Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-28

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meat appeared to be OF tho finest
quality and everything about the car
was clean and sanitary. also inspect
cd two other cars In which staple ar
ticlcs were stored Most OF these
articles were In paste bonrd cartons
and there was nothing In these cars
OF a perishnble nature. The cars were
clean and sanitary.
"Shop yard--in vicinity OF depart
mcnts where mon are auartered. Tho
yards were In good condition. There
was a total absence OF my unsanitary
matter about tho yards, and same was
In GOOD order.
'fTire protection. I observed several
small buildings about tho yards In
which small hose carts. laddore and
other equipment for lighting fires In
kept. There are also several fIre plugs
from which TO draw water in cnse of
J fire. There is also n city fire alarm
boz.
Camp Shellpot--Opposite Whining
ton Shop. This camp consists OF i've
buildings In which patrolmen are
quartered. ] visited the kitchen. din
; ing room and sleeping quarters. The
! foors of the kitchen and dining room.
. I understand. are cleaned twice daily
and were clean and sanitsry when in
spected The equipment for propar-
Ing the food In the kitchen was per
fectly clean, and the dlshes and tables,
etc. in the dining room were also in
:. spccted and found TO be clean and
sanitary.
/ also examined tho beds I'm tho
? sleeping quarters and found the bed
2 linens and general conditions there 10
T be clean and sanitary. During the
e course OF my inspection ! questioned
y more than "A dozen men aa TO the
$ food. sleeping conditions, etc, and al
q informed me that the food was good
Q and the sleeping conditions fine.
cautioned these men not to overload
o the stomach. TO avoid eating things
u that do not agree with them and no
u to drink too much ice water
Harry r. Turner, Health officer"
q In connection with tho health con
II ditions at the camp union officials thi
morning reported that yesterday theI
II pickets had traced four men who ha
L been working in the shops but VIII
quit. 10 n soda water fountain In
a Market street store and induced tw
u OF them to como out and talk to then
n They declared these two men were .
n iilthy and vcrmin ridden that the pick
eta would not permit them TO com
Il within ten feet of them. These me
z claimed they had loft the shops 10 g'
g. some clean clothing. but that the
4 We're not going back.
n Tho unSbn men claimed this mornin
l. that yesterday AZ Of the new men VIII
z had been employed NJ Todd's Cut shoT
quit work. and left. Last night tho
stated. eight more were discharged b,
z. cause they had refused IN work All
* these men were strike breakers TT
~ union leaders also stated THE mornin
y that they have had Inquiries from
n number of the men now working
~ the shops asking IL they would /
e treated with the same cOneidera ton
N the other strikers IL they now wake
10 out. They we're assured they wou
" he.
Union Crtticiyes Rolling stock.
N At union headquarters in the Lab
vi Temple this morning IL was announce
J. tho shopmen have received repor
'e that If they hold out for a short tim
d. longer the Pennsylvania railroad wi
~ be compelled 10 accede 20 there q,
r mands because Of the present cond
ton OF the company's equipment. .,
O. pecialiy the rolling stock. They clall
they bave correct Information Of er
u g1n~ that work only on one side: pa
! sengers being ueed to haul freigl
20 trains: freight engines TO haul pa.
~ senRer trains; freight cars with hol
- in the tops big enough for man
~ fall through. They also assert that tn,
IVA know that in one train OF eighte.
IT, cars Ave OF them were actually witt
! out brakes and some of them h,
u grab irons hanging off. They "a
rs trainmen and engineers have to
them they are afraid TO run su.
trains, but that there superiors ha
instructed them 10 operate these trai
~ as long as they can.
The union men say their ranks a
90 still unbrolSen and that all those w
"a have Joined the strike are standiI
" firm with no indication that any
~, them are even thinking about retur
us ing to work
From the viewpoint OF the railro
- company, local conditions appear to
- improving, for the number OF m
49, working in the local shops and I
'' roundhouse at Todd's Cut is growi
:, daily. The company's employing
chart this morning showd that
- the o'clock shift in the back she
the total was 4s5 as compared W
425 yesterday. In the roundhouse I
;" total today was SO as compared W
.' 5S yesterday. The number on str
"S remains unchanged.
OIL 1t was stated by the company
ficials this morning that since III
Vii have started 70 employ new men a
III" tai of $50 have been taken on 10 da
'eu Not all of these have remained as SO
INC have quit because they were not a
-. ~, TO do the work expected of them. I
t"e company claims it is adding 10
'ies forces at the rate of between 20 a
JON 80 men a day.
yea We are hiring new men 10 Ali
ING vacancies in the shops" one rt
,,e road official stated this morning, "a
inc to operate our road and IL is our y
ere pose TO retain these men in our o
'i,h plOy". This statement was made
six reply to a question as 10 what
,et feet, if any, the suggested peace pl,
NAT would have here. the chief point
these proposed plans being the T
ing toration of seniority rights OF
TO strikers. All the men we are Il
ana employing. whether they come fr
5 outside or are men who forme
worked for us are now being hired
ar new men, IL was stated.
are II was further made clear by
So railroad official that '4ha cop,nar