The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05
HARBOR is TIED UP;
MOST FERRIES RUN


but order was maintained. Forty addi-
tional trains running on a fifty-second
headway were put into service by the
railroad company. According to Police
Inspector Joseph A. Conboy. In charge
of the reserves of the Old Slip station.
10000 more than the normal number Of
passengers used the tubes during the
rush hours last night
Policemen were stationed at the DIFF
ferent entrances to the train platforms
In order to prevent dangerous conges-
ton on the lower levels At signals from
guards below the police would regulate
the entrance OF passengers. Train sched.
Jules were excellent and II was generally
agreed that the railroad company was
handling a dinicult situation in a very
efficient way.
In addition to the municipal ferries
between South Ferry and Staten Island
three OF the privately owned lines oper-
af'7f between Manhattan and Brooklyn
AisN' succeeded in keeping their boats
sSiHuing Only one line, the Lacka-
wanna Railroad service. was able TO
ksep IN operation between Manhattan
and New Jersey points. The Lacka-
wanna's boats are manned by non-union
crews. Five OF their eight boats run
ming between Hoboken and Manhattan
these piled from the Hoboken slips TO
Barclay street. one to Christopher street
and the NTH to Twenty-third street
vehicular Tramc suffers.
Long lines of vehicular traffic were
tied up In the neighborhood OF all the
ferry slips. More than 500 vehicles were
stalled along West street last night
waiting for q chance to be taken over on
the Barclay street line. Many OF the
drivers had established sleeping quarters
on their wagons and trucks and were
depending upon nearby restaurants for
their meals. At the foot OF Christopher
street there were three lines of trucks.
each three or four blocks lotA. awaiting
their turns. Double lines OF trucks ex
tended from the Twenty-third street
ferry house UP that thoroughfare to
Eleventh avenue and then UP to
Twenty-seventh street on the one side
and down to Twentieth street on the
other.
In general conditions were the same
as during the three day tieup In Jan,
uary. excepting that there was less dis.
comfort yesterday on account of the
operation Of the municipal and the Lack
awanna ferries and the fine service
given by the Hudson tubes to Jerse,
commuters. Nor Is the situation ~
serious now as It was then with respect
to coal and milk. There appears to be
no immediate danger OF a famine In
these commodities.
Coal and other commodities which
must be moved can be transported over
the railroads 20 all the communities at
fected by the strike. In it's outward
aspects the present strike liz not rs
formidable as its predecessor in January
but the direct monetary loss a single
days tieup. even. involves. is enormoa
The detection of the harbor boatmsu
was received with uneasiness. II not dl.
may, at the headquarters of the Affllla
ton. rs Park place. and the other off
Gals Of the organization were plainn
annoyed by the recalcitrance OF Va
carelli. The latter's statement WA.
courteously received. however and tn.
attitude of the other officials toward hlL,
seemed to indicate that they we're l.,
hopes OF being able later to mane him
change his mind. AS a matter or fact
emissaries were later sent to the harbo.
boatmen's headquarters. IS " est street
In an attempt TO coax them back into
the fold.
LongshOrem Are Lukewarm.
Mr. Vaccarelli. besides being business
manager OF the Harbor Boatmen's Unicn
Longshoremen's Association. There have
been persistent rumors that the long
shoremen are not as sympathetic
with the strikers as the Marine Afilia-
ton expected they would be, and there
were many attempts among the groups
OF strikers gathered In front Of the
Afffliation headquarters yesterday TO
connect this alleged lukewarmness with
the action OF Mr., Vaccarelli's other
union.
Vaccarelll said that the withdrawal
OF the Harbor Boatmen from the affllia-
ton was Temporary" and that they
would support the strike In the sense OF
remaining out. He declared that the
manner in which the Affiliation con-
Quoted the strike "tended to destroy or
ganization," and that his action was
dictated solely by a desire ito preserve
my organization"
The question OF agreeing to the oper-
alton of the municipal ferries, over
which 1t was said that the split occurred.
has been left in abeyance. They were
neither excepted nor expressly permitted
to run. The unions explanation of the
fact that they were running yesterday
was that the operatives on these boats
must conform to the requirements OF