Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-04-15
LAY MEN OFF
At COPPER WORKS
More Will Follow if Trains Do
not Operate R. R. and
Penna. Improve in Service

Penna. Improve in Service
Although there was no train service
from this city after 8 o'clock last
night in either direction, passenger
train service from the Central station
today is almost normal, as far as the
operation of Central Railroad of New
Jersey trains are concerned. The
/ Pennsylvania, although operating
more trains than at any time since
the strike hit the New York & Long
Branch division, is unable to give the
regular service but has a number of
trains In operation. Due to the de-
railing of a car on the jersey Central
Traction Company lines last night
this city was without rail communi-
cation with points south in Middlesex
and Monmouth counties for u period
of six hours. The freight strike has
seriously affected plants In this city
and fifty-tivo men have been laid off
by the Raritan Copper Works, with
more TO follow by Saturday. l.. w.
Berry's sons fire engines on trains
passing through here.
Many people were disappointed
late yesterday afternoon and last
night when they went to the Central
| station here expecting to get trains
to points north and south as it had
appeared that service would be given
as usual. Throughout the afternoon
fair service was maintained by theI
Central railroad, but after 6 o'clock
information was given at the Central
station that no more trains would |
run. People from Newark and New
York came to this city by the fast
line trolleys expecting to make con-
nections here for Keyport, Matawan,
| Red Bank and Atlantic Highlands via
| the Jersey Traction Company, but
| up due to a car being off the track
! In the cut under the Pennsylvania
| railroad bridge in South Amboy
Due to the trolley tie-up, people
who wished to reach points south OF
this city were forced TO wait for
period of six hours, until after l /
o'clock last night for the wrecking
crew to get the derailed car back on
| the tracks so that traffic could be
resumed. Because of this Perth Am
| boy was isolated as far as rail COM
munication to points south of this
| city was concerned.
Up to noon today thirteen trains
had been run to New York City. many
were running on regular schedule
while others were a few minutes latet
| Yesterday only six trains were oper-
ated In the direction of New York
OF this number seven trains stopped
al this station, six of them were Cen
vania. Train service from New York,
although greatly improved, Is not up
| to normal as yet. Four trains made
| the run from New York up to noon
| today Three of these were Central
| trains and one a Pennsylvania. No
/ trains are operating from the Penn
sylvania station in State street al
though one is expected to make the
run today.
The Pennsylvania train from Cam
den over the Camden and Amboy
railroad due to pass through this city
at 1860 each night, ran as far as South
Amboy Junction last night, at which
point the engineer refused to con-
tinue the run to New York and the
train was placed on a side track for
the night 1t ran back to Camden this
morning on it's regular schedule from
South Amboy Junction.
| The Central train leaving Point
Pleasant at 6:39 each morning, which
arrives here at 7:10 and Is due in New
York at SOP arrived here today after
$3.50 o'clock. As the regular flremen
had Joined the "Outlaw" strikers, Glen
Berry and Elmer Berry. sons of l.. w.
Berry, superintendent of the New ork
and Long Branch Railroad fired the
engine. The two young men were un-
able to keep steam In the large engine,
and at each station after leaving Mata-
wan had to wait until the train due at
1926 came up behind them and gave
them start. At Perth Amboy orders
were issued to Conductor Itidgeway
land Engineer Brown in charge of the
second train to hook fast to the train
lahead and push II into Jersey city.
Conditions at the coal docks of the
Ieh.Eh Valley, Philadelphia and
Reading and Pennsylvania railroads
remain thu same. Not a wheel is
turning at either dock and everything
In the freight yards about this city
| is at a standstill. The strikers held
meetings in Columbia hall. this city.
and the South Amboy City hall last
night. 1t Is reported committee
was appointed to see the leaders In
Jersey City. after which the public
will be informed as to the action to be
taken by the striking railroad men.
Although the Rarltan Copper
Works has twelve cars containing
about two million pounds of copper
ore in the Lehigh Valley railroad
yards In this city, the striking switch
men of the Lehigh Valley refuse to
move this supply to the company
plant and a shut down is inevitable
Already four furnaces have been clos
ed down laying off fifty men and 1t IS
expected that by Saturday night all
operations as far as manufacturing f5
concerned will cease. 1t is also un-
derstood that the Standard Under
ground Gable Company will also
close down at that time, due 20 lack
of raw material.
All Industries of the city are ex-
periencing more or less trouble be-
cause Of the strike. In many Of the
plants the supply of raw material Is
decreasing rapidly while In others
the fact that manufactured products
cannot be shipped is causing consid-
erable concern because of the storing
facilities. From what can be learned
today from the local railroad men
there does not seem to be much hope
OF freights moving this week.
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