Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-22
1OSTR|K|NG CLERKS
RETURN TO DUT|ES S
WITH c. & 0. RWY.
Company Officials Hopeful
Backbone of Strike Will
Be Broken Today.
THOSE STILL OUT MAY
co BACK THIS MORNING
Positions Vacated Will Be
Filled Permanently After
This, Harahan Warns.
STRIKERS HEADS OPTIMISTIC
Assert Further Inronds Made in Cen
ernl Offices nnd Additional Work.
ers Joining Hanks Daily.

The return OF ten clerks to their
desks in the general Offices OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway yes
terday has led the officials OF that
company TO hope that the backbone
OF the strike. which began last Thurs
day morning. Will be broken today.
President Harahan. OF the Chesa
peake and Ohio. has given the men
now out until this morning at 10
o'clock 10 go back to their positions
and feels that the action OF the ten
yesterday Will be followed by many
others. In letters sent out 10 each
OF the strikers. President Harahan
has assured them they will be pro-
tected in every way IL the strike Is
settled. On the other hand. he has
warned them tha, today will be the
last day. and that efforts Will be
made by the company to All perma-
nently all vacancies that exist after
10 o'clock
II half OF the clerks who are now
out heed the appeal OF Pres!den,
Haranan. it Is believed that the 9TH
ers VIII realize the seeming futIIty OF
the strike In this city and that by the
first OF next week only few Will
remain In the ranks OF the strikers.
| Expect More Bnck To-day.
! II was said Al the general Offices OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio last nigh,
that seven striking clerks returned
| TO their desks yesterday morning. and
that three more came back I'm the att
ernoon. II waa reported that Others
had said they would return this morn
ing No official statement was Issued
by President Harahan yesterday.
While the railroad officials claim,
that only Sss employees walked out
thursday morning, and that the re.
;urn OF the ten yesterday makes q
total of SSa now absent as resul,
OF the strike. officials of the Brother
hood OF Railway Clerks declare that
mo percentage OF strikers Is larger
than that announced by the railroad
and that others are Joining the rank.
| daily.
In statement given out at BROTH
erhood headquarters last night. /,
wGs estimated that between 400 and
500 clerks Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio in Richmond are now out. and
that the number will reach 500 in a
| few days.
BnEEnEc-Hoom Employea Loyal.
| This statement announced that a,
the Main Street Station OF the rail-
| road company all OF the terminal
men. with one exception. are or
strike. and all trackmcn. Sa,emen,
train announcers and all but tw,
ticket takers are obeying the strike
order. The bagsage-room employe,
are still loyal to the company. IL 1.
stated. The strike in the storeroom
department. ii is stated. is 100 per
cent
Although the head OF tho railroad
company has given the strikers until
10 o'clock this morning to return I,
their desks, 1t is announced from hi.
office that tho heads OF the variou.
departments report they have or
ME enough applications for posi-
tons 10 MI the vacancies caused b,
the strike.
The following statement wa.
Eiven out last night at headquarter,
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