Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-10
PULLMAN WORKERS
WENT ON STRIKE At
LOCAL. PLANT TODAY
Those Who Had Been Ordered
to Report--25O--Decli
to Do So.
WAGE QUESTION IS INVOLVED

Although the whistle at the Pull !
man car works In this city was blown
this morning at 7.2b o'clock, for the
first time i'm two weeks. calling TO work
approximately $50 selected men.
mostly strippers and machinists. not
any OF them, IL was reported, at n
meeting In Labor Temple al go
o'clock. had returned To work The
Pullman workers are out 100 per cent,
il was reported
Before noon today, Il became known.
the management at the plant issued
a second call for $50 workers, to re
pert for duty tomorrow.
William j. buckley, general repre-
sentative Of the Boilermakers Union.
was chief spokesman at the meeting,
i'm the Labor Temple. The following
strike committee was appointed, tO
represent the Pullman System Fedora
tion. No. l22. Railway Employees De-
partment e the American Federation
of Labor: Harry Dunahoe. chairman;
who presided at the meeting; w.
Denning. vice-Chairman. and George
Herdman, secretary and treasurer.
AS a result of the meeting. the
strike OF the Pullman workers has
assumed a more COnCiliatory aspect.
Mr.. Buckley. in addressing the large
representation. advised that strict
order he maintained and that every
effor; be made tn prevent violence He
said present indications point to an
early settlement satisfactory 10 all
concerned. Reports were read from
other Pullman shops. 1t was reported
/ that approximately - per cent of
Pullman workers throughout the
country are fighting the recent de
cision of the United States Railroad
I Board to reduce wages
/ The committee appointed this morn
ing, II was learned. will designate
piCkets each day at the plant. These
mon will be instructed 10 preserve
order until final settlement is ef-
feCted.
only enc attempt at violence so far
has been reported. one Pullman en-
ploye, a car repairman, reported to
/ the police several days ago that an at =
tempt had been made at assault while
he was reading = newspaper In his
home near the Pullman plant. A large
/ piece OF cement, he said. was thrown
through the front window. shattering
the glass. The missile tame within
a narrow margin of striking him.
Another meeting of the various
shop crafts of the Pullman system will
be held at $40 O'Clock tomorrow morn.
ing in Labor Temple
II was learned today that the
hundred or more OF forcmen. super
visors and women sewers who were
designated to New York by the Pull
man. management are stul working
there with orders not to reveal their
whereabouts. Several foremen. VIII,
went 10 the New York shop. at sunny
Side, returned 10 this city Yesterday
and today. There, they said. the
feeling toward the town work
ers is high. On several occasions
these men said, they were stopped ON
the street and asked where they were
from. They We're told they would be
better off in Wilmington than in New
York
In Philadelphia. at Broad street sta
ton. another Pullman worker was
advised 10 return 10 Wilmington as
soon as possible. il was reported to-
day. Out-of-town strikers will show
no sympathy for workmen from other
cities. according to the reports OF these
men who have returned 10 thir homes
here.