New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
Subway and 81 Ser
vice, Overtaxed, Is
Below Normal.
1913 WORKERS QUIT
ON INTERBOROUGH
Strikers and Road Heads
Drift Further Apart;
Bronx Hard Hit.

In Its practical aspects the drlfs
in the transit strike yesterday
favored the Amalgamated Union. In
the absence of any set effort TO bring
the labor organization and the COM
panies together they drifted further
apart.
In two particulars the tide was
against the companies. Fewer cars
were run. and the strike, even on the
Interborough, took new life ant
more men went out in nearly all op-
Grating branches.
In the face Of General Manager
Frank Hedley's deftest efforts ser
vice fell below normal for the frs
time since the walkout was called,
and slumped at a time of greatest
need, when the car service in Man
haitian, The Bronx and Westchestcr
was paralyzed. At $40 p. m. Prcsi-
dent T. p. Shonts announced subway
and 81" service was back to normal.
Constant Improvement Fails.
The constant improvement IN
the green car service, which Mr..
Shonts promised as late as Sunday
night, did not come. The New York
Railways operated only 229 trolleys.
as against 1921 normally, and 27i
on Saturday.
Only II per cent of the Third Ave
nue. lines cars were out of their
barns, according TO admissions by
company officials, which labor men
dispute. They say only forty red
cars, or 9 per cent of the total, were
operated in Manhattan.
On the Second Avenue line the po-
lice reported only twenty-five Of 10
cars going. The Union Railways in
The Bronx are said to have used
thirty-nine of their 252 cars.
After p. m. the few surface cars
which had ventured out during the day
we're locked in the barns.
The Union line alone takes an sggre'-
sive stand for improved service WITH
strikebreakers. A force Of "buster:' -
being recruited and outhtted With UNI
forms, and better service is promised
to-day.
"A Few" Strikebreskers Used
The Third Avenue line used "a fe1
strikebreakers yesterday but made no
promises. The Second Avenue line did
nothing in this direction. Mr.. Shon''
sticks to his policy not 20 engage
strikebreakcrs on the green cars. H'
,erseveres in his efforts Of peacefu
nersuasion 20 get the striking men
back. He reported that more striker
returned during the day and signed the
company's two-year contracts.
This slender and uncertain thread OF
negotiation is the only avenue OF direct
contact between the companies and the
strikers. looking 20 en- end Of the pres
ent predicament.
Increasing disorder marked the day.
Strikers and those in sympathy with
them attacked surface cars snd elevated
trains with bricks and other missiles.
They boarded several trolloys and a.
saulted the crews. Clashes with tho
police were frequent and several ar
rests were made.
One hundred and ninety-three men
went out on the marlborough during
tho day. Most Of them we're motormen.
and the detection was keenly felt
When subway service dropped to eS
Ter cent normal during the rush hours.
bearing the additional burden OF carry
ing thousands Of passengers who or'
oinarily patronize surface line, the
lam broke all tube records.
Thousands Ride on Trains.
Thousands patronizcd the New YORK
Central and New Haven railroad.
Many used the steam roads because the
tremendous crowds in the subway sta
tions made safety matter Of chance
and deiied efforts OF the police TO reg
uate the throngs. while others were
union workmen whose organization
have declared boycott on the Inter
borough and allied lines.
lmproyised transportation mcthods
fourished Jitneys invaded The Bronx
for the first time and dominated the
situation there. The solid ribbons Of
automobiles which filed thorougnfare'
and flowed downtown in the morning
aud northWard in the evening dcecd All
! traffic regulations.