Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-11
MORE MEN GO OUT At
TODD'S CUT SHOPS
OF PENNSYLVANIA CO.
Total Number. According to
Companys Chart. is
Now POT.
NEW HELP BEING EMPLOYED
New York World

One Of the outstanding features Of
this, the eleventh day Of the strike
among the railroad shopmen. SO far
as this city is concerned. was the an
nounCement this morning by officials
Of the Pennsylvania Railr' ad 60, of
Increased objections among their em-
ploycs whot have been engaged in the
back shops at Todd's Cut. the term
Back Shops being used TO designate
all that portion of the plant aside from
the roundhOuse or engine house, aE
it Is termed In railroad circles. This
increase in the number of men who
have quit. however. according to the
claims of the railroad company. is
Offset by tho number Of now men who
have been employed in their place. 80
that the net result makes little change
In the general situation. according 10
the official statemen today.
Yesterday the company's chart
showed 122 men cut In the shops, but
the official statement today.
l54. or an increase OF 80. To offset
/ this the company yesterday employed
/ 46 new men and Il was announced to
new men every day and will do so as
long as the need for them exists.
These men taken on and termed as
substitutes or new men are said by the
company officials TO be largely old
employees who have been on furlough,
although some Of them are really new
men who have never been in the rail-
road service before
In the roundhouse today the sltua-
tion remains unchanged, the company
officials stated. the total number of
men out there being SO. the same as
yesterday. This makes the grand total
of men out Of the Todds Cut plant
I 201, the largest the railroad company s
employment chart has shown since the
strike was called eleven days ago.
None of the men who quit on the
strike call or who have walked out
since are among those who have been
given employment since the movement
started. but It was stated at the rail-
road company's headquarters that as
far as is known there. none of the
strikers has made application for re-
instatement and to all appearances
the men are standing solidly by their
respective unions and their decision
to quit work.
Shortly after noon today a body
of 21 men, who are said to have been
employed in the sheet metal shops al
the Todd's Cut plant, arrived at unior
headquarters. where 1t was stated that
they had Just walked out of the shop:
and Joined the general strike move
ment. There were probably 300 other
men in and about the premises at tht
time and the newcomers were giver
a cheer upon their arrival. 1t wa:
/ reported that this cleaned out tn,
sheet metal department.
Since the strike became effective, Il
was announced at railroad Offices this
morning, a total of approximately Il;
new men have been given employment
at the Todd's Cut shops, many OF
them, however, being the company's
furlOughed men. There has been M
scarcity of applicants for the place.
made vacant by the strikers. but tn,
company has been exercising unusua
care in taking on new" men. that is
, those who have never been employed
by the railroad before. In this con
nection It was explained by an officia
that because a new man in any shol
cannot always do as much work as al
old hand. at least for a time. II ma!
be necessary for the company TO en-
gage a larger number of men thar
has actually quit.
! AT all other points along the Mary
/ land Division, according to the com
pany's statement today conditions re
main unchanged At Delmar % me
are at work in place Of the 80, tn
entire force, who quit. but no troubl
has been reported from there.
4 No trains have been Cancelled on tn
/ Maryland division, either passenger c
freight, it was announced today.
II Sabotage will not be tolerated b
i the Union heads in this city or any
where within the jurisdiction owe
which they have control they announ,
ed.
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