Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-24
BOTH SIDES FIRM
IN LOCAL STRIKE OF
RAILROAD SHOPMEN
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not recognize. This committee repre-
scnts the shop unions. with which the
railroad company negotiated the wage
reduction, which has been ono OF the
causes OF tho present strike.
This committee. In talking to the
strikers, showed a list OF names at the
head Of which were some well-known
shopmen. who, the committee claimed,
were going to return to work, and IL
was claimed II thoy did many others
would follow them. According TO the
company's statement. tho committee
did this on It's own initiative and the
company had nothing to do with their
efforts. Just how far tho committee
succeeded In pcrsuading any Of tho
men TO go back is not known, but the
union leaders learned Of what was
going on and they sent out com
mittee, covering the same ground the
shop workers committee had taken
and seeing every man they had seen.
They claimed they succeeded In per-
suadlng all the men not TO return to
work and in fact they claim the men
whore names were shown Mt the head
OF the list displayed by the shopmens
union have even stated that they had
no intention of returning to work.
Claim Addition to Ranks.
The union leaders this morning
claimed somo very material additions
to the number Of the strikers. They
started their total registration r now
400 or more. for up to noon about 40
of tho shopmen who have been hold
ing out and refusing 10 go on strike,
finally decided to do so and left thei-
places at Todd's Cut today, They
said they expected more of them In
before this evening and by tomorrow
they claimed. every man who has boon
working in the local chops under the
old arrangement will have walked out
on strike.
| Added to this they further claim
that they are now making some in
Todd's Cut and that they have been
a BILE to persuade several Of these men
to quit This morning several of the
strike breakers appeared at union
headquarters. announced that they
had quit the shops and that they were
going back to where they came from
One of these mon reported that wher
he decided to quit he went TO tho Office
at Todds Cut to get his pay and &c
demand transportation back To where
he came from. He said several guard'
were there. all armed with rifles Thi'
Is the first time these guards have ap'
peared with rifles. Il was stated.
He claims he wac told he could no
get any transportation and the guard
then covered him with their guns an
drove him from the ONCE. The maj
said he started back TO the shops. &
tell the other mon there that he hs'
been refused transportation, but tn
guards prevented him doing so ant
escorted him from tho grounds ant
across the bridge at the foot O
Thirtieth street. These strike break
ere further informed the union men a
the Labor Temple that when tn
guards in the shope see any OF then
talking together and giving evidenc
e of quitting they cover them with thei
: weapons and order them back TO thei
: work or run them out of the shops.
Evidences of the strike are no'
spreading throughout tho city an
I the situation Is affecting the bushes
;. life of the city in general. accordin
to developments this morning. A
union headquarters there Is on recor
a list of BARRIERS In different parts {
town who have given notice that the
will not shave or cut the hair {
4 strike breakers or the men who hav
s remained at work Several grocer
have given notice that they will nc
= sell foodstuffs of any kind either I
@ the men who have remained at wor
= or TO their families A number
: cigar dealers, candy stores and &
n cream and confectionery houses hay
= made similar announcements. Sewers
retailers have notified wholesa
= house that II they do not discontinJ
= furnishing their product TO the shoT
k for the strike breakers they. the r,
d tailers. will discontinue the handlir
j. OF their goods.
Strike Breakers Turn Back.
= The union pickets at the foot
= Thirtieth street this morning stoppt
n group OF five well dressed your
mon who got off a trolley car ar
asked their way to Ae Bancroft mill
They were questioned and finally az
4 mitted they came here to go to wol
y in the railroad chops. They were the
u told there was a strike on and the
n they asked the way back TO Cheste
& claiming they had not known tn
D there was a strike here. Some of Il
q pickets escorted them to the troll'
. line and saw them on a car TO Cheete
I They told the pickets they. had bee
= brought here with the understands
u that there was no strike. Why th'
asked to be directed TO the Bancro
mills was not explained.
Relative to the claims of the uni'
men that some of the railroad guar
- were going about the city while arme
II railroad officials stated the compal
5 and everyone connected with II is le
-" abiding and 1t Is their purpose to S
er that all its employees are law abidir
II It was stated the company believ
,e It's police organization is being mai
IS tanned in good shape and in proper a
ID legal restraint and neither its ell
ployes nor its guard are permitted
violate the law in any way at a
time.
About 400 Paid OF.
h. The company admitted today II
at about 400 strikers We're paid off
I'd Saturday and that 200 more did l
ts appear for their checks. Some
n these today were at the timekeepe
TX Office in the French street station (
Of their money and all who appeared w,
e given 1t. There as no trouble of a
kind either at French street stat
or at the shops Saturday or today
off tho uorls man