The sun., 1919-06-25
TEAMSTER PICKETS
TIE UP FRESH FOODS
Strikers Vote to Continue the
Fight Against Commits
sion Merchants.
BIG MOTOR TRUCK BURNED
All Efforts at Mediation Fail
Newark Will Try. Farm
ers' Market.

After a day spent IN intimidating
truck owners who sought to cart fruit
and vegeta ples away from the piers. q
day full Of argument and threat and
punctuated by the burning at the cor
ner Of Washington and Chambers street
Of a big motor truck that had come
into the district for a load Of the for
hidden fruit: the teamsters. chauffeurs
and porters who so successfully tied up
the fresh food market on Monday voted
with roar last night to continue their
strike.
1t was apparent last night that the
commission merchants against whom the
strike is directed are in the grip Of the
labor organization, the International
Brotherhood OF Transfers. l.. ]. Iipp-
mann and other leading members of the
Boosters Club" an organization of
commission merchants; Col. Michael j..
Regain and John J. Bealin of the State
Board OF Mediation and Arbitration and
several union heads argued themselves
hoarse in an effort to straighten things
out
The commission merchants offered a
substantial salary increase to the men
IL they would return at once. and ten
hour day. The offer would give each
man approximately 81 more a week than
was paid year ago. The proposed sal
aries run from $50 to sS5 week.
Both sides stand Firm.
If you don't accept these terms
quickly well make other arrangements
for transporting our goods they
threatened the strikers.
"If you don't meet our terms In full In
short order wen add SIS additional to
all our salary demands and hold out
until we get It," was the retort of the
members Of Local 202.
The strikers felt that things were
going their way when about 1000 fruit
and vegetable buyers at Gansevoort,
Harlem and washington markets also
struck because of the double carriage
charge allowed by the Railway Admin
istration for carriage from railway ter
minals to the merchants places Of BUSH
ness
The strikers were on the streets abou.
the terminals and piers and threatened
drivers OF wagons and chauffeurs who
ventured into the fruit and vegetable
zone. In spite OF the efforts Of the police
they persisted In accosting drivers and
telling them OF various unpleasant things
that would happen IL they were seen
loading any of the foodstuffs into their
carts. Generally the drivers were fright
ened away.
The motor truck that was fred had
been operating in the district on Mon
day carting fruit. Yesterday. while It
was waiting in the gutter In Washing
ton street 1t burst into flames and was
lau sat hat fhAxv n
seen a man running away from It after
the outbreak of the confagrauon.
Loads of Produce Tied Up.
To-day, several hundred carloads OF
produce consigned TO New York are tied
up on the New Jersey side of the North
River. Boats from Kingston. N Y. ar
rived yesterday with 100 large crates
of berries, but not one crate was I'M
loaded. Strikers were picketed at the
waterfront watching this food.
1t was stated that included in the
enormous quantity of food that is per-
ishing through inability of the merchants
to have 1t carted away from the piers,
| is about $4,000 worth of watermelons.
The railroad embargo on fresh food
shipments for this city continues. and
things are tied up tighter than before
Markets in Jersey City and Newark are
| hard hit.
In Jersey City the strike was brought
up as an argument before the City Com
missioners for the establishment OF a
| farmers market Willard T. Stanton
acting manager of the Chamber Of Com
merce. said he had the guarantee OF
| farmers in Passaic county that they
would bring their goods to the market.
A resolution was passed providing for
trial of the farmers market plan at
Newark and Jersey avenues in July and
| August. every week day until p. NJ
MANY clubs ara Interested in the nroiecf