Praised at
LabOr's Friend at
Meeting
TALKS MADE BY FOUR
Names of McAdoo and Wilson Heart
lily Cheered by Audience-H. F.
Chichester Presides.

Four speakers yesterday afternoon
gave words of encouragement to the
railroad strikers at a mass meeting
held in the armory under the auspices
of the strikers which was presided ov-
er by H. F. Chichester, chairman Of
the local crafts. Invocation and bene-
diction were given by Rev. o. P.
Lloyd, pastor Of the Second Baptist
Church. All of the speakers predict
ed victory for the men in. 3 short time
and urged the men to stick together
in this fight.
Thomas Garvey, chairman of the
boilermakers and chairman OF the
southeastern division, declared that
during the world war the railroad men
stood at their posts and proved their
loyalty to their country. The strike
he said, was forced on the men and
the roads thought the men would not
have the backbone to stick out. Fig
ures were given by the speaker TO
show how poorly the men were paid
and he predicted that within the next
year organized labor will gain a mil
lion men. There never was a strike
where the people were with the men
like they are today. said Mr.. Garvey.
Mr. Garvey said the men were still
on the firing line and going to stay
there till they got justice. Ee de-
clared that former President Wood
row Wilson was wounded soldier and
the greatest friend labor ever had.
This caused burst of applause from
the audience.
Arthur F. Holder, connected with
the peoples legislature service and
formerly a machinist, said the men
were in a struggle for industrial
justice to all alike and special privi-
leges to none. He expressed himself
as favoring labor taking an active
part in the political affairs of the
country. The speaker declared that
Senator Claude A. Swanson was a
friend of labor and also Senator La
toilette.
The audience went wild when he
said that the railroad men wanted Nc
Adoo back on the job. The speaker
urged more pay for the ministers and
school teachers. He said the men
wanted them to get as much as typists
and stenographers and other lines at
least. Concluding he expressed hope
that when the men return to work
they will be able TO dictate their own
terms.
NJ. l.. Bronson, representing the In
ternational Machinists' Union, stated
that if it were not for the acts of the
chairman of the labor board the strike
would not be 100 per cent. The speak
er declared that whatever is wanted
in Wall street. New York. is done in
Washington. and he added that there
is not as much cheer today in the
White House as there is at the meet
ing of the railroad strikers. The
railroads he said should recognize that
they are whipped. He also told Of the
number of iniunctions issued against
the officials of the union in connection
with this strike and he told the men
to go along peacefully and continue to
do picket duty as they have done in
the past. Mr.. Bronson also expressed
himself in favor of the forming of
woman's auxiliaries, adding that the
women can do much at the polls.
The opening address was made by
o. S. Boyer, consulting engineer of the
labor bureau of New York state who
urged the Importance of labor organi-
cations to the railroad industry and
the necessity for their existence and
of how thev proved helpful to the rail-
road officials in connection with the
adjustment of matters in behalf of
the men.