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AAILWAY STRIKE TIESIP
ALL TIGRET OFFICES HERE
at the Terminal were waiking out,|:
were compelled to leave their bag
“age, m many instances, and practi
cally all of them boarded the train
without tickets. The experienced trav
elers took tne whole matter good- ‘
raturedly and went about the busi
ness of serving themselves as best|:
they could, meanwhile aiding their
less experienced fellow travelers in
finding trains and getting aboard, One |
of them, a traveling salesman, dubbed
e new style of travel ‘“cafeteria
transportation.”
Baggage in Piies.
The Atlanta Cab and Baggage Com
pany. immediately after the walkout,
posted a sign stating that because of
the strike it would not be responsible
for prompt delivery of baggage for
whicht checks were left with them.
The incoming and outgoing baggage
was being piled up and jumbled to
gether arcund the baggage room and
on the baggage platforms, many
trunks being without checks. The
untangling of this jumble will consti
tute a problem even after the strike is
settled.
Representatives of the several rail
road brotherhcods who conferred with
the Brother of Railroad Clerks' strike
committee refused Thursday to dis
cuss wheiher a general walkout of
other crafts would result. It was in
timated, however, that serious trouble
would result in the members of other
unions were asked to perform any of
the work previously handled by the
striking clerks. - !
Mass Meeting Called.
A mass meeting of the strikers and |
other members of the three lodges nl‘i‘
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks!
will be held Thursday night at thel
Red Men’s Wigwam, when it is be-|
lieved that a general strike vote will
be taken to call out all members of |
the brotherhood who are still workmg'<
in the various freight and general of- ]
fices in Atlanta. The probabiiity of |
such a general strike appeared cer- |
tain Thursday afternoon. !‘
The strike has been marked by the!:
utter absence of disorder and by its |
practical unanimity, The strikers who
gathered Tharsday at the Red Men's
Wizswam were cheerful and appeared
ha oy at the prospect of a slight let
up from their arduous duties. All were|.
copfident of their ability to win the|
strike and predicted an early and suc- |
cessful conclusion. i
Danger Is Great. ,
The effect of a general walkout of ‘
i vemaining clerks would be ap- ;
#ling, it was Thursday pointed out |,
Py railroad men. The result of such|.
@ ~tion would not only bring about a ]
complete suspension of all freight |
movement in and out of Atlanta and
sertously hamper movement of pas- {
Condensed Report of the Condition of
Third National Bank
| Atlanta, Ga.
At the close of business, March 4, 1919, called for by the Comp
troller of the Currency
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts. .$11,133,708.51
U. S. Bonds and Cer-
Tißeates . ... .. ..., 281190000
Customers’ Liability
Acet., Acceptances . . 67,000.00
Nedl Estata .. ... .. 50,000.00
Stoeks and Bonds . . .. 359,500.00
Vaults and Fixtures . . 25,000.00
(‘ash in Vault and with
Banks ...... ... DOIEES D
' $19,792,262.20
ROBT. €. ALSTON, Attorney
W. W, BANKS, Vice President
A, M. BERGSTROM, Cashier,
DR. F. PHINIZY CALHOUN, Capitalist
M. ¥. COLE, Pres. Newnan Cotton Mills,
Netvnan, Ga.
MILTON DARGAN, Mgr, Southern Dept.,
Royal Ins. Co.
THOS. (. ERWIN, Vice President
JOHN W, GRANT, Capitalist
Third National Bank
of Atlanta
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ¢ & o A Clean Newspaper for Southerr homwes R THURSDAY, MARCH 13. 1919.
senger trains, but would seriously af
fect the entire operation of the rail
roads in every wuy. There would he
no pay rolls made up, no reports from
station agents checked, no freight
bills made out, no locail expense bills
written, and, in fact, the entire clefl-]
cal fabrie of ihe various systems
would tumble down. With a continu
ation of such a strike for any lengthy
period of time, congestion would be
come so great as to halt even the pas
senser traffic, ‘
‘Nith the developments Thursday in
Atlanta before them, officials at
Washington and Nashville are ex
pected to speed action for the setile- |
ment of the controversy. :
“Ottarson Must Go.” |
The strikers have nailed to the
masthead of their Battleship Strike
the slogan, “Ottarson must go!" and
are determined to see it through. De
claring they have proof of the viola
tion of the spirit and letter of the
Railway Administration’s general or
ders hy Federal Auditor Ottarson, of
ficials of the brotherhood do not be
lieve that Director General Hines will
hesitate to comply with their de
mands. With the situation in At
lanta and other cities made acute hy
the tightening of the strike lines, ac
tion before night is predicted by some
local railway officials.
