The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-08-10
.PENNSY SKOPMEN
seek PROTECTION
Ask MI. Harding to Guard Their
Seniority Rights.
PRESENTED THEIR VIEWS
Union Leaders and Railroad Ehecu-
tiyes Will Draft Answers to Fresi-
dents Plan Tomorrow.

! WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.--Leaders OF
he striking railr.iad shop craftsmen
| n the city occubied themselves win
Preparations for the general llrprng
,t RAILROAD union officials they expect
; - hold tomorrow, and with the i>>d-
ln,t Of Statements declaring railroad
/ autlipmenl To he in Il dangerouSl! de-
| tcrioaled condition.
! f. VI Jewell. chairman OF the strike
group. received notice from Warren
:. Stone. chief of rhe Engineers Broth
prhood. all of the other brotherhood
heads would accept tho invitation fnr
! conference.
! Il. II. Davis chairman of the genera.
Shop crafts committee nf the Pennsyl:
vunia system, headed a delegation rep
rrsenting men at work which caiied
ii The White House and asked Presi-
dent Harding hot 10 Countenaii~e All,
! strike settlement which would ihjuie
| tie seniority status Of men VINO re-
niuined in the railroad service Ill s'hIe
o. the strike. About 63 per Ceni OF
tie Pennsylvania shop employees, MI
Davis asserted, stayed on the job, ami
a gref1 many of the original strikers
had returned.
While awaiting q meeting with their
own association in the division of the
shopmens strike, Mr.. Jewell and other
union officials took occasion to lay be
fore the labor department IA pro.eSi
against the alleged importation of new
zen from Europe by railroads. in de
fiauce Of immigration laws. The i'm
migration authorities said the com
piaint had not been verified. =.
Secretary Davis at the labor depart
ment, also was visited by -. E. Wills.
". \. Doak aud Arthur ]. Lowell,
Washington legislative agents respec-
lively Of the engineers, trainmen and
tiremen'S and enginemen'S brother
hoods. and by J. =. Noonan, president
Of the Brotherhood of Electrical Work
erS. members of which now are on
strike Participants in the discussion
maintained silence afterward, but il
was presumed the strike situation was
the chief topic.
Mr.. JewelfS statement on condition
of railroad equipment said reports H
t4Hp American Railroad Association on
repaired locomotives and cars since
the strike, were incomplete and were
zone Of the many examples of the
methods by which the railroads are
using to deceive the people and luli
them INTO q sense of security regarding
the railroad situation 1t was deciar
ed federal inspection and safety ap
pliance laws are not being complied
with during this strike, and there are
virtually no proper inspections being
made.
The Pennsylvania employees delega,
ton in addition to Mr. Davis. included
William Donahue, representing ths
black smiths; P. F. Hughes, of the elec-
tricians E. r. Snyder, of the carmen ;
II. ]. Mcbride, of the machinists: How
ard Emberger, of the boiler makers.
and +. c. Arnold, OF the metal work
prS. The delegation was the first rep.
reSenting railroad shopmen who de-
clined to stri' that has called on the
president to present the views of such
workers since the beginning OF the
strike.
} Shopcraft federation leaders here
said the reply TO the presidents com
municatiOn proposing immediate re-
sumption of work and references of
the seniority issue TO the railroad la
Dor board for decision would be sub
mitted 10 the general conference OF
labor heads before it was sent to the
White House.