Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-07
SHOPMEN HERE PREPARE
FOR PROLONGED STRIKE
Lease City Auditorium for
Daily Executive Meetings
and Roll Calls.
NO DEVELOPMENTS N wALKour
Union Leaders Say Few Men Return
10 Work, while RntI Official. State
That Traffic. Yet. Ia rnIntcr-
r1ptcd.

Preparing for prolonged strike.
the railroad shop workers who
walked out last Saturday morning
As result OF wage reduction. have
leased the City Auditorium. on Lin
den street. and hereafter will hold
their daily executive meetings and
roll calls in that buildinS. The Ar
cade. where the men have met each
day since the strike began. was va
Gated last night.
The executive committee Will have
its sessions 81 2 o'clock every morn
Ing as Ions as the strike lasts. and
the roll cali will lie In progress from
10 o'clock till IL Pickets also will
get their assignments each day from
headquarters.
The City Auditorium was leased. It
was said last night by s. l. Cottreil
chairman OF the city Federation OF
shop Crafts. because the hcadQuar-
'ers in the Arcade is not large
enough to accommodate the men
comfortable There are more than
1000 strikers who answer the roll
rail- every morning. he said, and the
new headquarters offers room
enough for them 10 walk around
while every branch OF the work Is
fully represented.
Little Doing in Strike.
With the exception OF two mass
meetings held By the workers yes
terday there was little doing in con
nection with the shopmens strike.
Few OF she strikers returned TO work
at tho railroad shops. IL was said. and
traffic moved on all roads as usual.
INSTALLED men Were taken on by
some OF the plants, It was stated last
night.
Reports that the men were return
tnS IN large numbers to out-of-tovn
shops was denied here by labor lead
ers. This applied particularly 10 the
rumor that 900 had gone back to the
shops OF the Nashville. Chattanooga
and 81. Louis =: Nashville NJ. Cot
trell said he telegranhed 20 that
poin, for ? confirmation OF the re-
port and was Informed that II was
no; true Not more than twenty
1--WE men had returned TO work. Il
was said. and they We're no, skilled
mechanics.
The ars' % The mass.mee,inss yes
'erdsy was held in Leader Hall,
South Richmond in the afternoon.
|, was attended by atou, 500 en-
pioyes az the Southern Railroad who
Are out on strike. : I. Coit-eu aud
Thomas Gzrvey. preside-; OF Divis-
son No :. railway en- ployes depart
-7eEt We: the speakers Their talks
we're along ;hs lire OF those oia6s
a, ne rzass-Ine e.i-g held in The City
Aadito-Ilru las; Monday nigh; when
-eoGt 500 men w--e present. III.
-sas-r Cor the strike wGs rullr tx.
IA ne AID tie strikers were urged
- -eral- laEal EIP-esiG.1. Wood
-eN "ltsrr srs9- ~ss ,sudei py che
>prste-s ana ire Republican admin
Receive Favorable Reports.
NJ. CgttreN said favorable reports
\ nassre=rlny o: ro.ored laa
srs and aclp.-s was hald las -
= s. LIEe's Hsil =; $; james aid
BAKER Streets md was vel attend
ed. NJ Cottr+N M Ga-vey and
II. :. Gown former secretary O.
ne STAT Labor Commission. were
the speakers The colo-et strikers
heard ;he explanation % the reason
~ the strike. and were also u.Eec
not only 10 remain out Until or
deTet oack, bu; 10 Do what they
could. in quiet way. 10 prevent
other colored iaborers and helpers
The railroad shops
AZ all % the railroad Offices IN
Richmond Sestcrdag 3. waS sad tina,
here wer. no Developments as re-
sGIt OF the StGi-c, aHi that all train.
We're runaiHg IS 'hey had been be-
torc n" s'rike s~.t.t. reports tina,
rams on 'imt .vf go line, had been
ahnuiiei 'vsre .nrhai.rally denied.
~ Was 'sid at The Offices ~ Tia
Richmond !icde-l,4.e burg and %.
tomac ira; rot only were All trains
IN operation. on that all engine.
ware IN good rrGer and either In
service or ready for IT. The Rich.
"ond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
reported that. while only one or ,wo
strikers had returned about eighty
I'VE unsHilled wo-kmen had bean
taken on since las, SATURDAY.
Hope for Amicab,e Settlement.
while no official word has ben
received from national HEADQUARTERS
local heads Of the striking craft.
hope for an am,cabI- settlement .,
the differences Is result Of ;hs
new conferenc" between r. NJ
Jewell, head % the federation. and
Tho Labor Board Aside from IN.
WACO question. the other two irnoor.
tant questions "a b. stra!rh,.n.t
ont. II is said concern the ryro,
ana the farming out of shou wnr,
by the railroads
IL the Labor roard viii raouir.
return 70 the rre-wa. rules v.har
INC worhmen received time and .
halt for Overtime and SUNDAYS ,rt
the roads VIII give asqurInc. ira
mere VAL be Ii" more farming on,
NJ shop work. the strike may h.
Wrought To close IL IS said .y.-
II the wage reduction stands