The opinion was widely ventured
Thursday that the general strike may
presage the beginning of a fight to the
finish between the roads that were
formerly bitterly anti-union in their
policies and the various unions an?
brotherhoods whieh nave sprung up‘
and grown strong during the war. |
There was an air of seriousness and
lof fism determination manifest “’ad-l
nesday night, both at the executive
session of the Atlanta Federation of
Trades and the mass meeting in the
Red Men's Wigwam of the member
| ship of the three lodges of the Broth
,erhood of Railroad ('lerks when the
lsnhj(fl was broached. Mans CeXpres
| sions wefe made in both meetings of |
iregret that the possibility of grave
l('nnsoquen(‘es lay in the seeming in
|ability of the Railroad Administra
| tion at Washington to enforce its la
,bor policies on the Southern roads, |
Leaders Worried.
The best posted men among the la
bor movement said that they had
thought the great industrial crisis
which came to a head and was suc
cessfully passed for a time at the be
ginning of the war, had been, through
the new lahor policies of the national
Government, overcome for all time.
Developments in railways, telegraphs
and telephone under Government con- |
trol, however, especially in the South,
has been causing them grave concern,
The absence from the country of
‘President Wilson lends uncertainty to
the situation. Apparently neither his
OFFICERS:
Frank Hawkins, President.
Thomas C. Erwin, Vice Pres. A, M. Bergstrom, Cashier.
g i W. B. Symmers, Asst. Cashier
W. W. Banks, chg T, A. J. Hansell, Asst. Cashier
John W. Grant, Vice Pres. W. V. Crowley, Asst. Cashier
J. N. Goddard, Vice Pres. Jno. E. Wallace, Auditor
W. H Fitzpatrick, Mgr. Savings Dept.
DIRECTORS:
couns®l nor his good offices are ob
tainable until an industrial situation
reaches the most dcute stage,
That the strike of the railway
clerks on the systems thus far affect
ed ¢an not be confined to these sys
tems, nor even to the single brother
hood, an officer of one of the Big
Four intimated Thursday morniag.
The grievance which led the railway
clerks on the N, . and St. L. to strike
is, he declared, the same grievance
that practically every craft on South
ern roads has nursed for some time,
in spite of ‘“Board Number Three and
existing agencies.” Unless the rail
way clerks are speedily granted re
lief from the campaign of intimida
tion to which they have heen sub
jected, this officer declarcd, nothing
can prevent the strike from spread
ing first to the clerks employed by
lall Southern roads and then to the
]Big Four brotherhoods
Want Ottarson Out.
The removal of A. P. Ottarson, Fed
eral auditor of the three roads affect
ed, appears to be essential to the ad
justment of the strike. Board Num
lber Three nor any other agency could
act quickly enough to save the or
ig;mizatlon of the clerks and théstrike
was the oniy defensive wespon at
ltheir hands, the strikers declare, |
“Mr, Mapother put Ottarscn in, amli
(\\"' demand that he put Ottarson
out,” said E. M\ McGhee, local chair
'mun of the Stone Mountain Lodge.
! The brotherhood charges that Ot
tarson assumed the task, for the for
mer railroad executives of those sys
tems most bitterly opposed to organ
ization of their employces, of destroy
ing in short order, with governmental
instrumentalities, not only the clerks'
organization, but other labor organi
zations on the ‘systems under his ju-‘
risdiction, . “
“This is the Lexington of the War
after the War,” said another officer
of one of the railway brotherhoods
not yet involved.
Dissatisfied at Delays.
| Sharp dissatisfaction with delays
{in adjustment of their differences, the
' seeming desire of officials of the di
'vlsion of labor in the Railroad Ad
ministration to believe that officers of
the union magnify the unrest among
the emnloyvees and that the employees
will not remain loyal to the union, is
given as one of the main reasons for
the strike.
