New-York tribune., 1919-01-11
Strike Bound
Commuters lin
Holiday Mood
Staten Island and New Jer-
sey Theatres Reap Harvest
With Morning Shows
Break in Congestion N
Change of Routes Helps to
Relieve Conditions on
Second Day of Tie-Up

Matinees at a. m. were inaugu-
rated by Staten Island theatres and
movie houses yesterday to entertain
the thousands of workers unable to get
TO Manhattan because of the harbo1
strike. In Jersey, where other thou
sands found it almost impossible to get
20 New York in time to do any work
and at the same time bc home for din
rer, crowds jammed the theatres and
other amusement places, and towns
everywhere within the metropolitan
district took on holiday aspect. Not
since the war started have saloons in
suburban towns done such tremen-
! dous business. Soda and ice cream
stores were as crowded as on balmy
June day.
The congestion yesterday was much
relieved, but there was an overflow of
traffic everywhere. There was notice
able relief in the Hudson tubes, which
handled most Of the New Jersey traf-
fc, and with the police manning the
Staten Island municipal ferries sew
eral thousand persons were able to get
to South Ferry and were taken back
safely again last evening.
Go Long Way Around
Brooklyn bridge and other East
River bridges, always crowded, were
overtaXed Yesterday with Staten ISL
anders. who reached Brooklyn by Bay
Pidpe ferry at the foot of Bay Ridge
Avenue.
Except for the Lackawanna railroad
ferries, which continued to run yester-
day, the. only ether large ferry to
operate was the municipal line to
Staten Island, which was taken in charge
by the marine section Of the Police
Department. James w. Hallock, with
his police crew, made several trips with
$500 passengers each time
In addition to Captain Hallock and
the men with him in the pilot house,
all with pilots licenses, Policemen
O'Shaughnessy, Smith and Manney,
registered engineers, took charge of
the engines, while Policemen Sorren-
son and McKillup looked after the fire
room. Policemen Sheehey, Ward and
Revan handled the deck lines.
5000 Found Waiting
For the first trip there was crowd
of 5000 waiting in the Staten Island
ferryhouse. The boat took on a
capacity crowd, with trucks and other
vehicles which had been held UP on
the island since Thursday Large
quantities Of milk and foodstutfs were
taken to Staten Island on the run from
South Ferry. it was estimated that
nearly half of the 10000 who commute
daily from Staten Island travelled over
the ST. George South Ferry line
When it was suggested that the
ferryboat Manhattan, plying to Staten
Island, be shut down tomorrow, SO
that the police emergency crew could
obtain much needed rest, Captain
IIallock and Commissioner Delaney
held a consultation.
To Garry Milk Supply
1t was figured that the boat would
have to be operated to carry the milk
supply to the island, and they there
fore arranged that the boat would be
operated from 8 a. m. until 5 p. M,
making regular trips. That would
mean a boat an hour at each side of
the harbor
There was an extra string of trains
on the Hudson tubes yesterday The
same heavy details of police were at
the terminal and the stations from
Thirty-third Street down and at sta
tions in Jersey City, Hoboken and
Newark. There was no difficulty in
handling the increased traffic.
Congestion Of horse drawn trucks on
the Brooklyn Bridge during the peak
of the rush hour in the morning tied
up streetcars and generally crippled