Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1914 — PENNSYLVANIA HAS FIRED 17,000 MEN [ARTICLE]

PENNSYLVANIA HAS FIRED 17,000 MEN

Railroad Company in Economy Policy Will Reduce Force From ; 142,000 to 117,000. Philadelphia, March 26. It was Stated at the'bffiee of the Pennsylvania railroad company today that the policy of retrenchment and economy put in effect in the closing months of last year would be continued until the number of employe® on its lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie had been reduced from 142,000 to 117,000. The company today confirmed regports that the number of employes had already been lowered in the last few months to 125,000. it was explained that the traffic in October, 1913, when 142,000 men were employed, was about the same as in February, 1910, when 117,000 were on the payroll and that the company decided to reduce the number pf employes to the 1910 basis. The lines west of Pittsburg, it was further stated, are also affected by the retrenchment policy, but no figures are given out.