Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-25
Refuse to Become
Strikebreakers Men
Are Stranded
Seven New Workers Appeal Striking Railroad Men and
Are Given Aid-Alege They Left Home Under
MisapprehenSiOn They Were to go on
Government Work

Seven Young men, of New York
City and Brooklyn, n. Y, who claim
ed that they had been mislead by the
representative of an employment
agency that if they accepted his Of
fer for employment they could OBJ
tain work i'm the south for the United
States government and that they
finally ascertained that they were to
EsOme strikebreakers on the rail
kl. last night appealed to the strik-
~ railway men here for aid, hav-
Ntg refused to become strikebreakers
and after being furnished with food
and giving chance to wash up they
left this morning for their homes.
The men gave the following names
and addresses: Phil Nasil, 100 Attain
tic avenue, Brooklyn. n. Y; Ed Wag-
ner, 295 Broome street, New YORK
Citv: Jimmie Williams, 155 Pros
uect street, Brooklyn, n. Y; Charles
Abel. 154 Pacific street, Brooklyn,
y. Y: Charles and James Regan, 80
Berger street, Brooklyn \. Y;
Edward Scikaly, 1876 Ria to street,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
The men appeared at the upper end
of Duke street where they met a
naDabeXof men who are on a strike
and wliA are doing picket duty. For
Gods sake do something for us IS
the appeal they made to the railroad
men, The picketS after Investigating
their cases and ascer.aining certain
facts started TO give aid 70 the men.
II. +. Chichester, chairman Of the To-
cal crafts, was appealed to and soon
afterward a blanket affidavit was OBJ
tanned from the men, being signed IN
the presence of Clyde b. Lanham,
notary public last night The men
were brought in automobiles to the
Salvation Army headquarters where
Capt. Mcintyre permitted the men
to wash and dress and subsequently
they were taken to the Crystal and
Southern lunch and given a feed oy
the strikers. The men left this morn
ing for their homes and they ap-
peared very grateful. All OF the men
ii is stated are ex-service men and
two are minors. 1t is set forth in the
affidavit made by the men that after
being approached in New York by
the representative of the employment
agency they were told that they
could obtain employment in the south
for the government where they We're
i'm need of carpenters and carpenter
helpers and if they would take the
lob transportation would be furnish
ed them and work guaranteed.
According TO the affidavit they ac-
cepted and they were brought to
Washington, d. c., and in that city
were turned over to another man and
the man with whom they came left
them and they then continued alone
to Huntington, w. Va, Arriving at
Huntington they claimed that they
learned for the first time that they
had been engaged to take the places
of certain railroad employees. Upon
their refusal they claim they were
left to shift for themselves. They
claim they later went to Ashland,
KY, and requested transportation
back to New York and were refused,
claiming they had left home because
Of false statement.
Since that time it is alleged by the
men that they have been objects of
charity and having been working
their way as best they can to get
home. The men claim they left New
York July 10 and arrived in Hunt
ngton July y and left Huntington
July 22.