Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-17
MORE MEN OUT AS
RAILROAD STRIKE
STARTS THIRD WEEK
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planned that the union officials would
not know before sometime tonight.
the exact number OF mon who have
signed tho strike register. but they
estimated II would amount to some
thing over 1000 workmen. They were
confident they would succeed in get
ting the shopmcn out 100 per cent
within a day CO two.
At tho Offices OF the Pennsylvania
Co.. at the foot of French street. tho
companys employment chart, as COM
piled each day after tho morning re-
port from all points. showed n total
OF $50 men out on strike at the Todde
Cut shops. This 1t was admitted, is
something moro than so per cent of
the normal force employed there. II
was stated some OF the painters had
morning, but just how many was not
known at the railroad ofiicee.
Unions Claims.
At tho union headquarters II was
claimed the walkout this morning in
cluded painters. carpenters and men
from practically all departments.
Tho railroad company's statement
set forth that of a total OF 1862 men
employed in the roundhouse the num-
Der OF strikers had been increased
from SO where tho figures In this de-
partment stood up to last Saturday
afternoon. TO 131 this morning. II
was claimed tho company had taken
care OF this detection by filling UP with
/ ,hn 1A nj Cd ot
work and recruits from the supervis-
DRY force who had taken a hand and
as a consequence operations In the
roundhouse were getting along very
well, the company claims. Their
solicitude relative to the maintenance
OF a competent force In the roundhouse
is explained by the fact that the
roundhouse work Is essential TO the
continued operation of trains and con-
sequently the work there cannot be
neglected or retarded
In the back shops where II Is said
tho work done Is of less importance,
the railroad company admits the total
number of men on strike today
amounts to 346. Their chart shows n
total for all departments at Todda
,, Cut TO be 500. This Ia moro than 90
: per cent of the normal force
Break at Perryvllle.
, At Perryville. which up to this
| morning had been undisturbed. there
was a big break among the workmen
tor out of a total of 40 employed In
: the roundhouse and tho shops there
rs walked out on strike, according e
, the nguNes obtained from tho railroad
| company'N headquarters here. A
~, Delmar whN-e the entire force Of 3!
Z men quit on the first day Of th'
strike, IS new men have been put e
. work. the company stated this morn
/, ing, so that conditions there are abou
p normal. At all other points along th'
division II was said conditions ar
unchanged.
When reports OF pickets attsckins
/, men who remain at work We're brough
to the attention of tho railroad on
. cials Il was stated that so far as tn
company has observed the union pick
cts have been conducting theil
, work in a very quiet and peaceful
manner and II there have been AM
attacks upon any of tho men Mt wcrl
. they must have been isolated cases
=. for the railroad company has received
;, no report of such Outbreaks. II wa
:. denied by the company officials tina
:, any complaint has been made to tn
= police about the activities of tn
pickets.
There was a brief meeting of tn
striking carshop men at tho Labo
Temple this morning but It was onl'
& routine session. Every room in tn
building was occupied by large mum
y Der OF men for the strikers have re
duccd their system OF picketing to
y smooth working basis and It was an
n nounced the picketing Of the shop
r would be carried on day and nigh
& or twentyfour hours every day Tn!
i morning the shopmen were bein
n formed into groups each according {
d the particular section of the city /
II which the men lived and each wi
d take up the picket work in it's turn
AS each group met the men were give
a instructions as TO how they are I
6 conduct themselves on the picket lin
e' and they were instructed especial
/ against the creation of any disorder
e CT disturbances Of any kind.
y Instructions nave been given ina
b all the men who are out are TO repoi
at union headquarters every morning
h There rs then a check up and 1t
e. known just who has responded to III
Of strike call and who has not. There ha
ot been no perceptible break in the rank
" OF the strikers to date and in fact the
W numbers have been growing rapidly
Or The general situation in this cit
n az the beginning of this the third wee
ID Of the strike indicates that the shol
m men have gained considerably
strength since the issuance OF the ca
on July I.
At the Baltimore & Ohio railroa
shops, where the men are out pra,
p tically LOO per cent. there has been I
N break and none OF them has gol