New-York tribune., 1919-03-15
Jersey Slips
AS Tt Walks
To Its Work
Car Strike Situation Is No
Better and Snow Inter-
feres With the Jitneys
More Violence Occurs
Washington Conference Fails
and Leaders Return Firm
for Fight to a Finis s h

NEWARK, N. j., March 14.-Strike
leaders of the New Jersey trolley car
workers returned from their confer
ence with government officials in
Washington tonight in an uncom-
municative mood. A further confer
ence will be held tomorrow, and until
then William Wepner, business agent
of the strikers union, and Harry Jones,
of the Paterson local, delegates to
Washington, refuse to say anything
concerning results expected.
They did say, however, that the
strike would not be called off, even
temporarily, until the entire matter
had been settled and the Public Ser
vice Corporation had consented to rec
ognize the union.
Nothing will be done until the
Joint conference board has met to-mor-
row." one Of the leaders said. "What
the result will be do not know"
snow Adds to Discomfort
Snow added to the difficulties of trans
p0It6ttOH III tu0 ot1lhS-CIlpDlSQ ClCX To-
day, but did little to dampen the ardor of
the strikers. Street cars in operation
we're as rare as they were yesterday
and the jitneys, which have done much
to relieve congestion, were hampered
by the sleety streets. Skidding acci-
dents were frequent and large pro-
portion of the city's workers were
forced to walk to their jobs.
Four times during the day the police
we're called upon to quell incipient
riots and on many occasions cars with
loyal or volunteer crews were forced
to plough through barrage of mis-
siles.
At one special point in Essex County,
where the boundaries of Newark,
Bloomfield and Velleville converge,
strikers established a mobile brick
bat battery which bombarded each
passing car with vigor and immunity.
Military Comedy Enacted
When the Newark police bore down
upon the strikers position, the battery
limbered up and moved over into Belle
vile. When the bluecoats of Belle
vile came to the rescue of the battered
cars, the strikers stepped across into
Bloomfield and twiddled their fingers
at the helpless guardians of the law.
All day long they kept up the lombard
ment and, because of the lack of uni
fed command. the police never man
aged to operate against them effect
Mely.
To complicate Newark's transporta-
tion problem, fifty drivers employed by
the Yellow Taxi Company went on
strike to-day, demanding recognition
Of their union.
Seventeen hundred strikers met at
II this morning in the Coliseum to
protest against the company's adver-
tisements inserted in Newark and other
New Jersey papers offering conductors
and motormen full pay and a s5-a-day
bonus on the tied-up lines.
Against Washington Move
Reports from Washington to the eff
feet that the strikers would be asked
by the government to return to work
pending settlement were received
with hostility by the strikers, who in
sisted they would not return until
sneir union was recognized.
Early this morning strikers held up
a car on Sixteenth Avenue, near South
seventh Street, and tried to get the
crew to abandon it. The police inter
vened and dispersed the crowd.
group of strikers stoned South
Orange line car. Windows were broken
and the crew was cat by flying glass
IN the Silver Lake district of Belle