New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01

night than there was Monday, but the
police said this was due to drivers
ignoring the emergency regulations
that had been put in effect.
Prices quoted by the independents
took another sudden drop last night
and accommodations in the most COM
modious trucks could be had for less
than a quarter. An hour after the
peak Of the rush had been passed there
were hundreds Of trucks available for
passage from Park Row to Coney
Island for 20 cents.
A number of trucks operating be-
tween Manhattan and various points in
Brooklyn were driven by women, who
were said to have replaced drivers who
had failed to report for work after
Mondays rush.
ne number of conveyances operated
hy large corporations for the use of
their employees was doubled yester day,
even the Federal Reserve Bank placing
in service large feet Of trucks.
Extra Long Island Trains
The most congested area in the en-
tire strike zone was that at the At
lantic Avenue terminal of the Long
Island Railroad. The railroad company
announced late in the afternoon that it
was in position to help in the pres
ent emergency by running extra trains
between Long Island City and Manhat-
tan Beach
This route would carry a great many
people bound for Vandeveer Park,
Ocean Avenue, South Greenfield, Kings
Highway, Sheepshcad Bay and Brighton
Beach. Trains being operated on this
service will start running from Long
Island City at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
morning and from Manhattan Beach at
S o'clock. The latter are scheduled
to make all stops and are due at East
Th!rty-f fourth Street at 9:10 O'Clock.
At the general offices of the Long
Island Railroad the following notice
was issued regarding the purchase of
order to lessen the congestion and
confusion at the Long Island Railroad
stations tomorrow morning September
!. commuters are requested to purchase
September communication tickets in ad-
vance"
Babies screamed and women tainted
when thousands of homeward bound
Brooklynltes became wcdgcd into the
Atlantic Avenue S alton last night dur
ing the height of the rush hour. In
tcrborough trains running on half q
minute Roadway discharged hundreds
OF men and women and an unusually
mir al, where the waiting room of
the Long Island Railroad forms part of
the structure Of the subway
with only three gateways to the
trains. which were running on uncer-
tain schedules, near panic ei,sued as
the crowds surged back and forth A
call for the reserves was sent in. and
with great difficulty they succeeded in
forcing the pedestrians to the street,
where long lines were established and
each was ordered to await his turn. A
number of doctors administered first
aid to those overcome by heat. That
no serious accident occurred was due
to the work Of Patroman George
Haerle. of the Bergen Street station,
who was in charge of the reserves
Outside the station long lines of i'm
provised vehicles did a thriving bust
ness. Little effort was made to check
the rapacity of drivers who charged any
fee they could cxtort. These ranged
from rs cents to So, according to the
distance to be covered and the eager
ness OF persons to ride.
The situation was somewhat relieved
on the Ridgewood and Myrtle Avenue
lines, where trains of the PETERBOROUGH
Rapid Transit took tens of thousands
to their homes.