Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1920 — TO LAY OFF 2,500 MORE MEN [ARTICLE]

TO LAY OFF 2,500 MORE MEN

Pennsylvania Railroad Announces New Reduction of Force. . Philadelphia, Nov. 17. —The Pennsylvania railroad will lay off 2,500 more men, 1,000 of them on the Philadelphia division, within the next five days, according to announcement yesterday by the company. The Philadelphia division extends from outside this city to Harrlsbiirg. Fifteen hundred employes will be laid off in the central Pennsylvania division, which comprises Williamsport, . Sunbury, Elmira and the Schuylkill division. At Williamsport, where it Is announced 505 will go, the majority will be car shop employes. Since the end of October there has been a total net reduction of more than 10,000 employes of the Pennsylvania system, most of them east of Pittsburg.