The Washington times., 1922-07-26
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Executives Seek to, Establish
Food and Fuel Priority =
Schedules. -. '''

strikes affecting Washington toda,
may be tabulated as follows:
Executives OF lines running init
the Capital will do all In their power
to establish and maintain the sched
ule OF food and fuel priorities al
decreed yesterday by the Interstat,
Commerce Commission. 49,.
The Merchants and Manufac
lurers Association has pledged II:
members to aid in the situation.
The tension existing over a possi
lie walkout. by 1900 clerks locally
,lnployed by the Southern railway
AS been ended by a decision OF the
tnion,s officers at Chattanooga not
. cali the desk workers. out on
.:rfke. 49, ST. ''"-. &C -~'''.t ..-.''. (
Household consumers Of coal are
,ppealed to- by dealers 10 use bitu'
Il lous fuel whenever possible, to
onserve the supply of pea anthra'
ite, now the only hard type avail
lie in any quantity.
Executives Study New Rules. %
The fnevftz bic close relation OF
he transportation and fuel fights
las diverted attention from the per.
;Onal element involved in, the sey.
raj walkouts of Washington Terri.
,al workers TO the sitpatiC)I regard.
Jg commodities. = ,,n-,-
Railroad, executives are studying
. ne rules laid down BY the all-power-
IL. Commerce Commission governing
.riorities! They note that fuel haul.
ng for emergencies. for railways
md vessels, public utilities, Ice
plants and public institutions takes
.Eimacy, over the bringing in Of do
aesticS stocks. Arrangements are
:sing made at the terminal coal
jumps TO unload incoming cars with
,e utmost celebrity, the penalty for
ailing TO unload within twerty:four
hours Is the refusal of further cars.
Fuel shipments into the city suf.
flee at present for all save domestic
needs, It Is stated. The commits.
sion's orders relative, to routing of
cars by the most expeditions routes,
regardless of routing at the point
Of origin will not affect this district,
executives pointed out, because car.
riers entering Washington In nearly
every case utilize '"bee-iine" routes
as II Is.
Both the Baltimore and Ohio and
Pennsylvania lines have been prac-
ticing food and fuel priorities since
the outset Of the shopmen's strike.
July /. Henry j. KeppIer, super
intendert Of the Terminal Stora &c
Company. declares ample foodstuffs
are arriving at the terminal. though
in some cases cars are as much as
a week late.
Says Welfare Jeopardized.
The welfare Of industry in the
National Capital Is jeopardized by
the situation with regard to railway
transportation and fuel" reso.u
tions adopted at a special meeting
OF the Merchants and Manufactur-
ers Association yesterday set forth.
An emergency. committee, author,
lied by President Anton Stephan
will be named today, II was said
This body will make a survey oi
all means OF transportation avail
able in case Of a total breakdown
Of rail facilities. Trucks. vessels
even airplanes will be listed. The
merchants themselves have been
seriously inconvenienced by delays
In shipments during the rail strike
The association went, on record
as deprecsting the present situation
and petitionedi the parties In inter
est 80 to coociliate their differ
ences as to prevent the threatened
disruption Of industry and it's con
sequent menace to the general wei
fare" -
An agreement between the man.
agemsnt OF the Southern system
and representatives Of the Brother,
hood of Railway CieIks thereby
employed, and involving 1900
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at yesterday afternoon. according
TO word from Chattanooga. Both
sides made, concessions.
- Grants Paid Holiday.
Local officials OF the brotherhood
say the mana cement has agreed 10
grant twelve days vacation with pay
each year, fulf pay for all time lost
throughout sickness, and a Saturday
half holiday. The clerks will abide
by the decision OF the Railroad Labor
Board. reducing their salaries three
and four cents an hour and authoriZ.
ing a reduction in the minimum
monthly entrance salaries.
. The formerly unpopular pea coal.
being the only anthracite now avail.
able In local stocks, 10 finding aready
Fale,sO. G. Raymond, manager Of the
]. P. Agnew Company declared last
night. Representatives of other fuel
concerns give similar. testimony
These stocks have piled up because
OF the little cali for coal OF such
small size in the days of plentiful
supplies.
w" W. Griffith appealed to citi
sens to use, soft coal whenever pos
sible in order that the dwindlinp
piles Of anthracite may be available