The sun., 1916-10-01
CENTRAL TUGMEN
JOIN FERRY STRIKE
Four Boats to West Shore Ter
minal in Wechawken
Kept in Service.
FREIGHT Is contested
Only the UnskiIled Labor Out
and Company Is Confident
Of Victory.

The New York Central Railroad. les
Fee OF the West Shore. managed to keep
four Of Its wcehawken ferryboats going
yesterday In spite OF the strike Of deck
hands and wheclmen. The situation
along the waterfront though was conpli-
Gated when 100 men employed OIL the
Central's tusboats walked out In SYM
psthy with the ferrymen.
Tho result was congestion OF freight
on the piers Of tho New York Central
on this side Of the river and at the
freight terminal Of the Yves, Shore on
the other. II the Harbor Boatmcn't
Union. which caused the two strikes, II
successful In Its endeavor other railroads
which handle their freight In lighters on
the Hudson will be involved In the stfug-
sic. but yesterday only the New York
Contra, men were concerned. The Lacka-
wanna, the Lehigh Valley. he Pennsyi-
vania. the Erie and the Jersey Central
have not been drawn into he CONFLICT.
The New York Central. dealing
promptly with the situation. found sun
stitutes for some Of the 200 tugboat
men who had deserted and sent out six
Of their fleet late In the afternoon.
Engineers Ressais Loyal.
The railroad cnicisis are optimistic
about this latest labor upheavai along
the water front because the engineers
md bremen Of the tugs. holding Fed
erai licenses. will not go out. In this
respect. the railroad men argued. the
strike resembles that on the subway
and elevated line and will not be any
more successful. II will not be difficult
10 Ill the places Of the unskilled work
ers who have quit. is the employers
view.
AZ the West Shore ferry at the foot
OF Wet Forty-second street yesterday
between I and G y. NJ. the scenes were
not quite 80 tumultuous as on Friday
night. \ ten nj schedule was kept
up. ono boat being loaded on each side
Of the river and n third being In mid
stream during the rush hour. In this
way the rowus Of commuters were KEEP,
moving, ana there was no such corees
ton as on Friday.
The officials aim was 70 hold this
main Highway open between Manhat-
tan and Jersey without worrying much
about the service from Cortlsndt street
to Weehawkcn M from Forty-second
btTNcN " ~NC" h''h
Only One Boat Down Town.
Only one ~rerryboat was operated from
Cortiandt street In the afternoon, and
those down town who hoped 10 get
| across had to wait anywhere from an
! hour to an hour and a half before they
got aboard the boat. The lone ~ferryboa'
/. made the round trip at uncertain inter
walls. There was no service between
West New York and Forty-sccond
street.
Little was done toward reconclllnG the
differences Of the unions and the rail-
road. The strikers ignored a statement
from the railroad which ordered them
back to their places under threat NJ
losing their Jobs. and In the afternoon
drew up a protest. which they will send
to the Federal steamboat inspectors.
against the employment Of inexperie iced
men on the ferrybouts. The strikers
said they are accustomed TO holding two
fire drills weekly. but that the new men
who have s%upplanted them don't know
anything about handling the fire appar-
atus and would be Useless in case Of q
blaze on board.
Police Take Precautions.
Violence IN this strike was at n mini
mum. although The police usually are
apprehensive when water front strikes
are declared. Headquarters sent a
squad Of men to Harrison street, where
the New York Central u wei lying
Idle. and had q few more mounted men
on the Job at other points along West
street. These precautions were ample.
At the West Shore terminal In Wee
hawken railroad detectives stood on
guard and protected the new men from
being moiested. Cots n bedding were
sent TO the terminal and every arrange
ment made fl. a long drawn struggle
between the uni n INC the railroad COM
pany.