N&W in 1910--Strike

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
May 21, 1910

LOST SENIORITY RANK
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Clerks Who Went Back to Work Had to File Applications for Jobs

    The clerks who went back to work yesterday after the strike had been called off were obliged to file applications, and although they were allowed to go to work their rank of seniority is lost.  This does not apply to the men who went back before the strike was called off.  It is understood that the members of the committee will not get their jobs back and several men who are now at work will be removed.  The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks had been organized only about a year and during that time one division local had been established.  This was on the Scioto division and the balance of the road was managed under a system management, the claim being that it was cheaper to start in this way as the expense of local divisions would be eliminated.
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Gordon Hamilton
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