Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-05
V. P. |. Students as
.>lsS trike-Breakers
Students at State School Said to
Taking Places Of N. and W.
Clerks ti

'tt fsstis Roanoke, Va, Aug. 5.
The strike situation on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad remains
about the same at all points except
Roanoke Main Shop where the Rhil-
road Company has been successful
in getting some boys from the
State School at Blacksburg to tape
the places of our men.
INFORMATION reaching US from a
reliable source indicates that some
one connected with this school has
furnished the Company with names
and addresses of boys out of
school and; ,ietteEs ,h9yet been hdse
dressed to them as d result Of this
information. Parties Representing
the Railroad Company have also
visited. the school while in AeSsi9n
for he parpSse OF soliciting these
young men 20 take. the places q Of
the strikers, and 1t appears that TINS
practice has the. hearty appgQy,aal Of
the. school authorities rs We have.
evidence that some OF the boys
were promised credit "on their
school work for services performed
for the Norfolk and Westera RailN
,oaJ.. FL .tit - ~.
We forwarded the following re,
quest to Hon. E. Lee Trirkle, Gov
ernof of Virginia. requesting an
Investigation of the affairs at V. P.
:, School. Blacksburg. for the rea-
son that in our judgment State
Institution should not be run or in
Ihuenced by Corporation, but must
at all times be properly supervised
| by State Authorizes without influ-
ence, as the lahoring people IN Vir.
CHINA contribute their portion Of
| taxes towards the maintenance Of
! this school and are entitled to fair
consideration of their rights and We
| feel that. our interests have not
been properly considered when the
authorities at this school haze been
! allowed to cooperate with the Nor
folk and Western Railway in the
| manner described above: *
Roanoke, Va, Aug. 5.
Hon. f. Lee Trinkle, Gov,
Richmond. Va, s
The Faculty of V. P. l., have
allowed n & w officials to solicit
students for the purpose OF secur.
ing strike breakers and a number
are in the +. r. Shops. We respect
fully request an investigation Of
this affair and have sufficient evil
dence to prove conduct of faculty
unbecoming State Institution.
(Signed) W. l.. Scott, President
n. & w Federation.
We regret that condition of
this kind exists in one Of our state
schools. We feel that the laboring
people of the State Of Virginia have
not only contributed towards it's
support, but we know and take
ride in the fact that many of our
boys have been educated in the
school and it is humiliating to us
as patrons of this school to feel
that such influence should be used
against our interests at this time
when We are making this fight not
against our State but against capt.
tai control outside of the state Of
Virginia over Railways within the
State, and we feel that the State
Institutions should not be used in
such manner against our interests
We realize that corporations also
contribute to the up-keep, but do
not feel that this fact carries with
it a right to expect from this state
institution any cooperation of an uu.
fair nature under the conditions ex-
listing today.
The young men who have been
injected into the Company's service
as a result of the cooperation Of the
authorities IN charge of this school
seem TO deserve the respect Of Ia
Dor, inasmuch as they have beer
promised advantages in the way Of
credits that mean so much to a stu
dent II is also to their credit thai
they claim to need the money that
! it is possible for them to earn under