The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-10
EkDEAVOR TO END
EXPRESS STRIKE
Believed to BE the Only Hope q
Avoiding . National Disturb
ance-Riehmond Feels First
Eject of Great Express
man Strike in North

Eject Of Great Express
man Strike in North
The first effect OF the New
York and Jersey City express
Ren's strike WAS left here MCKAY
morning when q thousand nnE-<k
OF paper" for the Ben Hur nfs
traction was received by Robert
Watt, advertising agent OF the
academy of Music, through the
mails. Owing to tho strike A
could not be sent by express. The
result was that the cost OF srAna-
Portadon OF tho paper was
about four times as mach As it
would have been had it come By
express.
The sheets came I'm packages OF
ntty and each had stamps OF from
twenty TO forty cents upon IT.
NEW YORK, Especial -Wnliaxs
Ashton. general manager for the
international brotherhood OF
VeanSterS, announced this after
non that he had notified Mayor
Gaynor that III the police were
not called of the wagons I'm tho
express strike by nightfalI. eVeRT
member I'm the local unions OF the
brotherhood would be Immediate
~ ordered out This would can.
out $4,000 men. Five labor lead
ers, including Mr.. Ashton, called
on the Mayor and held = long
conference with him before the
threat of sympathetic strike was
made.
NEW YORK, (SpeciaI.)-In The
hope that by the efforts OF Cover
nor White, of New York. ana
Governor Fort, or New Jersey.
peace can be brought about In
the express strike that is caus-
ing an immense loss TO the COM
panies involved and injuries to
scores OF persons in street riots,
ehortS are being made today TO
induce the two officials to act.
IL Is believed that they could COM
pei the companies to arbiIrafe
with the drivers and helpers, who
arc fighting for higher pay.
IL is upon these two men that tn
chief hope of avoiding a national Ia
Dor disturbance rests. The situatio
that grew out of the small strike 4
Jersey City and Hoboken is CROWN
more menacing hourly
A ueup of everything on wheels 4
Greater New York is planned to al
the striking expressmen.
OHcers Of the International Broth
erhood OF Transfers will meet to
they decide TO call out their entir
membership in a sympathetic strIk,
II Will mean that within a few day
wagons. trucks. delivery carts, hack
and taXicabs will disappear from tn
streets. Secretary c. w. Foster, O
the teamsters' union. announced to
day this step will be taken unless tn
terms.
900 More Wink Ont
Nine hundred more men joined tn
eXpressmen's strike today. Thre
hundred of them were employees Of tn
0. K. Express Company, an uptow
concern, and the remainder consiste
OF helpers, checkers. weighers an,
porters OF the Adams and America
Express Companies This cripple
the work OF removing freight from
stations and made the situation NOR
serious. Governor Fort has alread
held a conference with executives o
the United States. Adams, Wells
Fargo and American Express Com
panies, and with the strikers. Tn
that public officials and big bushes
interests were ready for a drasti
move 10 prevent the trouble spread
ng further.
Conflicts between the strikers an,
their sympathizers and the strike
breakers have called out practicalh
The entire reserve police force o
New York to protect the property O
he express companies and keep dow,
violence.
A vigorous protest was made toda,
against the manning of express truck
and wagons by policemen. II wa
pointed out that, should an unex
Dected disaster arise there would ne
ic