Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-04
RAIL INJUNCTION
MEETS OPPOSITION
FROM BOTH SIDES

According to the executives, this 10
not fact. One OF their plane Wa to
publish figures on shop personnel. car
repair gains and transportation re-
suits. This information was to reas-
SURE the public ana encourage shop
men remaining on strike to return
to work. 1t was admitted yesterday
that the Attorney General had de-
stroysd this move. Onicials think he
should have consulted them before
acting.
Other plans. which would have been
carried out this week. were aimed to
encourage separate settlements by In
dividual roads with pension rights and
other privileges restored.
One executive. who withheld his
name. sald:
Events over which the carriers
have no control make the problem to-
day more dif1cult than Il was last Fri
day. Tho railroads honestly believe
they have won the strike. They have
never asked aid OF the Federal Govern
ment.
Both Follow Same Course.
There has been no attempt of union
batting. nor can any one accuse any
executive rightfully OF trying to crush
or prosecute railroad unions. When the
five train service brotherhood chiefs
acted as mediators the executives
cheerfully met with them.
Tho new factor OF an injunction Is
now TO be faced. The heads OF the car
riers Will refrain from criticixinR the
acts OF any officer OF the government.
AT the proper time the exact con-
ution OF the carriers as to their shop
forces will be given TO the public.
Those statements may differ largely
from information that has been herald
cd from government sources. but the
comparison will not be made in the
spirit OF criticism.
The railroads will 60 ahead on the
same road they were following before
the events OF Friday: that OF winning
the strike by running the roads. hiring
men TO man the shops and keeping out
or court as much rs possible"
Chairman Dowd of the strike COM
mittee said until orders to the con-
trary from Bert NJ. Jewell. national
president OF the union. were received
there would be no change In the
strikers plans. He said the injunction
would not be respected locally until
II were settled definitely whether Il
applied outside OF Illinois.
Committee Issues Statement.
The settlement OF the anthracite
strike. Mr.. Bowd said. would afYec,
roads like the Lackawanna. Delaware
and Hudson, Lehigh Valley, Central
OF New Jersey and Reading, because
large part OF their business was
hauling coal and much OF their eouip-
ment had been tied up.
David Williams. secretary OF the
committee. went TO IehtSton, Pa. 70
address Labor Day meeting. Before
departing he said:
Every dog has his day. and It looks
like the strikers day right now
An Official statement was issued by
the committee, part Of which Is a.
follows:
The nrst two months OF the strike
have run up . bill In deferred renal,
work against the railroads. OF 3l26. 500.
600. according TO q report on railroad
finances made by tho Labor Bureau
Inc. OF Union SQuar~, for the oentra
strike committee.
The necessity Of paying This bill
when the strike il over win re.,,,t II
turning the -present inadequate profit,
into actual losses for considerab,,
period OF time. according to the Iabo,
Bureau report.
The Chicago and Alton collapse. tn
report states. was caused in part b,
Inc high expense OF merely breakin,
The strike-ths necessity for pawn,
bonuses TO strike breaker. and furnish
ing them bed and board"