The evening world., 1916-08-01
Jersey CITY GIVES
RAILROADS ONE DAY
TO END SHELL PERIL
CONTINUED from First PaseJ

100000 persons transcend In i'm
portance all the complicated mass OF
laws M to tho regulstion Of ship
ments OF explosives and dcath-dcai
Ing ammunition. ! did not make the
speech which was heard by those
outside; but II 10 my intention. II an
other remedy cannot be found. TO
OFFER resolution In Congress putting
an embargo on all shipmsnts abroad
Of ammunition and explosives.
Tho Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. the officials OF the states, coun-
ties and city involved. Gun do nothing
hut pass the buck. The embargo may
seem drastic but II Is more important
to protect these millions Of lives thah
II is to endanser them under tho do
tates Of a technical neutrality"
Mr.. Eagan. Congressman Hamil,.
Mayor Pagan and Public Safety Com
missioner Frank Hague. all OF them
advocates OF radical action In the con-
ference are going to Washington at
midnight to ask for restrictive leyis-
iAtion.
Others present at the conference
wore Assistant United States District
Attorney Roger Wood of New York.
Assistant United States District At
| torney Andrew Steelman of New Jcr-
sey. Prosecutor Hudrpeth Of Hudson
County. Assistant Prosecutor James
Mccarthy. the city commissioners and
John Milton. corporation counsel.
A report showing that sixty cars Of
high explosive material were deliv-
cred at Jersey City terminals every
day was laid before the conference.
A still existing peril was found
by James NJ. Connolly. Inspector Of
c Combustibles. IN carrying out a sug-
Gsstlon OF The Evening World that n
| strict Inspection Of freight cars and
barges about The Black Tom terminal
be made. Although he will not finish
the Investigation before night, Connol-
iy said he had already found eight car :
loads Of dynamite. guncotton. plcric
acid and INT on tho Black Ton,
sidings. oS at least a. much a. wen,
Of In Sundays great blast. with a
score OF sidings as yet uninspected.
Tho New Jersey authorities also dis
covered from tho records OF recent
shipments from the terminal tina,
thousands OF carloads of high oxplo-
sive are aboard tho munition ships
taking cargo In Gravesend Day. Nc
ship sails until II has taken aboard a
thousand or more carloads. and care
lessness or 4 successful bomb plot on
any OF these ships, expose South
brooklyn and the other communitie,
along Gravesend hay to the danger oI
a shock many times more serious thar
that OF the blowing up OF the few
barges and cara which were destroyed
at Black Tom.
Director OF Public Safety Henr!
Wilson Of Bayon sent inspectors I,
the terminals OF all railroads In bay
onne to-day with instructions to pre-
vent the diversion to them OF mum
tlons ordinarily going TO Black Tom,
Under the weeha vixen BLUFFS. In tn
West Shore yards. opposite Riversid
Drive, were found two tons Of cxtr,
sentative dynamite. No explosive
were found In tho Erie yards a
tho foot OF Pavonla Avenue.
, T.. l.. Mackenzie. President of tn
Q National Dock and Storage Compan,
5 for whom u warrant was Issued yes
! terday. was arrested to-day at hi
h homo. No, 9s7 Central Avenue. Plair
q neld. by Lieut., Peter Green and ID,
tsctiys Lieut.. Ahesrn Of Jersey CT