Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-13
| Hundreds of Thousands
of Commuters Unable
to Reach City Tasks;
u. S. Troops Unloading
Mail; Millionaires Run
Special rains.

New York, April i2.-union iabor's
cooperation in an effort to break
the unauthorized strike Of railroad
workers here was pledged, Monday
night by representatives Of the four
brotherhoods in conference with rep
A statement given out after the
meeting characterized the strike as
"a mob movement" aad asserted it
was "bound to break"
"The surprising thing about the
strike Is that men who are regarded
as conservative have become i'm
prepnated with radIcaiism," said J.
G. walker, secretary Of the eastern
roads bureau of investigation. "The
strike IS one fostered purely by
radical Influence"
The strike Of railroad workers
here presents the most menacing
situation the city has faced since the
unauthorized walkout began. Freight
service virtually was paralyzed and
passenger service, already curtailed,
was further crippled.
United States troops went into
Jersey City to unload stranded mail
trains Monday, and department of
justice agents extended their In
vestigatlons all over the New York
area.
ONLY F00O0 SPECIALS RECEIVED
The situation Monday night was:
Only freight shipments received
were specials" Of solid food trains
brought from Chicago by the New York
Central, and few cars which crept in
over the New Haven. and Pennsylvania
railroads.
Mail train schedules were generally
disrupted, and motor trucks were used
Hundreds of thousands of commuters
living in New Jersey were unable to
reach their places Of business in New
York.
Hun Bar into Train.
Strike sympathizers committed their
first act Of violence. when an iron bar
was hurled through the window Of a
Central Railroad Of New Jersey train
injuring a passenger. Train crews of
four mail trains Of the Erie were attack
ed at Port Jarvis, New York, and rail
way officials announced Port Jarvis was
controlled by strikers.
Timothy Shea. first vice president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men. arrived here, accompanied bv T. G..
Walker, secretary OF the bureau of in
vestigation of the eastern roads, to at
tend joint conference Of railroad man
ayers and the four brotherhoods and
other labor leaders were here.
Try to Start Transit Strike,
Mayor Hague, of Jersey City, who
had expressed sympathy for the strik-
ers. appealed to them to arbitrate.
Warning was issued by Linllcy NJ.
Garrison, federal receiver of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, that
agitators were urging employees Of
Rapid Transit lines in New York to
strike.
Railroad officials sought in vain to
learn the source Of maintenance Of the
The justice department began an in
ventory of food stores and big ware
houses, searching for hoarders. Meat
dealers announced an increase Of cent
a pound in wholesale prices.
Food ls Being Exhausted.
G. Fl. Wallace, president Of the Fruit
and Produce Exchange commission
merchants and market men, said perish
able food was gradually being exhausted
and the situation was becoming grave.
Railroad officials announced commit
tees would be organised to visit families
Of the strikers and urge that they advise
their ''bread winners" to return to work
Noot Leader Shea.
Strikers in q meeting in Jersey City
Monday night refused to listen to Mr..
Shea when he tried to urge them to re-
turn to work, pending settlement. Each
time he attempted to speak Kisses and
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