The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-11
TRAFFIC CHAOS
AS MORE SOUND
TRAINS ARE,CUT
Sunday Throngs Caught by
New Haven's Move on
Harlem Division.
ELECTRIC LINES STOP
Buses and Motors Reap
Harvest at Score of the
Larger Resorts.
BOSTON SERVICE is HIT
Albany Takes Off More Parl0r
Cars-Shopmen Gener-
ally Stand Firm.
LINES STOP
BOSTON SERVICE is HIT

Scenes OF wild confusion developed
last night at City Island and other |
Sound resorts as a result Of the sus-
pension of all service on the Harlem
River branch OF the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad because
Of the shopmens strike.
or the fifty Sunday trains ordinarily
operated over this line not one was In
service yesterday, and many thousands
of excurslonists struggled desperately
for the limited accommodations Of auto
mobiles and trolleys wherever these
were available.
These people had received fair warn
ing early In the day when the sudden
shutdown sent them swarming to the bus
lines. and crowds waiting for those We
hicles became so dense that police re-
serves were taxed to their utmost ef-
forts to preserve order. Nevertheless
large percentage of them had persisted
in their efforts to reach their holiday
resorts, so that the homegoing hour
found those places crowded with visitors
for whom there were little or no trans
portation facilities.
Dense throngs sought to use every
possible type OF conveyance and Tor
hours the buses running to the West
Farms subway station were strained to
the limit of their capacity. Taxi drivers
| and other automobile operators did
rushing business the latter charging in
many cases exorbitant rates, which ex-
| cursionists were obliged to pay rather
! than be left overnight at the out OF
| town points.l Many motor trucks oper-
ated between Pelham Bay, City Island
| and other congested points to the profit
of the drivers, and trolleys of the Union
| Railway were mobbed as rapidly as
they approached the crowded centres.
l. inspectors walked out.
The Immediate cause of the suspension
| OF service on this branch of the road.
which operates from 137th street and
Willis avenue TO New Rochelle, was said
at the Offices of the company to be the
! walkout on Saturday of IT'S inspectors
| in the Harlem River shops, who had
/ decided to add their number to the other
shopmen who walked out last Thursday.
The withdrawal of the trains, II was
stated, was upon the advice of the
| United States Railroad Administration
fcials at the Harlem River yards ex-
planned that II would have been possible
| to run trains of two cars each hourly.
| but such an arrangement would have
been perilous to life and limb In view
| of the crowds that would have attempted
to ride on the platforms. AS a rule. 1t
was said, each Sunday train would have
consisted of eight or ten cars.
1t was also announced that In the in
~ faNx on
trains on the Providence. Warren and
Bristol Branch, which runs from Provi-
dence to Fall River. had been annulled
This made total OF fifty-six electric
trains taken off the line.
Al the companys Offices in the Grand
Central Terminal it was stated last
night that the number of trains out of
service because OF the walkout exceeds
zoo despite the fact that service was re-
stored yesterday on tho Central New
England line.
Two other trains suspended yesterday
were the one scheduled to leave New
London at 6 6:55 A. NJ. for Hartford and
the l2:45 p. NJ. train from Providence to
New London.
Statement by Company.
A statement issued by the company
read THE total number OF daily trains
operated on the New Haven system of
the United States Railroad Administra-
tion, which includes the Central New
England. Is approximately 1000, and
approximately 10 per cent of the total
service has been annulled pending the
return Of the men to their places-a
very excellent showing.
EVERY effort Is being made to induce
the shopmen TO return 10 their work in
accordance with the letter of President
Wilson to Director-General Hines that
the increased wage scale of the mer
cannot be satisfactorily adjusted ruti
} they do so, and this would carry with
!; It the recognition of their own eAec.
utive officers.
I'm the car department OF the New
J York. New Haven and Hartford Rail,
, road Company there are 1881 men, anc
of them 6.s27 have walked out"
This statement refers solely to pas
senger service, the freight service o.
/ the road having been hit such a severe
| blow that It is with difficulty that tn,
company Is making deliveries OF food
, stuffs and immediate necessities.
Bulletin boards at all depots of tn.
company are covered with lists OF sus
, pended trains and warnings to tn,
effect that freight and baggage can b'
taken only subject to delay
Heads of the road were awaiting yes
terday the result OF conferences amonl
: the strikers In Boston aud New Haven
where It was hoped the men might vot'
| TO return to their work pending actor
, | in Washington on their claims.
No Violence Reported.
: Although no attempt at violence hsI
been reported to the Offices here, a re
) mort from Bridgeport yesterday said tina
: dozen guards armed with rifles hs,
! been placed on duty at the shops there
) So far as In known here there has beer
|, no appeal for official protection at an!
a point on the line.
/ The Boston and Albany Railroad
' which also Is affected by the walkout
3 il said TO have followed the example o.
E the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford in curtalllng service of parlor ant
Corttn.ssd % gUth Pooe