New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-26
Borden Official in Vain
Suggests Brief
Truce.
MANY SECTIONS
TO BE AFFECTED
Delivery of 10000 Quarts
Will Be Cut Off
To-day.

The strike o. drivers employed oy
the Borden Condensed Milk Company,
which interfered yesterday with the de-
livery Of milk from several depot, IN
Manhattan and The Bronx, spread 20
Queens last night. Forty-fve driver.
controlling as many routes starting
from the Borden depot a. Steinwsy and
Graham avenues, Long Island City,
voted 20 join the strikers.
Their decision. according 20 Super
intendent Fleischauer, IN charge o. this
depot, means that there Will be no Bor-
den wagons distributing milk to-day in
Long Island City, part Of the Green
point section in Brooklyn. Woodside,
Winfield. Elmhurst. Corona and part
% the Maspeth section. Under normal
service 1900 quarts are delivered in
this territory.
Henry Faiiock. vice-president Of the
Borden Company, suggested a brief
truce 20 the delegation Of strikers and
loyal employees which called on him
yesterday afternoon IN MS ONCE, loo
Hudson street.
Offers TO Address Drivers.
DI offered 20 address IN. drivers OF
the five boroughs IN az open meeting
tomorrow afternoon. " Nr Hallock said.
I'VE are willing 20 have the public
present when VIC thrash this whole SIT
ua.ion out. But I told the men they
owed 10 90 their customers 20 take their
accustomed routes In the morning.
of families should not be
asked 20 go without milk while ve are
investigating the grievance OF the
striking drivers.
Delegates from Manhattan and The
Bronx promised 20 inform me OF their
answer after they had conferred with
their comrades a. Isl Eighth Avenue,
Headquarters Of the Internations!
OF Transfers.
When called on the telephone az his
home in Poughkeepsie last night Nj.
Hallock said ne had not received any
reply from the strikers 20 his sIgges-
ton. IF they will make their de
liveries IN the morning he SAID, IL
shall be ready 20 talk with them a.
any place and time they select.
"There is no possibility Of general
strike among all our drivers N Man
haitian and Brooklyn. These boys will
do what 7 ask of them after they think
the matter over"
Mr. Hallock said that only esq % The
company's 1000 drivers we're on strike.
Of this number 100 we're absent from
work because or intimidation, he said.
The Borden officials denied the ssser-
tion OF Hugh Frsyne, organizer for the
American Federation OF Labor. that the
cause OF their strike was their attempt
10 get employees 20 sign an Individual
master and servant contract
Leaders Predict Bigger Strike.
Representatives Of the district coun-
Gil % the Tesmster's Brotherhood. how
ever. announced that they had organ
lied I 300 employees against the Borden
company. The strike will be extended
gradually until 10 Affects 5000 drivers
and other large milk distributing firms.
The union leaders said.
ct vas planned originally 20 star
general strike the union statement
said. but We decided finally % tsckis
one company a. A time. Last week 500
strikers gained g. week increase
and I per cent on all collections from
the Mutual McDermott Company, the
Truzton Dairy Company, the Lev
Dairy Company and other concerns m
the lower East Side and West side. In
couraged by the success Of their fel-
low drivers. the Borden men voted 20
strike
Although hundreds Of families we're
inconvenienccd yesterday by the sb
sence Of the usual milk delivery, there
vas little u any suffering caused, be
cause only one distributing firm Tss
affected.
The strikers made no attempt % IN
terferc With the delivery OF milk %
hospitals and charitable institutions.