Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-01
some LOCAL R. R. SHOPMEN
RESPONDED TO STRIKE ORDER
TODAY AT P.R.R. AND B. 80.
Pennsylvania Officials Report Only "A Out of the 1883
Employed There as Being Concerned in the Wakout
While Some Of the Strikers Say the Number is Much
Greater; Not a Man Responded to the Call at the
Reading Shops

tuater!aliged IN Wilmington at II
standard time)
\ small percentage of the mon
employed at the PENNSYLVANIA rail
road ehope at Todd's Cut are out
~ a result
Try hy telephone of the Mas
erhan,c's office of the Phila-
d ,ia 4 Reading railroad just be
telg o'clock. whether tha, de-
n rtn.ent was affected by the
st.,se brought the response mot
81 E-
at wlsmere, the Il & O shops.
It Wa reported that the boiler
ma lsers helpers and the other
shSperafis are out.
me company reported ~ OF tho
SIS employees as being out. The
n.n say the number will reach
sctern hundred. only one Of the
thf,, ms was affected TODAY. the
op not goins on until Mon
day.
The men NJ the Pennsylvania
shops began 20 walk on: a. /.
o'clock ard continued 70 do e,
for some tire thereafter. They
were pesceah,e about e. however.
nnd made no demonstration. After
leaving the shone the mon gath
ere0 at NandeVer avenue and
clay mont. preparatory To proceed
ing 20 the Labor Temple. at Tenth
and Tstnar streets
Several ~ the mon told reporter
NJ Eve~y ENening that they were
fastened by men. who. seemed 10 be
company police. who. after learning
upon Inquiry. that they were goins
out. hustled them away SO rapidly
that hey had no time 10 gather M
their clothing or other effects. Thes,
officers. they "a. had been watch
ms them practically az the morning
and when the men seem 20 gather III
their tools they were asked ~ the,
were going TO quit. An af'irrnativ,
reply. the men said. was followed b!
has,y assistance out ot the place.
Those reporting this experience {,
Every Evening gave their names a
!. ID. Smith, who has been with IN,
company &c years; J u. Preston. i
years. and who Is vice president q
the Machinissr Union; A l. Hewitt
liAs years. and F. Il. Logan. AL AT
from the rcundhouee
Upon coming o., Preston said h
telephoncd the police station, 20 Sc
u he could invoke the aid OF N
police In an effort % get some clothin,
be said he lef, behind.
shortly thereafter however. III
men who had come out without thei
effects were permitted 10 return. eacl
sccornpa anied by two officers. and {,
remain long enough TO get their per
sonsl belongings.
Todays wsdkout affected only on
of the three shifts of employees. Tn
other two shifts will not GO on unit.
Monday and the fun result OF IN
strike Will not be known until ther
Oficial Report
The companys report does no
agree with the m,n's estimate. O
the ass men who i've been employ
ed al the local shop { the Pennsyl
-
ing conditions, total %. ~ eui
work in response 20 the call for
strike al 10 o'clock. standard time is
sued from the headquarters Of tn
combined shop crafts IT, Chicago. AZ,
Cording 20 a statement issued a; noor
from the office " w ". wardrop. N
new superintendent OF The Souther
Division. who assumed his new dutle
iu this city today. Twenty men ON
ployed in the roundhouss laid dow
their tools at the appointed hour an
"a walked out of the back shops. AZ
cordlng 10 the information that ha
come 20 the general superintendent
Office
This. however does not tally wit
the statements OF some % the sho
employees. At the Labor Tempt,
Tenth and Tatnall streets. where sey
ersl OF them gathered after lea win
work. II was stated that Il.ey estima,
ed the number who quit work a l5
but they were uncertain as 10 this. a
no canvass OF the number who gu
work had been taken.
The strike order at noon had M
t,af
the forces along the Maryland Div
sion. At Perryyille. Md. there ha
been no trouble and none Of the wori
men quit according 20 H." of'ici
statement issued in this city Al J.;
inokin. Pa. no trouble was report,
aud there were no detection amur
.. the number OF employees. Boz thei
places are engine houses. AT Tnurln'
Pa, six car inspectors were report
tn have walked out. Al the Orang
vile Shops near Baltimore 20 per &c
nf the force quit wcrk. IL was anounc
NJ the railroad company's Office bull
ing here. There was no trouble
Clayton on the Delaware Division al
none of the employees quit work the'
Il was stated also AT MIR. WardroI
Office that those who did leave the
places IN the shops were Tomp.
paid Of. Their places Will be iihe
but whether those quitting work IN
morning will be taken back again
their positions filled with new in'
could rot be stated as this phase
G>otinusd on paxo