Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-27
CoNlYN GIVES RAY
OF HOPE TO LOCAL
STRIKING ShOPMEN
Continued from page l.

ious bluffs" the Labor Board has
tried TO Brighten the shopmen into re-
turning 10 work. but said all OF them
have failed for the men refuse TO be
stampeded. Relative to the question of
the restoration OF seniority rights.
which now seems to DO tn main
stumbling block to peace. he said the
men could never afford TO give up this
claim.
Mr. Comfy ie reputed 10 be one Of
the most eloquent and forceful ex-
ponents OF organized labor in the
country and he ably sustained this
reputation at the meeting of the shop-
men this morning. Repeatedly he was
interrupted by the applause of his
hearers as he drove home some point
IN his argument relative to the causes
Tor which the snopmen IRE contendiag.
Local on/Unchanged.
The strike situation in this city re-
mains unchanged 80 far as any actual
developments on either side are con-
eUned. The shopmen claim their
registration of strikers is about the
anne. with some few additions of the
old men. They assert also that some
81 the men the railroad company is
importing for work in the Todd's Cut
SHOPS are leaving and that theee are
IN reality gains for them. The picket
lines are still rigldly maintained and
every effort Is being made TO persuade
men from golng TO work in the shops.
The union leaders continue to insist
that their ranks are unbroken and that
there has been no backslidlng among
those who have Joined the strike.
Officials OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road stated today that they are rapid
~ recruiting their working forces up
10 numbers that will in short time
equal those employed before the strike
call was issued. New men are being
taken on daily and their employment
chart shows that the shop and round
house forces are growing.
In the back shops at Todds Cut this
morning the check up after the
o'clock shift reported for duty showed
total of 425 men at work as COM
pared with a total of 4l2 yesterday. In
the roundhouse the total working was
IS as compared with a total OF SO YES
tCrday but this falling off in the
roundhousc was said not 10 be due 10
any of the men quitting but 70 re-
adjustment Of the working force, the
effort now being TO build up the shop
forces. The number on the company 5
list OF strikers remained the same as
II has been for several days.
! Reports contained in MORNING
Z
with women being carried into the
workmen's camp at Todds Cut for a
wild show. which was TO have beer
given there last night. proved enron
GUS upon investigation this mornins
OF this matter. II was found that pc.
licemen in plain clothes attended the
performance and that they made a full
report OF all developments and Their,
was nothing found TO which objection
could be taken. The presence of The
police was duo TO the report current
yesterday afternoon and last evening
TO the effect that the show was goinl
TO be real
At the railroad conpany's Offices
today II was explained that the en-
tertainment last evening was arrang-
ed by the workmen themselves and
that the talent which participated
was selected largely from among then
although some outside talent had beer
engaged and appeared. 1t was de.
clared the entire program was care
fully supervised and that il was very
good from beginning 70 end, anC
thoroughly enjoyed by all those WHIT
witnessed IL. In the audience were
several OF the railroad officials, WHIT
had gone there for that purpose
officials OF the company admitted
that some women participated in tn
performance. Careful watch wa!
maintained TO see that everything wa
proper and as It should be and the en-
tire performance was arranged will
the knowledge and approval of tn,
proper railroad officials who. after see
ING il. pronounced II a clean ant
wholesome entertainment.
The railroad officials also had some
thing 10 say today relative 10 IN
statements Of two men picked up b.
the union pickets yesterday. The,
were found 10 be suffering from som
kind Of a disease and they said man,
men AT the workmen's camp at tn
Todds Cut shops had the same thinl
and that the doctors there were KEEP
busy caring for the sick; also that III
sanitary conditions were anything bu
what they should be
one railroad ofiicia! this morning dc
! ciared that all the company's arrange
I ments al the camp are sanitary an
, that all men there are in good physics
condition. II was admitted the CON
pany has a physician in attendant
= there. but u was stated a doctor
always in attendance where the con
p pany has a large body Of men
4 camp and where new men are alnloi
r constantly coming in for employment
n The physician is kept there not on
] 10 administer 10 the physical ailmen
OF the men, but also 10 examine II
70 new men as they appear and apply f
;, work.
II was declared these physician
. have not reported any outb~eak of ar
y kind among the men. The compar
: claims the sanitary arrangements
i tho camp are much better and {;
: more perfect than could De found
u any army camp. There is no line
among the workmen and no epidem
= Of any nature. it was said. Many
the company's own supervisors Ii
. right in the camp and share the !
Of the men quaCtered there and the
make daily reports, all OF which she
that everything is progressing in
q satisfactory manner, according to q
S railroad company's assertions.
! The food supplied the workmen
'e said 10 be wholesome and healthf