Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-14
STRIKE ACTION is TAKEN
IN WASHINGTON TODAY

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violence in Staten Island. a railroad
policeman IA beaten, the crew drag
|ged from one train and shots were
fired at an engine driver who refused
to stop when ordered.
Loyal workers who remained at their
posts were Jeered and threatened with
violence. Police guards were strength
Iened at various places today in antici-
patton of possible trouble.
Civilian volunteers to break the
strike of railroad workers here, were
drilling in New York and New Jer-
'sey terminals today and railroad
Officials announced services of several
hundred men probably would be
utilized to operate suburban trains.
The first volunteer trains on the
Erie railroads were greeted by crowds
waving flags and cheering. on one
train Mayor a. i. Wood, OF Westwood,
IN. j., was firing the engine and the
crew consisted of we'll known wealthy
residents of the town.
The millionaire special from upper
Montclair rolled into the Erie terminal
latter a forty-ive minute run. The
firemen were Richard Sanderson, New
York manager of the Baldwin Loco
motive works and j. X. Quinn. the
New England representative. Another
Erie crew included Capt. Charles Metz,
of j.. p. Morgan 4 Company and
Joseph Andrews, son of the vice presi-
dent of the bank of New York.
Mayor Charles II. Martens, of East
Orange. and Frank l.. Kramer, for
seventeen years national bicycle
champion. fired a train from South
Orange to HobolSen. All the trains
were greeted with shouts OF APP
prevail.
Commuters from New Jersey to
~ - - H. 4,aT. ..NVfy,al
with travelling bags and prepared to
spend the night in New York.
There was evidence of i'll feeling
between strike sympathizcrs and the
strike breakers. At Hackensack a
man stepped from a train manned by
members of an American Legion Post
and asked mother of Albert Scrivens
one of the crew. If her son was worK-
ing as a strike breaker. Told that
he was the man declared he would
get" Scrivens. He boarded the
train and could not be found.
First reports during the day indi-
Gated isolated movements of strikers
to return to work. Fifteen crews of
the Pennsylvania who had gone out,
went back TO work. Forty strikers
on the Central railroad returned.
There were no reports of further
walkouts.
Freight service was paralyzed. but
the Pennsylvania announced sixty ear
of food stuff from Chicago probably
would reach the roads New Jersey
terminal tonight. 1t was planned to
bring the cars up the harbor on
barges. 1t was announced h~tty-three
carloads of dressed beef o Buitalo
would be transported on trucks TO
Westchester.
Motor trucks were in use and some
of these arrived with perishable food
stufrs from Boston and Camden.
There was no noticeable increase
in the price of foodstuffs when mar
ket opened. Department of justice
agents mingled with marketers on
the lookout for profiteers. President
Thomas Wallace. of the New YORK
Fruit 81 Produce Association, an
nounced a crisis would be reached by
Friday unless conditions are aileNi-
ated.
The New Haven line issued a
statement that IL was holding Its W
with reduced passenger service.
Wooden freight cars We're pressed
into service to handle the mail and
nine army motor trucks were used to
supplement the ordinary service al
Manhattan and New Jersey terminals
wherever volunteer crews permit OPP
Grafton of suburban trains man Il
being moved, the Railway Mail SerV-
Ice reported.
The postmaster reported that par
eel post is beginning to pile up more
| than at any time since the strike pc
| gan. but that it is being handled as
| fast as possible. With more thar
10 900 commuters brought into tho
city on min Erie specials, genera
managers of all roads terminating IN
the New York district met this morI-
ing to discuss plans for extending ~