The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-10
NEW YORK CITY HAS
SERIOUS OUTLOOK
Not Only Is There Threat
of Fuel and Food Short
age, but There Is Possi-
bility of a Shortage of
Workers, Due to Tying
Up of Transportation.

New York, April l0-An embargo
on express matter was ordered to-da,
as the railroad strike gained ground il
New York, further tying up freight
and erippling passenger service OF
many lines. Reports were current that
passenger embargo might be required
before the day ended.
The express embargo was made eff,
fective TO all but New England and
New York state points, Syracuse and
Buffalo excepted. Thus far the strike
has not affected parcel post or other
mail matter.
This morning New York City found
IL was facing not only the threat of a
fuel and food famine, but an actual
shortage of workers. Many thousand
men and women who daily commute
from New Jersey were unable to run
the strike blockade.
Those who were able to reach the
Jersey shore from the interior of the
state found that workers on the Hud-
son tubes had fulfilled their threat to
strike this morning and that the only
means of reaching Manhattan lay in
ferries irregilarly operated because Of
the strike of railroad marine workers
called last week. These strikers re-
doubled their efforts to call out more
crews and complete isolation of Man
haitian island.
Scenes such as have seldom il ever
before been witnessed occurred to-day
at ferry terminals. With the tubes
closed to them, commuters pushed and
showed their way through ferry gates,
surging forward like a football team
on the offensive. Because of the tre-
mendous crush, passengers at times
were allowed to board the boats with
out paying fares. During the rush
hours no teams or automobiles were
allowed on the boats. and the space
usually occupied by them was filled
with struggling humanity.
The city's milk supply is reported
not vet to have been affected. A sup
ply was brought in during the night by
railroad officials stocking yard engines.
There was a noticeable decrease to-
day in the size Of New York afternoon
newspapers. One announced that the
strike Of railroad workers had so &C
eentuated the scarcity of newsprint
paper that several pages had been
dropped. First editions of many pa
pers comprised only four pages.
summary of the situation by !. J.
Mantell, chairman Of the sub commit
tee of the Railroad General Managers
association, reported freight of all
kinds virtually tied up on all roads
entering greater New York. Passen-
ger service on through trains was de-
layed for a short while in the fore.
noon. A few express trains were can
celled and one or two through locals.
Many trains were late in arriving and
departing. The Erie was hit hardest.
Commuters service was disrupted on
the New Jersey side of the Hudson.
The Erie brought in only 20 per cent Of
its suburbanites during the rush hours,
Mr.. Mantell said, and BY IL o'clock
vas completely tied up. Three express
trains arrived early this forenoon and
Mr.. Mantell said I'VE expect to get
one out"
Practically all iremen have quit on
the Erie, Mr.. Mantell said, adding that
two of the roads officials fired engines
and operated switches in the yards last
night.
On the Lackawanna, passenger serv-
zee was handled pretty well, Mr.. Man
tell declared
The Central railroad Of New Jersey
cancelled four unimportant trains. and |
operated the rest Of its morning sched- |
ule without unusual delays.
Workmen al the Sunnyside yards of |
1 he pcnnsvfvania went ou+ the morn
ing. The through trains were operated |
with some difficulty. -Four trains TO |
Philadelphia were cancelled.