The Washington times., 1922-07-01
YARDS AND
TERMINAL
DESERTED
by CREWS
Strikers Parade Through
Union Station En- Route to
Mass Meeting.


railway shopmen in the yards, Of
the Washington Terminal was
81 per cent effective, according
to statements of labor officials in
control.
While admitting the practical
univcrsality of the strike, Ter
minal officials appeared undis-
turbed. They believe that the
places of the men can be filed
without any great difficulty, and
are counting on drawing from the
ranks of machinists who were
furloughed from the naval gun
factory in February.
Reports from the Potomac yards.
in joint use by the Pennsylvania,
Baltimore and Ohio, Southern, and
other big systems, show the per.
centage Of walkout to be about tn,
same as at Washington. and the fig
ures are equal for the Alexandria
shops Of the Southern.
The employment offices Mt tn
Washington Terminal were wild
open today, hhlt the bulk OF the ap
plicants for positions were would-be
special policemen. The scenes were
Got a gum" queried one buris
young fellow.
mo, but I've got this" another
answered, balancing a heavy night
stick.
Parade Through Station
However, the terminal officials ex-
pressed themselves as no more
anxious that encounter should occur
than are union officials.
At 11A5 o'clock some 800 grimy
shopmen Just off their jobs paraded
through Union Station, singing and
calling to each other. They were
on their way to q mass meeting
scheduled for noon at George Wash
ington Hall, Third street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast.
The terminal officers will make q
statement later in the day when q
check off shows the exact number
Of men who have walked out They
were in touch with Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, and other terminals as to
the effects of the walkouts In those
cities. ..
One terminal official declared that
II any Of the strikers should be re-
hired in future they would lose all
perquisites and benefits accruing
from former labor and be treated as
new employees.
100 Per Cent Affair" :
"It is a 100 per cent affair."" said
Frazier, the mite contributed by
rail workers of the Capital and
nearby Virginia to the nationwide
protest of 400.0 900 shopmen against
wage reductions and new working
conditions ordered by the Railroad
Labor Board.
Commenting upon the apprehen-
sive note concerning special police
activities in accounts prior to the
strike. Frazier emphasized that the
last thing officials or men Of the
union want is disorder or rioting.
THE idea that force may be re.
sorted to is totally erroneous" said
the man who is the mouthpiece for
the shopmen of this district. 1.-The
walkout will be conducted in an
orderly manner. especially in con.
sideration Of the city in which It IL
taking place"
"Order" was the agents watch.
word this morning despite a dis.
turbance last night at the Ivy
City yards. characterized as
misunderstanding" by both the
city and Washington Terminal
police departments.
Explains Fracas.
The version Of the affair as given
by Capt. L. J. Stoll. Of the Ninth
precinct, Is that some railroad EN-.
ployes were sent there to install
a small commissary department for
the convenience OF special police
men who are to be held In readi.
ness in case Of emergency. Shop
men, II Is said, mistook the men
for strike-breakers, thinking they
had brought their own supplies with
them In case living at the yards
would be made necessary. and an
argument arose. Some Of the men
tussled and special policemen inter.
fered.
Thinking that more serious / 'cublc
might develop. a call was sent In to
the precinct for men. only three Of
our mon went there. and when they
arrived quiet had been restored and
the Misunderstanding righted," the
captain said.
Lieut.. NJ. X. sterner. OF the Ter.
ninal police, said:
There was no trouble at III 1T the
Ivy City yards. Whoever spread the
rumor that there was In a practical
Joker. We do not expect anv trou.
BILE. for there is no reason FOR II at
present" p.
Employees affected by the strike