Evening star., 1919-08-18
RAIN |NTENS|F|ES
n. Y. CAR STRIKE
Devious Routes and Means
Used by Millions Battling
Way to Work.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 1s.--Forced to
reach it's offices by devious routes in a
rainstorm. commercial New York en-
tered the second day of it's traction
strike with resentment in its heart.
With Interborough subways and ele-
waited completely tied up, the city's mil
lions this morning battled their way
into such surface cars as were running
or into buses and moving vans hastily
organized into semblances of trans
portation system.
Residents o. upper Manhattan and the
Bronx suffered mpst. Many. despatring
Of ever reaching the sAnanctal tip OF the
island by other than extraordfhafy
means. fyyce cfps6sd the Hndeon In .
Ing from 12Sth etreetSto Fort Lee. they
made their way down. the Jersey side
to the Hudson tubes and thence re-
crossed to Manhattan.
Brokers and hnanciers hastening to
Wall street in thefs automobiles. arrived
est number of clerks and stenographers
to whom they could offer lift" In
many cases the owner OF the car
seated himself by the side of his chauf-
feur. leaving the dry comfort Of closed
cars for girl employees.
Business Places Open Late.
Many Offices and stores were late in
opening. Almost every employe was
late. and it was not until 10 o'clock
that. lowe. Broadway took on it's
usual business day appearance.
Service on the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit subway entering Manhattan
the only underground in operation on
the island-was Increased rs per cent
because of the strike while Hudson
and East river ferry boat lines
hastily reorganized their schedules,
plying back and forth as rapidly as
it was possible to take on passengers
and discharge them. ..s,.-e
District Attorney Martin of Bronx
county today began an investigation
of reports that strikers had Informed
policemen that they did not care how
long the strike lasted. because they
were being paid anyway and that
certain loyal employees who reported
for work Yesterday were told by Of
ficials to leave the railway yards be-
cause a strike was in progress.
City officials and others who have
charged that there was c0llusion be-
tween the InterbarQugh company and
its striking employees to obtain fare
increase by the strike said they re-
garded as significant the fact that no
attempt has been made by the com
pany to operate any Of its subway or
elevated lines since the strike was
called.
Strikers voted today to invite Mayor
Hylan to address them tonight at their
headquarters. His request that they
meet him in Madison Square Garden
at any hour of the day or night was
refused.
: But New York found that with its
main traffic arteries crippled it was a
handle the 100000 passengers carried
each day by the subways and the 1.111,-
900 by the elevated.
The first disorder attending the
strike occurred this morning at the
Interborough power LI. house at at 14.n ~,
italians leaving the building were
surrounded by 100 strikers, who had
demanded to know ii they had been
working there. Police with drawn
clubs dispersed the crowd.
City Operates Jitneys.
Thousands of jitneys and buses,
operated by the city. filled beyond ca
pacity with workers. clogged the
thorouehfares. Thousands fought in
vain for standing room on each
overloaded trolley car. Trolleys and
other vehicles moved at snaps
pace Residents on the outer fringe
of the city were unable to reach their
places of employment until many
dustrial New York was crippled in
consequence.
The New York Central railroad op-
Grated twenty-six extra trains of ten
cars each between Hudson and Har-
lem river points to the Grand Central
station. The $4,000 extra passengers
carried on these trains in addition to
the regular traffic caused an un-
precedented congestion at the great
terminal.
More than 5000 policemen guarded
the company's property and endeav-
ored to control the tide of humanity
sweeping through the streets. Not
Withstanding the confusion, there was
but little disorder.
AN effort to reach an agreement
between the Interborough officials and
the strike leaders viii be made this
afternoon at conference with Pub
lie Service Commissioner Nixon. MIR.
Nixon expressed the hope that COM
promise might be effected. basing his
hope on the statement attributed to
President Connolly of the brother
hood that although the men had made
demands for an increase OF so per
cent in wages the strike would not
have been called, had the company
offered a raise of 20 per cent. In the
unsuccessful negotiations last week a
~. per cent increase was offe.-S.