The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-23
SOUTHERN TRAINS
HELD BY STRIKERS
Railway menRefuse to Work
Under Military
RY. EMPLOYEES
HOLD CONFERENCE

ia''''ich, o"itciimen and Clerks
Agree Not to Take Trains Ont Of
spencer While Military Company
Guards Railroad Property. Main
Line Tied Up.
spencer, n. c., Aug. 2l.--All train
men, switchmen and clerks Of the
southern railway here last night held
a meeting and agreed not TO take an
other train out Of this terminal until
':5o o'clock this (Tuesday) morninc.
when decision will be reached as to
whether the walkout is to be perman-
cnt or not, according to announce
ment made by brotherhood officials
about midnight, following adjournment
OF the meeting. The action was TAX
en-, it was explained, because of the
presence of troops on guard duty here.
All trains arriving after midnight are
hed up here, and will be, according
10 present indications, until 9:3O
o'clock. including many main line
trains running between WASHINGTON
and Atlanta and those on a number OF
''HS'' iHSiuuluS tndL TO ASne-
willie.
Clerks in the yard Office quit at a
late hour last night and returned to
thelr homes, leaving only a girl tele-
phone operator on duty. When aksed
as to why they had quit the only an
swer that was forthcoming from them
was that they were afraid OF the SOL
diers stationed at the yard office. The
telephone operator stated last night
chat she would also quit her post un-
less she had some one there with her.
AT late hour last night a large
crowd Of people had congregated in
front Of the main entrance to the
shops. All were orderly, their sole
purpose in being there, it was said,
was to see just what move was to be
made next.
Greensboro, n c., Aug. 2l.-It was
learned here early this morning that
all railroad brotherhoods met last
night in Spencer and agreed not to
enter the Southern's property as long
as the soldiers remain on guard duty
on the roads property A number OF
trains are said to be tied up there
tonight
Spencer members Of the big Four
brotherhoods, yard workers, and
to handle trains so long as troops re-
manned on Southern railway property,
according to statements made early
this morning by Southern officials in
Greensboro.
The decision involves all classes OF
trains, including those handling Unit
ed States mail.
Number 3S reached Greensboro at
1925 this morning not quite two
hours late, but at that hour No. 1873
was still standing in the yards in
Spencer. Onicials announced shortly
after that hour that force to handle
it was being arranged and that it
would come through. though they
were not certain when it could clear
Spencer.
For No. 80 they we're still trying to
make arrangements at ! o'clock, but
without success. For all trains sched-
uled to come through Spencer at
later hours they were also trying to
make plans.
Acting on the news from Spencer,
officials in Greensboro held here about
midnight two freight trains from the
north headed for points south OF Spens
GER They said it was no use to let
them go through to Spencer as they
would be held up there According
ly, the freights were parked in the
yards until some disposition could be
made and the engines were prepared to
turn around and head north with other
trains. The plans at O'Clock called
FOR three other freights from the north
to be held in Greensboro also.
Hopes of getting trains from the
South through Spencer rested mainly
on the belief that at least some mem
bers of Big -Four brotherhoods and
other railroad workers would not join
in the refusal OF the others to handle
the trains.
Mr.. Gary G. Eichelbergcr returned