New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-14

the wagons % fuel pedlers which Wis
tied a few of the cOngcsted quarters
continued. Two hundred women and
children Joined On a demonstration al
the wards OF the Jurgen- Rathjen Com
uanv. in Long Island City. one OF the
concerns des grated by the fuel admin
iStration 20 distribute the fuel allotted
20 Queens. The crowd resolved itseh
into a riotous mob, which the ponce
tnally dispersed. when II was dlscoN-
cred that "repeaters" were al work and
getting more than one allowance OF lOO
pounds OF fuel A similar demonstIa
ton occurred at the yard OF JACOB
Pfefer. Newtown Creek and Vernon
Avenue. Long Island City. 800.
Abraham Meltzcr. thirteen. OF 1898
81. Marks Avenue. Brownsville, tainted
when the ticket window was closed IN
mis- face al the oAices Of Rubcl Broth
ors. Glermore Avenue and Junlus
street. where a rlot occurred W canes
day. He had been standing IN line for
hours. with more than l,5C0 other coal
seekers. His ungloyed hands were
nearly frozen. and the dollar bal. with
which he expected 10 get a bag Of coal,
cropped from his fingers.
Another boy snatched the money and
led pursued by scores Of shrIeking
women and children. Other women.
fingered BY the announcement that
therc was no more coal TO be had
started another demonstration. but
this was Quoted before il reached the
proportions of Yesterdays outbreak by
assurance that five carloads would az
rive TODAY from Long Island City.
All the coal yards Of The Bronx had
beeu cleared OF supplies By nightfall,
according 10 a statement last night by
j. A. Hall. assistant fuel admins
traitor for that borough, who said that
only 4 600 tons had been received since
the cold weather began on Monday, and
expressed the hope that little fuel
could be brought over to-day from the
Jersey terminals.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad reported
last night that it was moving train
loads OF domestic anthracite 10 the
CITY on express schedules. and that
fifty carloads had been transferred to
barces at Perth Amboy. But Federal
fuel officials pointed out that TINS was
in the same situation as the forty-odd
thousand tons Of coal tied up on the
other side Of the river by the weather.
PROTECTING in both food and fuel
sppeared TO be as prevalent as ever
asked. and dealers in many cases IN
sisted on combination sales. despite the
prohibitory Hoover regulation.
The interpretiye" price list issued
BY Arthur Williams. Federal Fuel Ad-
minstrator, apparently was observed
in only one or two neighborhoods. In
the section between Twenty-hfth and
Thirtieth Streets, between Madison and
Second Avenues. the small shops. fol
lowing the lead OF the large chain
stores, sold rice and beans and butter
at what the Federal officials said were
far prices. But bread was sold at nine
cents a pound. while coal in small lots
averaged $50 ton.
MIR. Williams said he would institute
proceedings in all authenticated cases
reported Or. Henry Moskowitz prompt
lv reported two, while other cases
were reported by various private or
CARNATIONS.
Two wholesalers one in East Tenth
Street and the other in The Bronx
who declined TO sell sugar unless the
retailers also bought other goods, like
Nise we're reported by DR.. Noskowitz
10 the Federal administrator.
Sugar remained as scarce as ever. but
the situation with regard to that com
modify developed an angle which indi-
Gated that in neighborhoods where the
distress is apparently most acute and
where the clamor is most insistent Tor
relief, boarding has been rather gen
eral.
Food dealers declared "repcsters"
were as frequent in the sugar lines as
they arc in the crowds besieging coal
yards. Managers Of chain stores which
issue cards said this cXpedient was
adopted to prevent repeating and 10
make boarding more difficult, as we'll
as 20 assure regular ,ustomcrs OF sup
plies.
secretary Of the Association Of Neigh
borhood Workers, said she had heard
Of a number Of hoarders, among them
one family that had stored away thir-
teen tons Of sugar, and that she in
tended 10 report all tho cases to the
United States authorities.
Dr. Mo5kowitz's plan to establish
municipal milk selling stations IN the
public schools met the approval yes
terdsy Of William G. Wilcox, presl-
dent of the BOARD of Education. DR..
Noskowitz said he had been IN con
ference with representative Of Mr..
Wilcox and that the latter would be
gin arranging TO-DAY ior inc cSldpllt"-
ment Of the stations in schools IN the
congcsted neighborhoods. The Market
Commissioner said ho expected 70 be
gin buying and selling $4,000 quarts OF
milk day as soon as the enabling res.
olutiou was adopted by the Board OF
Aldermen. lie added that President
Bowling of the Board of Aldermen had
assured him the resolution would meet
favor when IL came up Tuesday.
DR.. Moskowitz said he also had a
plan for The distribution of coal, but
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