Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-02
SAY IRON WORKS UNsUITE0
 AS ENGINE REPAIR PLANT

Through the medium of the com mittee elected for the purpose, the , striking shopmen have issued state ment for publication, during the course | of which the attitude of the men rela- | tive to the restraining orders is set forth, and some ironical references are made to activities of the railroad in | a publicity way, and concerning the proposed locomotive repair plant at the Groton Iron Works plant
 | In supplementing the appended
 statement, representatives of the strik- | ing shop crafts declared that they
 have any quantity of information con- cerning the crippled condition of the railroad service. It was asserted that
 the freight service was "all shot and that the passenger service was going down hill fast. They declared that only Monday the Knickerbocker express bound east, limped into Midway 25 minutes late, where another engine was substituted, and that the train
 then proceeded to a point between Westerly and Bradford, where the To- comotive went to pieces. It was two
 hours before the train got under way
 again, according to the strikers and
 the limited arrived in Boston so late
 that the company lost the excess fare.
 These allegations were later confirmed through inquiries at the railroad of : fees.
 , The statement of the shopmen reads : as follows:
 "The second injunction now being , served upon the local representatives . of the six shop crafts is having no effect whatever in altering the at
 titude of the striking shopmen here.
 In the first restraining order that was
 issued, and which was found to be
 more defective than effective, there were some 92 cases of contempt cit ed by the New Haven railroad, yet not one of the men concerned was found to be from New London, or from : this vicinity And of course this sec 3 and order cannot and will not have any 8 influence upon local members of the
 striking shop crafts.
 a The local men are simply tending I to their own affairs, keeping within q the law by staying away from rail : road property, and continuing to stick t to their stand pat policy. They arc s paying no attention to the moth eater s schemes put out by the railroads tC break their morale. Little effo-t ha:
 been made by the strikers to rush into j. print to offset the ridiculous state 'f ments that are coming from the rail j. roads concerning the manner in whicl > traffic, both freight and passenger i
 being handled. The reports given t I NAAC PoOA4O AOldllliE lIlS MOHuEIlul Gd5 d and elegance with which the train Jf are being operated are indeed refresh d ing, to say the least.
 h With reference to the Groton Iro 1t Works, it may be said that there is d mere handful of men making up tn
 entire force, which is engaged i le cleaning up the otherwise deserted h. looking shipyard. Since the announce e. ment was made several days az be through the medium of the press tha " an industry would be evolved on th tn old shipyard site which would emplo
 from 500 to 1000 men, a number ( he local mechanics have. gone over ther h. looking for employment
 as After informing themselves as
 what the true condition was they na -el turally declined to accept employ in ment. The Groton Iron Works, as a -e, immediate locomotive repair plant irl absolutely impracticable, and is r, at garded by men familiar with the na it ture of the work involved as nothir es short of joke. None of the heavy lC
 comotives could be taken into Il " plant over the two streaks of ru all which were once rails, and which a
 now laying across decayed cross ti ,n and ancient bridges, while the enti all route or what was formerly the ma ile line track, is overgrown with brui
 which effectually conceals all appea ,, ance of a road bed"