New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-03
MUNITION GORDON
FOR JERSEY CITY
100 Policemen Get Orders
to Bar All Cars Contain
ing Explosives.
RAILROADS TO FIGHT
RED FLAG EDlCT
Lehigh Valley Will Take Lead
Black Tom Fire Starts Anew
Two Victims Identified.

One hundred and thirty men Of the
Jersey City police force. armed with
ortboritv from Director of Public
Safety Frank Hague and furnished with
red flags. will attempt TO bring to a
standstiu every incoming freight tram
arriving at the city limits after Z
o'clock to-day.
Il explosives OF any character are on
board. the police are under orders 10
provent the train from proceeding until
,ao cars containing the munitions have
bee,. cut out. The ban on shipments OF
explosives was imposed by the Jersey
civ commissioners Tuesday.
A clash of authority with the Federal
courts is anticipated when the city po-
rce attempt TO carry out Director
Haynes orders. officials Of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. the largest carrier oil
war munitions TO the Jersey City ter
r,i,sls. had under consideration yester-
dav an application for an injunction
restraining the police from interfering
with their trains.
Lehigh TO Take Lead.
A conference was held in the Jersey
City Offices Of tn. Pennsylvania by OF
fcials and counsel Of the Lehigh Val
lev Central Railroad of New Jersey
Pennsylvania. Erie and Lackawanna. 1t
o.es decided that the Lehigh would take
tho lead in establishing the legal rights
of the railroads and IN determining II
tle commission went beyond It's luriS5,,
diction in ordering the stoppage OF az
explosive munitions consigned 10 '"o
Jersey City terminals.
Railroad men generally are OF the
opinion that if the railroads contest
Tic municipal order by means OF IN
functions II will be impossible Tor the
commission 10 enforce its ruling;
Tho Lehich and Jersey Central vol
,n+arilv have placed temporary en-
bar0oes on munition shipments. KEEP
resentatiyes Of the Erie and the fehh-
evlvonia called on Director Hague yes
tcrdav and told him they would en-
deavor 70 conform TO the ruling OF the
commissioners The Lackawanna mas
not for more than ten years accepted
circumstances indicated DIISV'o.
Harue's men would not turn back
MANY ears Of explosives to-day.
The embargoes Of the Lehlgh Will
he raised as soon as its terminal IA
cilities. DESTROYED by the Black Tom
disaster, are restored.
Hague Gives Instructions.
Counsel for the railroads made in
,uirv Yesterday whether the orders OF
The commission banned only high ex-
nlosives or all kinds. This was an
swered in the instructions given ChleI
Of Police Frank Monahan by Director
Hague. These said:
"Wben I say that no explosives are
10 be permitted TO enter the city,
mean not only dynamite. but as well
junction or nitro -cellulose, plcrlc
acid. dunite. loaded shells or shrap-
mel. or, in fine, any and all substances
Of an explosive character when are
used in the manufacture OF ammuhl-
ton or explosives"
-Four details Of twenty-five police
men and one OF thirty will be used by
CHEF Nonahan in holding up the
trains as they reach the city limits.
one will be assigned TO each OF the
five railroads at the point its tracks
enter the city. Manifests Of the freight
will be demanded from the conductors.
II explosive materials are revealed inc
train will not be allowed to proceed
until the cars with this freight have
been left behind.
Lines May Sue City.
The position Of the railroads Is that
.bev are compelled by acts OF Congress
and BY the ruling OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission 10 accept snip,
ments Of munitions and that municipal
authorities therefore, cannot stop the
railroads from transporting the NUM-
tions 20 their destination.
officials Of several of the lines have
said suits for damages might be
brought against Jersey City # enforce
mont Of the commissions ruling
sbould result in the railroads breaking
their contracts with the shippers.
Fire started afresh yesterday on the
scene Of the Black Tom explosion. For
a time il appeared to be beyond me
control OF the Jersey Cltv IRE De
nartr,.ent. but later il was subdued.
Two cars loaded with high explosives
were threatened Two others, with
munitions. are said TO be buried in the
wreckage.
Walk in Melted Sugar.
Laborers employed in clearing away
knee deep One Of the warehouses
DESTROYED contained sugar valued at
$4,000 900. II was melted and overran
the tracks Deep channels were cut 70
permit H. TO drain into the harbor.
The bodies Of two Of the victims OF
the explosion were identified yesterday.
One found floating at the foot Of
Chanel Avenue. Jersey City. was said
10 be Alexander Peterson, mate on one
Of the harges lying at the Black Tom
piers. The other was Emar Hovland,
also a barCcman The police could not
learn their addresses
The manslaughtcr charges preferred
against officials Of the Black Tom piers
and Of thc Johnson IiChteraCe and
Towing Company will be heard to-mOr-
row morning before Judge Mark A.
Sullivan. in the Court of Common
Pleas
Representative James A. Hamin, Of
New Jersey. announced IN the House
Yesterday that he would introduce a
bill providing that shipments Of NUM-
lions. except for the United States
army and navy. be subject 20 tho regu-
lations Of the communities through
which they pass.