“If those” fellows in Wushington |
could realize that it is all we can do
to keep the membership from rising
up and throwing out their officers he
cause of their failure to obtain relief
| from unbearable conditions,” said
|M('Ghm>. “they would pay a great deal
more of attention to those officers and
there would be fewer strikes.” ;
As a result of the present and im
pending strikes. it was reported .
| Thursday that the United States Rail- |
road Administration will he asked to
establish a Southern rezional! branch'
of the division of labor in Atlanta for
the purpose of handling more sm‘pd-f
ily the diffienlties that have arizen or
which threaten to rise in this re,:‘xon.l
Old Fight Echoes.
The railway brotherhoods charge
that the labor policies of the South
ern region are being dominated by !
, executives of one of the roads which, |
Lefore Federal control became effect.- |
ive, refused to employ union men in|
any capacity where they were aware
of such affiliation,
Dispatches from Washington Wed
LIABILITIES
Capital .;....... ... 5 1.U90.000.00
Surplus apd Net
Profia o . o 0 LA
Cavenintion . ... ... 700,000.00
Divigends ..., . 180.00
Acceptances ......... 67,000.00
Re-Discounts ........ 491,757.20
Bills Pavable ........ 1,475,000.00
”(']m.\'ifh‘ 14,583,84072
$19,792,262.20
J. N GODDARD, Mgr. Conklin Tin Plate
& Metul Co,
FRANK HAWKINS, President
R. T, JONES, Canton, Ga.
WM. H. KISER, Treasurer M. (. Kiser Co.
ISAAC LIEBMAN, Pres, Atlanta Puper Co.
HENRY W. MILLER, Vice Pres. Southern
Railway Co,
H. Y. M'CORD, Pres, MeCord-Stewnrt Co.
WINSHIP NUNNALLY, the Nunnally Co,
J. CARROLL PAYNE, Attorney.
negday that the national officers of|
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks|
nad declared the strike illegal were |
|~-h-vx\:-| with skepticism by the local)|
| strike committee It was learned |
| Thureday that a number of grand |
| lodge officers of the brotherhood had |
I:‘um' to Nashville to assume \'lmvw';
of the strike, and it was stated that|
when these officers have been given |
essurances that Federal Auditor Ot
tarson will be removed the strike will
be ended.
Freight Held Up.
The general situation Thursday re
mained unchanged. Freight traffic on
the three systems was vnmyv'vt«-l\"
paralyzed and passenger traffic was |
|h.m\m»rod to some extent Perishable |
| freight was being handled in person |
|by officials of the road and some |
{ tickets were being sold by the same
officials
Complications feared to be immi
nent as a result of the refusal of the
clerks employed on other systems to
handle any diverted freight or aid the
N. C. & St. L.. Railway in any man
ner, did not develop up to Thursday |
| morning At a meeting beld in the
| Wigwam Wednesday night the sup
[;nm of the clerks on other svsiems
jagain W pledged to the striker
Wheth or not the remaining clerk
! walk o n swnpathy will be
ecided at another mee g Thursday
| night, it was believed
| Local strike leaders were in con
’\l.ll\' touch by wire Thursday with
head officers of the brotherhood in
lN..<l|\'va\ There was some hope that
fan adjustment would be reached there
| before night on the part of those who
| believe Director General Hines will
| take action,
| Brenau Girls’ Smiles
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Work Wonders
Among the passengers affected by the
baggage and ticket men's strike wers
0 g students from Brenau, at Gaines
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ville, who arrived Thursday at the Ter
minal Station on thelr way to Macon
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Their baggage including mandolins,
guitars and ukeleles, had been checked,
but there was no one to find it or have
it transferred, Finally, some of the girls
smiled so sweetly that a busy official,
couldn't resist opening the baggage
room. The missing bufnaue. found, was |
carried triumphantly into the train for
Macon just on the nick of time.
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Mediator to Confer
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At Nashville |
(By International News Service.)
NASHVILLE, TENN., March 13.—
Mediator A, M. Banks, of the Railway
Administration, arrived here today
and will probably go in cenference
some time this afternoon with offi
cials of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks,
A matter has come up regarding the
request from brotherhood men on the
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