New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-05
MILK DRIVERS STRIKE
Inconvenience in Many Families
Nesr Mem attacked.

An unlooked-for strike of the truck drivers OF the
Sheffield Farms Slawson-D Decker Company at its
main depot, 57th street and Eleventh avenue Tor
recognition of a union of these ruckmen, which
took place early yesterday morning left many
families in Manhattan without their usuai oaiiy
supply. At the same time the truck drivers STRUCK
for similar reason at the depot of the coInpah!
at No ~ Pacific street, Brooklyn, and the strike
sn both boroughs was attended by disturbances
attacks the put in places OF the sulheIS
and cutting of the harnesses as soon as the new
drivers appeared with the trucks.
The strike in Manhattan affected the drivers OF
The heavy three-horse trucks which take the mix
TO the thirtyeight Manhattan branch depots OF the
company and according to the strikers. the branch
depots were affected also. This was denied oy tne
company, but strike at the main depot "oulN
affect all the supplies for a time, in any case.
AS the company makes q speciality or suppiSlns
asteurized milk the babies suffered most in fai-
lies where the daily supply did not appear. ana
there trouble at once The strike ALSO IeiI le
milk dealers short milk in many places ano
many mothers had 10 hustle around se0o oeoi
before they could get any.
The strikers belong TO a recently organized local
of the United Transfers Of America an lnoeEeh-
dent national organization. Strikes OF TINS Union
when they take place locally generally ordered
by the New York District Council of the United
Transfers but the officers seemed to Know little
about the strike The strikers themselves SAID 'hdt
several hundred were out, but Edwin Could chalF-
man Of the district council would not give nguIes'
international President Sheridan is coming mere
10 take charge Of the strike he said The rec
ognition of the union is demanded and besioes te
union wants SIC week for the delivery drivers ana
81 week for the truck drivers II al the oep0's
are not affected row they Will be anecteo-
The company says that the only demand was TOT
-ecoenitjon of the union President Lotion Horton,
OF the company, said:
The wages of all these drivers were raised re-
GENTLY and they are now getting SIS, Slt ana Sie
hoy
recognition of the union, which we VIII not gam
in the wav of agreeing employ only union men
But fer the way the new men were at1acheo ble
strike would have amounted TO very little we ar
now covering our work. and tomorrow naIteIs win
go as smoothly as if there had not been any
strike"
It looked decidedly in the early hours OF the
morning as il there very vigorous strlhe
The company had been informed on the preceulhs
evening that the trucks would not be taken out
but appeared 10 have delayed preparations Tor TINS
CONTINGENCY When the drivers were sent 10 the
yyeehewken yards 70 take to the dePots 7@VVo
quarts of milk for the delivery depots they lelI
their trucks in the streets
The first of the new was surrounded oy a
mob of strikers when his truck reached West 5otn
street near the main depot. The strikers cut the
harness and pummelled and kicked the driver
who was rescued by several persons and taken 10
Roosevelt Hospital. where a number OF bruises anu
some scalp wounds were attended 10. The strikers
80 +l,eir sz-r,,narhizers overturned another wagon
which appeared little later, quantity OF the mix
being spilled on the street from cans ~hlch were
broken By the time the third wagon arrived d
number of police from the West ann street s'a'ioi
were on hand and all trucks sent out el0ewaru
with new drivers guarded. Before the ponce
came other drivers were attacked in lonely places
Ar the depot in Pacific street, Brooklyn, the same
kind of disturbances occurred until the ponce came
and guarded the new men s-.-F
Ahour Z O'clock last evening squad OF ponce
men was on guard at the conpany's barns IN west
ssh street near Eleventh avenue but there was no
1routle of any sort. H S Tuthin. vice-presloent
=. ,ba cornnanv said he did not anticipate any
further trouble but that the company hao pre-
r,ared for ii just the same
We have about 15O strike breakers distributed
in various parts of the city at the milk oepous'
he said land these men have the authority to
arrest any one who causes trouble They are Ieally
srecial officers There only about ten trucknlen
in the strike and don't believe any olhers WIZ
90 out When deliveries are made at the various
milk aenots there will protection for the drivers