Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-26
Police Guarding
Against Violence
In Truck Strike
Union Says Company
Is Aiming Imported
Strikebreukers

Police today took precautions
against fresh outbreaks Of violence
when the drivers strike at the
Griffith Consumers Co. failed to
halt the company's heavy cold
weather deliveries of coal and fur
mace oil.
Union men claimed company was
arming imported strike-breakers"
with "wrenches and pipes" while
spokesman for the management said
their new drivers haYe not been
armed and have merely availed
themselves of regular equipment on
the trucks when attacked.
Meanwhile, John L. Conner, Labor
Department conciliator, sought
another peace conference today
between H. Rozier Dulaney, jr,
president of the company, and
Spokesman for the Truck Drivers
Local No. 500, International Brother
hood of Transfers, Chauffers,
Stablemen and Helters, an A. F.
of l.. affiliate.
Strike Called Tuesday.
The union called the strike Tues
day to enforce its demand for labor
contract. A conference between Fed
eral conciliators, management and
labor yesterday broke up after the
company denied its employees wished
to be represented by the union, and
insisted that violence cease before
negotiations are renewed.
About Is drivers and dozen union
men have been injupred slightly in
fights and stonings since the trouble
started, it was said. A few required
hospital treatment.
Nine-year-old Dolores Loskarn of
Baltimore, visitor at 1412 Trinidad
avenue NE, was cut on the shin
yesterday afternoon when hit by
half brick hurled at driver deliver
ing coal in the 1900 block of Hol-
brook terrace NE. The child was
treated at Sibley Hospital and sent
home.
Police were told the brick was
thrown by one of five men who got
out of an automobile across the
street from where the coal was being
delivered. They broadcast lookout
for the car.
Beaten With Wrench.
Union men reported that one of
their number was beaten with
wrench this morning at Fifth street
and Maine avenue SW., when he
approached parked truck to talk
to the driver
A union man was to have Police
Court hearing today on charge Of
assault brought by a driver who said
he was beaten on the face in the
First block of Rhode Island avenue
NE.
The company's main yards at
First and N streets NE, were being
picketed today, and the union said
the picket would be extended to
goal companies which have aided
the Griffith Consumers concern ir
the present emergency.
The union claims that 7 drivers
and helpers are on strike. At yes
terdays conference, it was said, the
union rejected a suggestion by the
management for an election super
vised by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, in which Office employees
would be permitted to vote.
Coal Dumped in Streets.
Strike sympathizers in automobiles
have halted number of coal trucks
and dumped them in the streets,
police reported Bricks have smashed
through several windshields.
Charles Bell, president of the
striking local, declared "the COM
pany is arming its strikebreakers-
men imported from Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and Richmond. I don't
know how we can stop that, but
we're going to try!"
How do they know our men are
Armed?" countered a company Of
fetal. They wouldn't know that
unless they stopped truck to find
out. Our men have only regular
equipment.
when a driver makes a delivery
Of furnace oil he goes into the fur
mace room with a wrench to uncap
the storage tank.
If he is attacked by superior num-
bers is it surprising he may use
the wrench to defend himself?"