Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-14
RAILROAD PICKETS
INDUCING MANY NEW
MEN TO QUIT WORK


day went To VRndover avenue to make
an inspection OF the conditions there,
where most ~ the pickets arc sta
toned lie remained on the scene for
some time and watched tho proceed
ings and later left. evidently impress>
ed by the quiet manner in which the
men work. There was nothing 10 indi-
cato dAorder or anything Objectionable
that would lead up to disorder. lie was
Informed by tho union lenders that
tho shopmon are absolutely opposed to
disturbances and win not stand for
anything OF this nature and the Of
ficcrs were told that II a picket In
found doing anything contrary to law
ana order he should be arrested and
the unions will sanction 81. but If he
should be assslled unjustly then the
unions viii naturally stand by their
representatives and given what ne
slstanco they can In case any OF their
men get into trouble.
Women on Picket Line.
/ A party Of about rs or 80 women
yesterday visited tho scene whore most
of tho pickets are stationed and spent
seine time there. The fact that they
could 40 so without Jeopardizing them
selves In any way is claimed by the
union men To prove that everything
along the picket line Ia orderly and
peaceful and that no one can take ex-
ception To the conduct Of the men.
With tho exception Of additional
gains by the strikers and the admis-
sion at tho railroad company'a head
quarters here that their records show
tho nIffphgra f.F H..
Ing. there were no startling devotion
ments today In connection with the
local situation. There was no general
movement In any 81 the departments
at Todd's cut such "a have occurred
two or three days this week. The rail
road officials admit they have a total
Of $40 men out Of tho TDdd'a cut
shops while the union men assert the
total reaches $40. according to thoi
repatriation of strikers al their head
I quarters.
Included in this claim OF q total ot
$40 mon out ara 20 who signed this
morning They. however. are not mer
who walked out today. but men wh'
had completed their day yesterday an,
refused tn report for duty this morn
ing. All Of them camc to union head
quarters md signed tho strike regis
ter. They represented the various dc
!. psrtments AT Todd's Cut ond did no
come from any one particular shoy
Others were expected I'm during IN
V day. 80 that the union officials declare
p this morning the total registration
s viii soon amount to 300 men. whic
# In the total they claimed would be reg
n lstered on the first day OF the strik
@ On the other hand the railroad %
y ficisls stated this morning that ye'
I terday total Of II men mad wake
n out from tho shops They came fro
oil depa tments and went out in on'
y and twoR during tho day To offset IN
= loss, n was Ntafed today. a total
: 81 now men had been given emplo,
4. pent ~ tho shops yesterday The
" daily chart this morning. "a Ia ~
= upon the reports received soon att,
= O'Clock, when Tho men 60 10 ,vor'
showed the tota IF 345 absent and A
" ~ tbsn are listed az having Joined n
" strike. This number IL divided q
~ in the shops and so In the roundhous
This is a slight gain IN the nurnbs
who fravc quit IN the roundhon4s fC
up 20 today the number had stood q
n. SO for nearly week..
y Company Claims no Hanhicap.
- The railroad officials further asser
i, ed that they are employing men Tigl
along They stated a total OF about I
q have been given employment at n
n shops since the preSent strike starte
, This total OF 345 men on strike do
,r not mean there are that many vaca
ad places in the shops. the railroad of
e Gals explained today. II simply meal
80 that that number of the company
d employees have quit and are listed
strikers. BY recalling furloughed m,
NJ. and employing new men the actu
-. vacancies have been reduced to le
Nv than one hundred. The railroad stat
m ment today sets forth that the cor
on pany's BUSINESS IS progressing as usu
3 No trains have been cancelled a
II. nothing of this nature il contemplat
here, il was stated. No trouble
been reported from any point alO
~ the line and at all shop points o.
~ side OF Wilmington il was stated co
ditions remain unchanged.
leF Situation at Delmar.
'4O Reports reached this city today j
We at Delmar Wednesday night there "
ar. meeting of the ku kluX Khan n,
zee where the men who have taken :
w. strikers places at that point are n
n quaFtered. 4 big crowd collected q
eIo candidates were initiated. The rep
-ee set forth that the shopmen thous
the meeting was for their benefit q
that they We're about 10 encounter
an reception committee from the II
rlv They are said 10 have made a r,
led for weapons and prepared for trout
os- but nothing developed.
our This matter was brought 10 the
AIDE tention Of the railroad officials h
sey today, but they had heard moth
about it. The company's inspector
the Southern Division is stationed
con Delmar and submits daily reports
a, developments all along the line.
We nothing was contained in his sta
o. ment of yesterday or today about
80. reported ku KluX meeting and
min effect II had on the new shopmen tn
Railroad officials did not attach
significance 10 the statement insO
as their employees are concerned,
though thav NAV have their inSpe(