Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-01
100 faithful Employees
Canned Monday
Pensy Rolling Stock, Like That of the
B. & o., Ready to Fall to Pieces
The End is Now in Sight
By G. f. Alfordson

into all the brothers would only be a
mild expression.
On Tuesday, August 20, one hun
dred nomads were politely informed
by the B. & o. management that their
services could be dispensed with. Just
exactly what was the cause of this
has not been learned There are
several rumors, the most prominent
of which are that they had got the
place so crummy nobody could sleep
at night; another is that they were
shipped in as mechanics and were not
as good as first-class laborers. This
only goes to show that they are get
ting tired of the bluff and are looking
toward settlement. We do not know
how long they have had this bunch
in here, but at $40 head it is another
$1,000 for nothing, not counting the
feed and work that is bound to be
ruined by such class of people.
The railroad company is most sure
ly be getting ready to work or try to
work US day and night again, or they
would not be paying set of people
with no fixed habitation and only a
half set of brains to try to do the
work that is has taken men of good
sound intelligence years to master
Then again the after-costs and incon-
veniences that it will take months,
and IN some case years, to rectify.
We know this to be positive fact on
the b. 4 o. system, and we also have
some data on the Pensy, the road on
which Atterbury wishes to be the
klng-spot and teach to other railroads
how to do business, but which has be-
gun to hit the scrap iron trail, and to
fill up the Harding tracks just the
same as our old B. & 0. The reason
it took longer to show up on the
Pennsy is because they had so many
small roads or short lines, that were
practically standing idle on account of
the miners strike, their sole business
being coal hauling, and they had this
power in working condition. Now
that this strike is ended and they are
called on to replace this power how
are they going to do it? There is
only one way this can be done. Let
King Atterbury leave his throne, join
the other subjects and make a settle
ment like they wished to a few days
ago. If he don't do this in couple
Of weeks more the Pensy will be in
as bad if not worse shape as the B.
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their locomotives to die between ter
minals, and from the appearance of
! their rolling stock they are not any
better fixed for machinists than any
other road. Still they howl about
their loyal mechanics, and some of
them are foolish enough to believe
| commended for. They have not got
hno ip+o 10
| know they are being used as a a club
to whip the strikers, and that when
the strike is settled that they will be
cast aside the same as broken whip
stock. Any one who has ever been
in labor controversy like this knows
how such things always end, for the
corporation which has any of this
class in it's employ knows full we'll
that a man who will act as a traitor
to one class will be traitor to others
if an opportunity presents itself. And
who wants to employ men like that,
one that they can not trust, one that
they must keep constant watch on,
one that his fellow workmen have no
confidence or faith in? And all of
this comes to the loyal employe who
helped to break strike.
There was never but one traitor on
record that we could truthfully assert
that he had a bright mind, and that
was Judas, for he had sense enough
to get his reward and then hang him
self. If these other traitors to the
cause of labor, whether thew be loyal
employees or just the common scab,
would do as Judas did, the world
would soon be at peace again and
UNION LABOR would get just
deal. Of what benefit is bunch of
these traitors to corporation?
Judging from what we see here in
Newark, not much. We know from
observation that when they get loco
motive that will hold together long
enough to get in or out of Newark,
that it is a stray that does not belong
around here; which goes to show that
it is impossible for them to get the
work done. We also observe that
those from a distance which do get
in and out are not fit for road duty,
and if the Interstate Commerce Com
mission was doing it's duty these
death-traps would not be allowed to
go forth and help fatten some grave
yard. Up to the present time luck
has seemed to prevent any great
catastrophy. How long this luck is
going to last no one can say, but it
cannot continue much longer.
Reports reach US from all parts of
the country that motive power gen
orally is in the same dilapidated shape
that we find it in Newark, which goes
to prove that there are thousands of
old cars loaded with coal and standing
on mine sidings with no power to
move them. From now on the days
and nights will get cooler, and ere
long frost will be witnessed; what will
happen to these old broken down en-
gines then? 1t has begun to take on
serious aspect for the public if
something is not done soon, and we
think that bunch down at Washington
should stop playing golf and taking
those pleasure trips on the Mayfower
long enough to see justice done to the
inhabitants of America. With one
stroke of the pen this could be done,
and all controversy come to an end.
All We are asking for is justice and
square deal; this has been denied
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