New-York tribune., 1920-06-25
Piers Will Be
Free of Freis sht
Dv Week 5 End
Colonel Molitor Says Only
Goods Left Will Be Cotton,
Due to Embargo Of New
England Steamer Lines
independents Help Work
Citizens Transportation
Committee, With Outside
Aid. Moves 5000 Tons

More than 5000 tons of freight have
been moved from the coastwise piers
OF this port since the Citizens Trans
por,ation Committee began its truck
ing activities. Colonel Frederick A.
Molitor. in charge Of operations. an
ncunced last night.
The movement was made possible
with the help the Citizens Transport
tation Committee received from many
individual truck operators, who, taking
advantage of the road opened by the
Citizens transportation Committee,
cooperated with it in the effort to clear
the freight congestion of the port aris
ing out of the protracted strike of the
transportation trades unions.
Colonel Molitor said that the inde-
pendents moved more freight than has
been moved by the trucks of the com
mttee. He said that the end of this
week would see the clearing o. the
piers of all freight, with the exception
of 1900 bales of cotton still piled up
on the Morgan Line piers, due to the
cotton embargo Of the New England
steamship lines.
Of the 5000 tons moved, 1000 tons
were moved by the trucks of the Citi-
zons transportation Committee and
1000 tons by the independent truck
men. The Independent truckmen op-
Grated about twice as many trucks as
did tie committee.
Nfo1;
zeas' Transportation Committee would
make public to-day an official tariff for
Its truck serfice.
Opposes General Strike
T. V. O'Connor, president of the In
terHational Longshoremen's Associa-
ton, denied yesterday the statement
made by various union leaders in his
absence at Montreal, whore he attended
the convention of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor that the deep sea
long shoremen would go out on a gem
eral strike on June % unless the coast
wise men had their demands granted
by that date.
q viii oppose with all the powers at
my commando said Mr.. O'Connor, "any
violation OF the deep seamen's agree
men.s with shipping companies, which
general strike would entail
The open shop never would be ac-
cepted by the unions of this port, he
said.
Employees of the Merchants Refrig-
Grating plant at Sixteenth Street and
Eleventh Avenue, engaged in free
for~all fight with striking pickets yes
ferday. NO arrests We're made. The
fight started when the pickets at
tempted to keep the warehousemen
from handling merchandise brought in
by trucks Of the Citizens Transporter
tion Committee. William Fellowe $
Morgan is head of the Merchants Re
friserating Company.
Declares for Open Shop
Mr. Morgan addressed a luncheon of
the Paper Association Of New York
City al the Cafe Lafayette yesterday
and for the first time declared, without
reservations, that the conflict was one
for the open shop
MIR. Morgan said that the Citizens
Transportation Committee has pre-
pared papers in a suit to be brought
against a steamship company for its
refusal to receive cotton brought by
the trucks of the committee to its
piers. He said he papers have been
presented 90 United States Attorney
Francis c. Caffey.
Mr.. Morgan announced that the dry
goods trade had contributed 100000 to
this fund. while the contribution of his
Own firm was $4,000. He did not state
the total amount collected