The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-03
RAILROADS TO
TRY To OBTAIN
NEW SHOP MEN
Sevei;al Companies Filling Places
of Strikers
1863 NEW MEN AT TROY
Boston and Maine Advertising
For Men-Trains Run
Without Trouble
1863 NEW MEN AT TROY

! ed Press) The SIX railway Shop
crafts unions which went on strike
Saturday were outlawed by the Unit
cd States Railroad Labor Board to-
day. In a formal resolution the
Board declared that the unions by
tlelr action forfeited all right before
the board as railway employees and
that new organizations Of shopmen
taking strikers jobs should be form.
cd to represent shop employees in
disputes before the board.
I Prior to the meeting 1t was evi-
dent that the operators intended to
force some sort OF a conclusion with.
out yielding their refusal TO meet the
union for the purpose of making up a
national or semi.national wage scale.
Troy, July 3.--Several hundred
railroad shopmen on strike at the
Delaware and Hudson shops at Co.
loIhe went to their benches this morn
in <. took their tools and departed.
] he strikers leaving the shops as.
erted that only one union man re.
lained at work.
About twelve hundred men have
'oeen employed there and II was re-
ported that hundred sixty nine new
workers have been engaged and we're
today filling the places left vacant by
the strikers.
Washington, July 3.--Secretary of
Labor, Davis. just prior to assembl.
ing. today OF the btuminous coal op;
orators and United Mine Workers Of
flcials In their third conference let II
he known that he was prepared for
press adoption OF the plan which he
preached at the initial session Satur.
day.
Boston, July 3.-Indicatlons that at
least one railroad will not give In to
the striking shopmen without fight
came yesterday with the announce
ment by j. A. Lochner, master me-
chanic OF the local shops OF the Bos.
ton e. Maine railroad. that he had
advertised for men TO fill permanent
ly the places OF those employees who
f.1e advertisement, all men who can
qualify for the positions, which in
clude all of those which have been
vacated by the strikers, will be given
permanent jobs.
On tle other hand, the possibility
Of the railroads being able TO fill
their shops with newly recruited
men was declared to be practically
impossible by NJ. f. Glynn, a repre-
sentative Of the International Broth,
erhood of Boilermakers, who is hand
ling the local strike.
Mr.. Lochner said last night that he
expected to have no difficulty in fill
ing the places of the men who had
left. There are plenty of men out OF
work willing to take the positions
now open, he asserted. Five machin
lists were hired Saturday, short
time after the first advertisement for
help appeared In the newspapers and
judging by this Mr. Locher firmly be
lleves that today there will be any
number of men applying for positions
Representative Glynn is certain
that there are not enouf.l mechanists
and other craftsmen available tc
make possible forming of new per
lsonnel in the shops. He said he die
not think that the railroads would
seriously attempt such an action anC
called attention to certain railroads
! in tie South where a new force o.
men had been placed in the shop.
with disastrous results for the roads
Moreover he claims that the aver
age workmen engaged in industria
merchanics would not be able tC
handle railroad work because mos
OF it requires special skill.
The Boston G. Albany railroad ha.
not yet advertised for men to fiIl tn,
places of the strikers This road /,
in peculiar position due to the fac
that the majority of its shopmer
we're already out of work before tn,
strike was called. Announcement o
the reopening of the shops today hav
ing been made, officials of the roat
must wait until they learn how man,
men report for work before takinl
any action about replacing the strik
ers. Master Mechanic Fred A, But
Ter expecs that a goodly number o
the strikers will report for worl
either today or Wednesday and il
slit ng tielt until the time comes.
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