Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-15
N.Y.TRA|NS MOVING
BETTER; MANY MEN
Go BACK TO WORK
Market Tcamstcrs Go on Strike,
Complicating Manhattan's
Food Supply Tangle.
FREIGHT TRAINS TO BE
IN OPERATION VERY SOON
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New York. April 15.--Gradual sub
sidence of the unauthorized rail strikes
in New York and vicinity WAS seen to-
day by railroad officials, although they
admitted the situation still WIS serious
Return Of groups Of strikers on several
lines at nearby towns and the steady inn
provement in passenger service due chief
ly IN the success Of volunteer crews in
operating commuters trains, gave the
road officials much encouragement. The
trains carried 81 900 persons yesterday
Convinced that the crisis had been
passed so far as the passenger service was
concerned, the railway executives planned
to begin operation of freight as well as
passenger trains with volunteers.
LEADERS STILL CLAIM VICTORY.
Strike leaders in making peace over
lures to the new railroad labor board last
night, emphatically denied that the
strikers were weakening, claiming they
were stronger than ever.
Edward McHugh, chairman Of the
strikers committee, who announced that
the men desired to avail themselves of the
opportunity provided by the railroad
labor board TO have their grievances con-
aidered, said they would not go back until
they received substantial increases in pay
We are not revolutionists," he said
I'VE are American citizens and
We are exercising our rights 70 appeal 20
our government for the redress Of in
tolerable grievances"
MARKET TRANSFERS STRIKE.
Four hundred and fifty chauffeurs,
teamsters and porters employed in trans
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poultry from freight yards TO markets in
Manhattan and Brooklyn did not report
for work today. They acted in accord
ance with the order of the international
Teamsters' Union, No. 202, which last
night voted 10 strike because their de-
mands for an increase in wages had been
rejected There are 400 members of
the union.
William G. b. Small assistant business
agent OF the union, said the mems con-
tracts expired April J. He said "all the
men want Is a living wage and they do
not desire 20 inconvenience the public.
Commission merchants professed little
concern over the ualkout. They said the
railroad strike had caused such falling
of IN food shipments that the men have
not been doing any work TO speak Of"
Suburban passenger service was re-
ported by the railroads much improved,
due in large measure TO collegians, ex-
service men and Others who were operating
many trains.
The Central of New Jersey, the Erie.
Lackawanna and Long Island roads re-
ported additional trains were being op-
Grated by volunteers for the benefit of
ANT s~sa
were run on the Erie and carried approyi-
mately half the normal number Of com
muters handled. The Hudson tubes were
closed, however, and no trains ran on the
Staten Island Rapid Transit Company 5
steam lines.
Ex-soLDIERs ON DUTY As GUARDS.
The Long Island railroad officials re-
celved a request that former service men
belonging TO the American Legion act as
guards and today several of these men
We're at station platforms In uniform.
The New York Central announced it
had 1--WE volunteers for every man In the
service, but was letting the unions
handle the situation" Officials of the
road said 100 carloads of provisions and
foodstuffs had been made available dur
ing the night for distribution today.
Officials OF other roads notified COM
mission merchants where carloads of prod
uce stranded by the strike could be
found and efforts were being made to
bring the shipments into the city by motor
truck.
RUSHING FOOD AND FUEL
The Pennsylvania railroad announced
that with nine volunteer yard crews at
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