Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-18

least some Of them. They explained
that 50 many OF the employees In me
local shops nave expressed a wiling |
ness n york and - remain az Work IL /
they could do 50 without their families
being nara ssed ny the strikers and
their Evmpathizers and they them
selvee having 20 run the gauntlet Of
the pickets in order 70 get 20 work.
that this thought about the plan tol
have the men live at the shops and
/ their IA miles spend the period Of the
strike at the seashore.
I L was stated At the companye Of
1 fees that quite n number Of the shop
mon have taken advantage ~ this
! agreement on the conpany's part 20
/ take care Of their families. az they are
hvery agreeable 20 the idea of working
and knowing that their families are
safe from the verbal and perhaps
physical assaults of obiectors. and a.
tho same time are enjoying Themselves
~ some summer resort. The sole and
only purpose in all this. the railroad
officials declared was 70 make the
minds Of their employees easy so they
could do their work properly and 20
they would not be bothered by the mo-
lestations and opportunities Of the
men who have quit and those who
sympathize with them. Il was declar-
4 ed the company feels obligated 70 take
care OF It's loyal employees and see that
they can do their work without being
subjected 70 hardsh!ps. Just how
soon the plans for carrying this idea
i--1 aPfe 10 ad -
be stated today. but there Will have 70
he arrangements made before any Of
. the shopmens families can ne sen;
! away. The number Of men who have
, taken advantage OF the offer could not
/. be aecertained because of the railroad
e companys imperfect plans 20 date.
70 St other Points.
At Perryville, where IS Of the 20
men employed walked out yester-
day, three more men were added &c
> the ranks Of the strikers this morning
making a total OF 20 now out at that
p. point. Twelve men who did not JO!r
= in the movement are still az work and
: the places of most Of the others have
been taken by men from the super
visor's forces.
At Delmar. where the entire force
- Of 80 men quit, the situation has no,
- changed. The places Of all the strik-
ers have been taken by 80 new mer
- who are living on the railroad proper
ty and at the company's expense. Al
: all other points along the Maryland
Division the company officials report
:. the conditions unchanged.
The company officials today denied
any sign Of a strike movement among
. its maintenance Of way employees. Re
- ports from Philadelphia that the Of
y. fee clerks and station employees wer,
about 10 join the striking shopmeT
! did not materlal!ze here, so far as the
= railroad officials knew, for they re-
-, ported mono Of these employees out anc
. the union men knew nothing Of hi.
- class Of workmen quitting. Thu
=, strike call Of the stationary iremeT
= resulted in one man employed a
y. Todds Cut going out. the railroad
- statement sets forth.
. Railroad officials this morning cal.eC
! attention 10 the unusually heav,
% freight movement along the De.awar
and Maryland Divisions. More freigh
cars are being handled, because Of n
: shipment Of perShab.e goods, thai
- for long period. This IS due 70 n
y, big crops. The company officials Sd,
all trains have been yum without de
lays or Interruptions and they poin
=, to this fact as evidence that the strik
IS not causing the company any SER
Gus inconvenience.
. At union headquarters Il was state
~ this morning that among several @
the men who joined the ranks Of n
strikers were employees from the pow
y. er house at Todd's Cut. These meI
:. as well as the foremen who have gu!
- naturally do not appear in the raj
~ road compaoy's report for the da,
- The company's statement Is based 0
the report received after the Chec
up AZ Z o'clock. the reporting tim
:. whereas the additions TO the striker
:, ranks from all department came abol
-, 10 O'clock, or later. and consequent
these men had not been checked L
on the company's employment cha
y but they viii appear in tonorrow's r
"a port.
% Crowd Two Big for Labor Temple.
So great was the crowd Of men
K anion headquarters this morning az
50 DuSS the o4AlCldlS III having tAe ne
eh men register that no meeting was he
Ay there. 1t was announced that the cor
dy mittee is booking about fer "A suitah
'es hall large enough 70 accommodate
ny the men at meetings TO. be held thr
en- times a week. The Labor Temple
<e now too small for these meetings. n
TAT men cut Will be required to repc
he each morning a headquarters in &
an Labor Temple. but tho meetings W
ne be held in the place yet 70 be seiectC