Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-15
LOCAL EXPRESS
FIRMS OPERATE
DESPITE STRIKE
Four Companies Send Out Wag-
ons and Teams Under Po-
lice Guard.

Four of the local express COM
panies. whose drivers struck for a
ten-Aohr day and thirty cents an
hour for overtime ON Friday, sent
wagons out this morning under police
guard
The Newark Express and Trans
portation Company sent out four
wagons. in charge of new wagon
crews and accompanied by police
Pofficer. One of the wagons was in
charge of Joseph P. Wood, head of
the company. who is also president
of the Newark Expressman's Asso-
citation, who refused to grant the
demands of the teamsters.
The Peoples, Lawshe's and Lud-
declSe's express companies all sent
out one wagon this morning in charge
of new men and accompanied by
mounted officers.
Traffic Captain James McReiI, with
eight mounted and two motorcycle
officers, is guarding the wagons that
are sent out. No trouble was re-
ported at any point by police or
drivers. Police are also stationed
along the Lincoln Highway route,
where the strike pickets have ac-
costed the non-union drivers.
I'VE sent out four wagons this
morning loaded with merchandise =
said Mr.. Wood today, land we will
have that many more working before
might.
"Our wagons are manned by new
men, and despite the fact that they
are unfamiliar with the routes, they
made good progress. | understand
that several of the other companies
sent out wagons this morning, and
they were going to send out more
wagons before night.
Expect Full Force Within Week
II expect that we will he running
our full complement of wagons before
the end of the week, and that by that
time no one will ever know there was
strike"
1t was said that the strikers We're
picketing the roads used by the ex-
press companies in order to see that
none of their men returned to work.
II is claimed ny the strike leaders
lldl IL ikiC uftitii Ct1ii IOtQ iitciI7 fiItIl
in line they will win the strike within
week, as new drivers cannot handle
the routes of the companies without
considerable experience and that t e
Newark express companies will be
forced to grant the demands of the
men to prevent the New York COM
panies from taking their business
away from them.
Captain McRell said that ample
provisions had been made to quell
any disorder. In addition to his men
there are policemen from the Third
Precinct stationed at the offices OF
each of the express companies whose
men are on strike. No attempt had
been made, he said, to prevent the
strikebreakers from making their oe-
liveries and few OF the striking en-
ployes were to be seen on the streets
One Company Gives In.
Fred Carlin, business agent of the
teamsters stated today that the
Traders Express Company. which
runs four wagons, had signed the
union agreement and that the men
would return to work for that con-
Germ at once.
1--WE know that several wagons were
sent out this morning by some of the
express companies" said Carlin, land
we also know that these wagons were
handled by Office help, who are some-
what familiar with the layout of the
routes of the drivers.
"There has been no break in the
ranks of the strikers and every man
was out on the road this morning,
despite the inclement weather, hold
ing up wagons that might have
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