New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
Police Promise Protection
and Efforts Will Be Made
by Dealers to Resume
Food Delivery
Picketing Is Continued
Thousands of Crates of
Fruit and Vegetables Are
Still Piled Up on Piers

| The produce merchants decided yes
terday that beginning to-day they will
attempt to deliver fruit and vegetabl,
supplies in spite of the strike of the
3,700 teamsters, chauffeurs and porters
who quit work on Monday when theil
| demand for higher pay and shorter
hours was refused. The police prom
ised adequate protection to the wagon;
and trucks which will attempt to gt
through the pickets' lines.
Efforts were made at the Boosters
Club, 176 Franklin Street to bring both
sides together. M. j. Regan, of the
State Board of Mediation and Arbitra.
ton, informed the members of LocaI
Union No. 202 of the international
Brotherhood of Teamsters, that the
employers would meet committee
from the strikers if the committee was
empowered to sign an agreement. The
offer was refused.
Thousands of crates of fruit and
produce still line the piers, and if not
moved soon will be spoiled No addi-
tional shipments arrived yesterday, as
orders made previous to the strike
were diverted to the markets of other
cities. According to l.. j. Lippmann,
chairman of the merchants committee,
there are enough supplies on hand to
meet demands for several days.
Acting Commissioner of Health
Frank J. Monaghan and Ole Salte, of
the Department of Food and Drugs,
found it unnecessary to condemn any
of the produce on the docks and piers
yesterday. They estimated that 1900
crates of berries and apout 1000 bar
rels of potatoes were in danger.
Peace Not in Sight
Joseph 3. Buchanan, United States
Commissioner of Cancellation, who
came from Washington to aid the
State Mediation and Arbitration Board
in bringing about settlemnt, has been
unable thus far to bring peace in sight
The possibility of violence was
limited at by Neil Strome, Of Walden,
N. Y. Mr.. Stone is member of the
New York Fedration of Agriculture
and one of the committe which called
for police protection. If the police
fail the National government will be
called in, he said, and if evrything else
fails "ther are 5000 farmers with
shotguns who will come here and see
that their produce is moved"
There will be no arbitration if that
entails concessions on the part of the
teamsters, according to officials of
Local 212, of the International Brother
hood of Teamsters. The commission
men already are willing to meet their
demands they say, but the Market
Truck Owners Association stands in
the way.
Serious Trouble Threatened
Although the strikers say that there
will be serious trouble if the owners
attempt to operate their own trucks
to-day, as they threatened, no attempt
will be made to interfere with the
movement of supplies to hospitals and
other charitable institutions. Another
exception to the rule against the move
ment of perishables will be made in
favor of the Army and Navy.
Military trucks continue to handle
foodstuffs for the army and CAPTAIN
l.. 2. Brown, nutrition officer Of the
port of cmbarkation, Hoboken, was in
formed that the strikers would not
hamper army drivers who established
their Identity. Two armed guards are
riding on each private truck operated
by the Navy Department and armed
guards are detailed to the piers where
trucks arc loaded
The commission men, it developed
yesterday, have petitioned the Govern
ors of North Carolina, Virginia, Della
ware, Maryland and California to urge
Governor Smith to step in with view
to enforcing a settlement The plea
was based on the fact that farmers
of those states will suffer through a
continuance of the strike