Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-07-03
RIVAL CLAIMS
OF R. R. HEADS
AND STRIKERS
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Company has called on recent en-
cheering graduates and to engineer
ing students Of various colleges and
universities OF the east, offering them
employment. Lists of the recent
engineering graduates from colleges
have been secured by the railroad
company for the emergency. In
some instances these offers OF en-
ployment have been made over tele-
phones.
Shortly before the rain storm last
night fifteen or more men carrying
suit cases boarded a Vandever ave-
nue. car at Eighth and Market
streets after inquring how to reach
the Todd Cut shops.
officials of the Company this
morning said they were experience
ing little II any trouble on the Mary
land division because of the walk
out of their employees. Conditions at
Delmar, 1t was said at French street
station were normal. This is denied
by the workers who claim that
every man there had stopped work.
The Wilmington police have not
received any calls incident to the
strike since Saturday morning.
Miss Katherine Smith. who Is In
charge of the Public Employment
Bureau. maintained in the old City
Hall, Sixth and Market streets, to-
day defined the policy which the
bureau will pursue with regard to
supplying men TO take the place of
strikers. She said:
1T is the policy of the bureau to
send men to any place from which
1t has received a requisition. In case
Of a strike the men are informed in
advance that the jobs to which they
are referred are strike Jobs. 1t is
then entirely up TO them whether
they choose to take the jobs or not"
Shortly before noon Miss Smith
received a call from the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad officials for 10 men
to serve as guards for railroad
property. She managed to find five
men willing to accept the positions
and sent out calls for others to COM
plete the requisition.
Miss Smith denied a report pub
lished on Saturday afternoon that
an application had been made by c.
r. Morehead. lieutenant of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railway police, for
20 men to do police duty at the
Wilsmere yards. She said that an
application had been made by the
Baltimore and Ohio earlier last
week, or before the strike was be-
gun, for laborers, but that was all.
The Delaware Employment Bureau
was organized last October by DR..
Joseph II. Odell, director of the
Service Citizens, to assist idle men
and women to obtain places during
the recent severe industrial depres-
sion. 1t was supported by the en-
ployment division of the Depart
ment of Labor in Washington. which
sent Miss Smith to Wilmington to
take active charge.
The strike situation on the
Southern division of the Pennsyl-
vanla railroad. according to state
ments issued by railroad officials at
the French street station this morn
ing, Is not causing the company any
inconvenience. 1t was declared by
rail officials that proportionately
few of the men employed in any OF
the shops of this division at Todd's
Cut, Perryville, Lamokin or Thur
low, have shown any inclination to
obey the strike orders.
At Todds Cut, out OF a possible
1884 men usually working what is
known as the 8 to 4 o'clock shift
only 65 men absented themselves
from their accustomed places this
the railroad officials said. |
on the 4 to IL shift last evening, IA
put of a possible so did not work.
Il was said, and on the IL to s shift |
This morning only out of a pos !
slble 90 had absented themselves !
rom work according to the railroad !
officials. This number of absentees |
was not considered unusual by the |
officials. who said at holiday sea-
sons there is often more than the |
above percentage of employees abb
sent from the shops.
The situation at Perryville and
.,amokin shops are declared by
he railroad OFFICIALS to be nor
nal. with apparently no thought
II striking by the men. The
greatest percentage of men out at
NV shops on the Maryland Division
: at Thurlow where only two out OF
nossible IA men are working.
ON the Delaware Division at Del
mar the situation is we'll in hand II
vas stated, the officials replacing the
triking employees by transferring
nen from other points where they
nav be spared. At this place the
nen are principally outside emer-
,ency repairmen.
The only report available con-
erning the situation at Cape
,harles. on the Norfolk Division,
hows 81 out of a possible ZOE en-
,loyes striking.
when asked as to the cause of
he few strikers said to be out by
he company. the railroad officials
aid: THE men striking are pos
iblv those who had refused to drop
heir outside union affiliations We
nticipate very little inconvenience
rom the strike. but are getting
eady for any emergency that may
rise during the continuance of the
trike."
Addressing a meeting OF striking
hopmen of the Pennsylvania Rail-
DAD at the Labor Temple, Tenth
nd Tatnall streets. this morning
ieorge w. Woomer. representing
he system Federation. No go, urged
he workers to refrain from all
iolence during the present strike
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