The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-07-14
RAIL TRAFFIC
SLOWED UP
Reports as to Men Out Conflict,
Unions Claiming 100% Tie-Up
on 1928 of POI Big Roads.
WATCH maintenance MEN
Lines Using Outside Men-Many Ap-
pIicants for Jobs-NeW York Rail-
way Employment Agencies Are
Swamped With Applications.

Chicago.-Railway executives, union
leaders and the United States Railroad
Labor Board marked time in the coun-
try-wide strike Of shopmen, while train
service continued uninterrupted by
Saturdays walkout.
B. NJ. Jewell, head Of the shopmen,
who ignored the orders of the Labor
Board to appear before it and explain
his strike action, spent the day at
union headquarters receiving reports
from all sections of the country.
While he refused to give any figures,
he asserted that the walkout was
practically 100 per cent"
Railway executives, however, claim
ed that probably less than 80 per cent
of the 401,00O repairmen had Joined
the walkout. Because of the Sunday
holiday they said that they had been
unable to make complete survey of
their shopmen, but that train service
would continue, regardless of how
many laid down their tools.
With the union leaders refusing to
treat with the Labor Board, the rail-
way executives asserting that the dis
pute was entirely between their for
mer employees and the government,
and the Labor Board assuring the full
protection of the government, interest
in railway circles was centered on De-
troit, where the executive council of
the United Brotherhood of Mainte-
nance of Way Employees will meet to
canvass the strike ballot of the track
men. Hope was expressed by the rail
executives that the maintenance of
way men would not join the walkout.
Jewell explained he ignored the La
ber Boards summons because the
board failed to exclude from wage re-
duction hearings almost so roads that
had in part or wholly violated rulings
of the government tribunal, which, he
said, has caused railway employees
10 regard the board with no slight mis-
givings.
practically all of these so roads
violated decisions of the Labor Board
Jewell said. "Yet they were included
in the wage reduction hearings. If the
board had ruled that these roads were
not entitled to participate in these
hearings the respect of railroad labor
for the tribunal would have been in
creased materially.
Railroad labor would then have
looked upon the board as tribunal
willing and ready to deal out justice.
If this had been done, the officials OF
the shop crafts could have gone to the
men with this as an argument and
averted the strike. But this was not
done and postponement of the strike
was humanity impossible"
New York.-While union leaders OF
striking rail crafts claimed that the
walkout in the metropolitan district OF
New York City was 100 per cent sue
eessful,' rail officials declared that not
more than $4,000 of the $4,000 men i'll
the district had obeyed the call.
Recruiting of strike breakers con
tinued at railroad and private agencies
Several roads reported that vacancies
created by the walkout at 10 a. m
Saturday could be more than filed"
To this statement operating chiefs Of
the New York Central, the Pennsyl
vania and the New York, New Haver
& Hartford, the three roads in this
district most vitality affected by the
strike, added that numbers of old EN-
ployees who joined the strikers hao
reported for duty.
Fragmentary reports continue tt
come in from outlying shops, yards ane
terminals, but neither rail officials no,
union leaders have attempted to tabu
late returns.
A fleet of taxicabs was used in round
ing them up and transporting them tt
the labor bureaus. A score of private
detectives guarded the strike breaker:
until they boarded trains for out-of
town destinations. Before being en-
gagged they had to pass muster before
experienced employment managers
sent here by the various railroads.