Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1920 — RAIL MEN LET OUT [ARTICLE]

RAIL MEN LET OUT

WORKERS AT CINCINNATI, DECATUR AND ELKHART LAID OFF. ■•। " — Official* Say Action I* Tkken Bocaus* ‘ of th* Slump in Movement of Freight. ' • ' F Cincinnati, Oct BA-More than 200 railroad men have been dismissed within two weeks in Cincinnati because a slump in the movement of freight created a condition in which railroads bad many more men than were necessary to handle the decreased volume of business, according to operating officials. ...... " “ ’ ‘ " Seven thousand loads of freight move out of Cincinnati or pass through the terminal every day under normal conditions. Figures obtained from the terminal manager’s office show that the movement during the last week has averaged 5,000 loads dally. x ? Representative shippers of Cincinnati declared the freight slump Is the result of the moral effect the cut In automobile prices has had on businesin general. Decatur, HU Oct 8. —George F. Hess, superintendent of motive power of the Wabash railroad company, announced here that 525 employees of the mercantile department will be taken off the pay roll October 12. The cut affects 200 men in the Decatur shops.. Elkhart, Ind., Oct. B.—A reduction of 10 per cent of the force of the main shops of the New York Central railroad here will be made Saturday, officials of the company announced here.