Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-12
NEW YORK CUT OFF
FROM OUTSIDE BY
GROWING STRIKE
Ferries Also Crippled and Thou
sands Of Commuters Are IN
able TO Reach Business.
MAIL HALTED, U. S. MAY ACT
81 Associated Press % Every Evening

b. Associated Press % Every Evening
New York. April l2-f 30 p. n --
The Central Railroad ~ View Ier-
sey has Just suspended az passenger
service when agents were ordered ~
stop selling tickets The road covers
the State 81 New jersey and the Eis-
pension order affects approximately
5000 commuters
This suspension with cancellation
Of All commuters' trains On the Ere
and Larkswanna virtually cute On
more than 10000 Jerseyites FROM
New York as the Pennsyivania which
operates an extensive suburban SER
vice. has announced IL could not run
more than 50 per cent Of IL local
trains
The Iehigh Valley q seriously
crippled, whi'e other roads teruinat-
ing IN Jersey are oniy with greatest
difficulty keeping their passenger
lines operating on any sort Of scnec-
ule.
The New York Central and New
York. New Haven and hartford re-
ported az noon that their passenger
service was IN better condition
X. =
its back against the wall. struggled drs-
peratelY today % free itself from the
tentacies Of the Oct0pus-lille epidemic q
unauthorized railway strikes.
Out Of the maze Of conflicting reports
nf new strikes called and others threaten-
officials professed tc see a
ray of hope because some passenger ser
vice had been maintained and food ana
milk trains managed 70 creep into the clty.
The railroad Off1cers admitted. however.
that the situation still was grave. but they
assumed the optimistic attitude that D.
they weathered today's storm the sItua-
ton would soon approach the normal.
The lIll IN business activities over
Sunday gave the railroads q breathing
spell in which 10 marshal their forces a
handling the tide Of commuters swoepinr
into the metropolis. Under normal cor
ditions 10000 persons coute 20 tins cit'
each day.
FERRY SERVICE BADLY rBlPPLED.
With the Hudson tubes stln tIec up hs
the strike, the bulk OF the burden 1t
handling New Jersey commuters fell upon
the ferries plying the Hudson. The ferry
service was handicapped 100 by the
strike OF harbor workers sut zach boai
was iammed beyond capacity by com
muters who had stood IN line st ferry
houses for hours. Police reserves had "a
strenuous time trying 20 control the mai
rlshes for the boats.
The Staten Island ferries als1 were
affected bat the Long Island raiirosG
maintained virtually normal service. The
New York, New Haven and Hartford
and New York Central lines were 1ucra. -
ing on a somewhat curtailei schedule.
THOUSANDS Cant co To BUsINEss.
Thousands Of persons were unable Dob
reach their places Of business here until
hours after the usual tlmc while other
thousands gave up the attempt and re-
mained at home.
The situation at most Of the raIlga1
terminals In New jersey was siil chaotic.
with only few freight trains moving.
Freight traffic over other lines entering
Manhattan was irregular.
The Chicago express on the Erie Rail
road which was abandoned Yesterday at
Port Jervis, Y Y, while members OF thc
crew attended 81 meeting OF he ncW
union, arrived in Jersey City this morning
more than 10 hours late. This train va
said 20 have carried mail, ana IL Was pro
dicted that the Federal authorities might
take cognizance Of the delay
JERSEY CITY MAYOR wrTH srKINERS.
Various organizations Of railways em-
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