Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-30
BROOKLYN WALKS;
STRIKE HALTS BRIT.
Impoverished and Primitive
Means Adopted to Trans
port Million.

| NEW YORK. August 80 (by the AS
| soclated Press).-More than ono mil
| lion Brooklyn residents. who DEPEND
largely upon the Brooklyn Rapid
| Transit Company to take them to
| business, today were reduced to i'm
| provised, and even primitive, methods
OF conveyance by the strike of CON-
pany employees that virtually shut
down the entire transit systenl-sub-
ways elevated roads and trolleys.
ne strike went into effect early
sunday morning, after the men had
previously voted to postpone action
pehaihS further attempts to adjust
wage demands
Long before the accustomed rush
! hour TINS morning the streets We're
damned with pedestrians looking for
fehlcles, most of which were already
crowded with passengers. Notwith-
standing the use of automobiles, from
limousine to jitney, large trucks and
rse-drawn wagons. many thousands
| had to walk to their distant places
of work.
The strike yesterday kept thou
sands OF persons from Sunday eXcur-
sions to the beaches However. a
crowd estimated at 100000 mana ged
to reach Coney Island in public and
private automobiles.
HyIan Calls Hearings.
Hearings on the strike situation
We're called for today by Lindley NJ.
Garrison, receiver for the company,
and by Mayor Hylan. Mr.. Garrison
requested bus companies in New Jer-
sey, Connecticut and Massachusetts
to send as many vehicles here as pos
sible.
Officials of the company announced
that strikebreakers will be employed.
Application has been made for po-
lice protection of trains.
I; Louis Fridiger, attorney for the
strikers, insisted the only vital ques-
ton now was that of arbitration.
Arbitration was refused by Judge .lu-
Illus NJ. Mayer, legal custodian of the
system, who retained the right to re-
duce any award in accordance with
the bankrupt company's ability to
pay.
In addition to pressing private au-
tomobiles into service, Grover A.
Whalen, commissioner of plants and
structures. obtained buses to run
from Brooklyn to Manhattan during
the morning rush and back to Brook
carrying approximately 10000 pas
sengers at d single trip. The fare
charged was cents.
Six chartered steamboats, and two
of the city's police boats also were
put into service carrying passengers
from COney lSlanu anu from Last
river points.
Commissioner Whalen said strong
efforts would be made to protect the
public from profiteering in transpor-
tation fares during the emergency.
Jams Mt Bridges.
Because of the jam of vehlcular
traffic during the early rush hours
the Brooklyn. Manhattan and Will
liamsburg bridges over the East river
were made one way thoroughfares.
Confusion occurred at the bridge
heads, where thousands of buses. wag-
ons, touring cars and taxicabs tried
to force way into the procession
moving toward Manhattan island.
Hundreds of vehicles were swept into
side streets and hopelessly stranded.
In Manhattan a number of the bus
Ter thoroughfares were made one-Way
streets to coordinate with the
bridges. On some the vehicular traffic
overfiowed onto the Sidewalks 70
lice officials predicted there would be
no abatement of the confusion dur
ing the day.