New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-17

VIII be delved into by the Federal grand
Jury AZ Newark. United States Attorney
'svoseph Bodine has issued forty sub
posnas calling for the appearance of
strike leaders, railroad officials and
others involved in the controversy be-
tore tho jury on Monday
The situation was gone over by the
railroad managers at meetings during
= sne afternoon and night. j. J. Mantell,
New York manager of the Erie and
chairman of the Railroad Managers
ASSOCIATION, announced that the roads
were satisfied with the progress made
and that the passenger traffic at least
was nearly on q normal basis.
There was hopeful sign In the food
lift'ng of embareoes on the New York
Central, Erie and Pennsylvania lines.
The return of the transfers and
chauffeurs. whose strike was setNed
Thursday, insured the continued supply
Of the small stocks of fresh vegetables
that were lying in the freight yards of
the city, while the resumption of traffic
= on the csastwise steamship lines, with
the employment of strike breakers. has
given the shipping companies an oppor-
= tunity to bring North some Of the fresh
foodstuffs awaiting shipment on South
- ern piers for the last six weeks.
a. Food Supply Diminished
Nevertheless, it was declared by the
- Division of Foods and Markets that
there was less fresh foodstuff at pres
eent in the wholesale market than at any
time since the beginning Of the strike.
In connection With the settlement of
q the trouble on the piers of the United
Fruit Company William Newsome, vice
r president Of the company. denied yes
terday reports circulated by J. w.
lon np of In Ion L0,
that the walk-ou on the firms piers
had been settled on basis whereby
the company agreed to the closed shop
r and unionisation of the pier clerks.
I'VE have no closed shop" said Mr.
Newsome. "The men who went out on
strike are not being taken back
Though we keep an open shop we pay
union wages. On Pier 9 North River
tand Pier Is. East River, we have taken
black the longshoremen who went out
s,but we have not taken back the pier
Sclerks who went out in sympathy with
( the longshoremen.
E The longshoremen came back eX-
sactly under the same conditions under
which they went out, receiving no in
screases in wages and not accomplishing
the unlonization OF the pier clerks"
Z 1t was reported that freight handlers
and clerks at the docks of the New
England Steamship Company at New
s Haven had walked out yesterday,
sfurthcr aggravating the freight stua-
: ton at that point.
{ Erie officials announced that they
;swere able to move a trainload of pro-
visions from and to Port Jervis for the
Z first time yesterday. This will be re-
soeived with great interest by officials
kof the other roads. who have been
Fwatching developments at this point,
this being hotbed of the most violent
ra6 lie Nd xtko,
s-crews had been dragged from their
scabs. The Erie also reported employ
5'sg hundreds of college students in it's
freight yards, and announced that a
s>few days will see great improvement
-. the freight situation on it's system.
The Staten Island Rapid Transit
Company, the Baltimore G. Ohio sub
gsldiary, had regular trains running over
1.-THE Tottenvile branch yesterday, and is
training numbers of Stevens Institute
s'l"en to handle some freight there. The
slines running to Mariners Harbor
Aand South Beach, however, are still
suspended.
{ The Long Island Railroad provided
complete electric and steam service
LAST night the latter trains being
manned almost wholly by volunteer
crews. 1t is reported that women and
Egirls are volunteering for service on
trains of this line, the management of
(which declares that they will be used
slf found necessary within the next day
Cor two.
The Pennsylvania Railroad reported
that fully ninety five per cent, Of the
regular number of trains that left the
pennsylvania Station daily were in
sservice yesterday and that the service
would practically be perfect to-day.
2Some progress was made in moving
Efreight in these yards because of the
sreturn of many strikers.
Men Lose Their Jobs
The Lackawanna, in addition to the
large number Of indignation specials"
taking care of the commuters, an
snounced that the first regular mid
Safternoon train was sent out yester-
day. This system, however, is making
very little progress in moving freight,
although it was reported that large
Ehnmeer of strikers showed up in the
yards OF the company as a result of
the railroads ultimatum.
Jersey Central officials declared that
many of their men had returned but
that the company had used it's privi-
iege and refused to reinstate numbers
active in acts of violence and intimi-
cation during the strike. The New
YORK Central lifted its embargo on
freight from points east of Buffalo
and north OF Ionkers. The West Shore
lifted its embargo from points north of
Newburgh.
The board of directors of the Mer-
chants Association yesterday appealed
TO President Wilson for urgent and
effective governmental action on the
present transportation strikes, includ-
Ing the railroad and longshoremcn
troubles: The board charges in it's
communication that there is con-
- nlvy.~
portation facilities and As result of
she strikes New York has been actually
deprived of it's food supply. They in
dicate that the government can proceed