New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

sn' s"'eH 20 refuse 10 handle any
ve.Tht which has been forwarded by
ter'ke-oreakers, whether by brother
mood men or others.
Passenger service has been delayed
on all lines. The ferry service, weak
"ned by the harbor strike, is likely to
nc s,iit further interfered with if the
ever reaches the ticket agents and on.
S'ncers, which seems probable
While Chicago officials were an
nounclNg that .hc strike had passed It's
peak at that point New YORK railroad
men were agnast at the rap.dity with
which the movement had affected
workers III the greater city. 1t APP
pears that the passing of the Chicago
crisis has merely shifted the load TO
New York.
Food Supplies Tied Up
Commission merchants in Manhattan
were prevented yesterday from receiv-
ing any shipments. and thousands Of
cars OF pcrishablc foodstuffs were tied
up on sidings west of this point. I'm
ieSs the situation was remedied quick
ly.7it was said. there would be no food
stocks of any kind in New York by
Monday next.
In the New York district yesterday
the switchm men walked out at the Thir-
ty-third Street yards of the New York
Central. the North River depot of the
American Express Company, the Mott
Haven yards and the Harlem River and
The Bronx eight terminals. as we'll
as at all freight terminals on the Jer-
Sey side. Many freight brakemen and
conductors went out with the switch
men, and no freight trains were moved
in any of these central distributing
points. The switchmen at the Grand
Central Station stayed with the job.
Four crews of the day trainmen OPP
Grating IN the Long Island Railway
freight yards at Long Island City quit
work yesterday afternoon. leaving four
hundred cars tied up at that point. The
night crews did not report for work.
There is no te-up of passenger traffic
on the road.
J. J. Mantell, chairman of the Rail
road Managers Association, yesterday
called the strike "a knife pointed at the
heart of New York" He said the city
is threatened with serious food short
age unless the strike is quickly ended.
Health Commissioner Copeland issued
statement last night in which he said
that only the extraordinary efforts of
the milk dealers had succeeded in keep
ing the city's milk supply up to normal
Yesterday. He admitted that milk
famine was almost certain, and that a
continuation Of the strike will mean a
shortage of all forms of perishable
foods There was no fruit auction in
the city yesterday, because the Fruit
Auction Company could not haul its
shipments from New Jersey.
United States Agents to Act
Armin w. Riley, chief of the Fed
-eral governments proiteering cam
paign, wired from Washington yester-
day nstructing his subordinates here
to "take vigorous action" in dealing
with any instance of food profiteering
which used the railroad tie-un as an
excuse.
Passenger service on the railroads
operating from Jersey City and Ho-
.hoken was also tied up. Officials
refused to make any prediction as to
when the service would be resumed
ard leaders Of the strikers asserted
boldly that they had everything tied
up tight"
In statement issued last night Mr.
Man,ell admitted that traffic was to
all intents and purposes pafalyzed by
the spread Of the strike.
Strikers Meet To-day
The extent TO which the disaffecton
has spread in the ranks of the Brother
hood members was evidenced by
meeting called at Grandvicw Hall, Jer
sey City, yesterday afternoon. Approx
imately 1000 railroad workers repre-
senting all branches of the services Of
the Erie, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania,
Jersey Central New York Central and
Hudson and Manhattan tubes were
present. The meeting adjourned at 5
O'clock after appointing committee
10 formulate demands which will be
presented for the approval of the
strikers at meeting called for 3
O'clock this morning.
1t was stated by men who were pres
ent al the meeting that New York was
Gin for q general railroad strike
West Shore trains operating from
the Erie depot in Weehawken ceased
operating late yesterday afternoon.
Passengers for Weehawken were
from Jersey City. Two West Shore
ferries operated between Weehawken
and the foot Of Forty second Street
until I o'clock, but suspended
service at that hour on account of
crew shortage cue to the harbor strike.
Mary Jersey commuters preferred 10
spend the night in New York rather
than risk being kept in their home 5
this morning, and there was sudden
rush OF business to ell the hotels.
according to the police. some two
hundred iiremen employed in freight
and passenger service on the Erie road
decided at meeting in Jersey CITY
early this morning to join the strike.
See Transportation Strike
The trend toward a general trans
pcrtation strike was again visible in
the progress of the meeting of the
harbor strikers held last night in
Webster Hall, Eleventh Street and
Third Avenue. A telegram from John
Grunau, the Chicago strike leader, tell
ing the striking harbor men to sit
sight; they cant fill our places" was
loudly cheered. Captain William Maher
who presided, said that the outcome
would be general transportation
strike. Transfers, longshoremen anc
freight handlers would refuse to toucf
freight which had been forwarded by
strike breakers, he said. The meeting
pledged moral and financial assistance
20 the striking railroad men.
". J. Welch, Of the Brotherhood 0.
Railway Trainmen. is directing the
New York end of the brotherhood :
fight against the insurgents. Welcf
has established headquarters at The
Hotel Continental. Forty-frst Stree
and Broadway. From this headquar
ters several statements we're made
public yestelNy on behalf of The
brotherhood. sedging that organiza
ton 70 the support OF The roads. Ir
one Of these statements w. G.. Lee, tht
brotherh God president. saws:
Is Against Compromise
Under no circumstances must thcr.
be any compromise with the sirikinf
element in Chicago and the brother
hood VIII use all it's resources to keel