Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-14
UNION r. r. CHIEFS
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ne nfSf volunteer trains Tor fofnItutffs
on the Eric railroad were greeted at sta
tions by crowds waving flags and cheering.
On one Of these trains Mayor A. +. Wood
of West Wood, N. j., was firing he engine
and the crew consisted OF wealthy residents
Of the New Jersey town.
"The Millionaire Special from Upper
Montclair rolled into the Erie terminal
after as minute run. The firemen were
Richard Sanderson, New York manager
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and
J. X. Quinn, the New England represen-
tative of that company. Another Erie
crew included CAPTAIN Charles Nett, OF
J. p Morgan and Company and Joseph
Address Jr, son of the vice president oi
the Bank of New York.
Mayor Charles II. Martens of East
Orange, N. j., and Frank l.. Kramer. for
II years National bicycle champion, fired
train from South Orange To Hoboken
All the trains were greeted with shouts
of approval at every station
Commuters from New Jersey to New
York boarded the trains equipped with
travelling bags and prepared, Il necessary
to spend the night in New York.
There wns evidence of ill-fecling be-
tween strike svmpnthizers and strike
breakers. Al Hnckensack, n. j., n man
of an American Legion Post and asked the
mother of Albert Scrivens, one of the crew,
il her son was working as n strikehreaker.
Told that he was, the man declared he
would get" Scrivens He boarded the
train but could not he found
First reports during the day indicnted
isolated movements uf strikers to return
to work Fifteen crews of the Pennsyi.
wanna who had gone out went back tn
work. Forty strikers ON the Central
! Railroad of New Jersey returned There
were no reports of further walkouts...
| Freight service still was virtually
paralvzed but the Pennsylvania announc-
| cd GO cars of foodstuiis from Chicago
/ probably would reach the roads New
| Jersey terminal tonight II was planned
/ To bring the cars up the harbor ON barRes
| II was announced So carloads Of dressed
beef from Buffalo would he transported
/ on trucks from West Chester where Il
! arrived today.
Motor trucks were IN use by many ner-
/ chants and some Of these arrived with
| perishahle fuodptuHs from Boston and
/ from Camden. n. j
There WINS no noticeable increase m
| the price of foodstuifs when the markets
/ opened today. Department uf Justice
1
| the lookout for proiitecfs. President
| Thomas Wallace of the New York Fruit
| and Produce Association announced q
/ food crisis would be reached by Friday
1 unless conditions are alleviatpd
/ The New York, New Haven and Hart.
/ ford railroad issued statement today
/ that il was holding its own, with reduced
| messenger service The statement sac
/ all commuters were being accommodates
/ and freight service had not failed to brnf
| in milk trains.
The railway mail service AT the post
! office here today reported II was handling
| volume If mail greater than nj any Christ
mas time in the history of hle department
/ A tremendous quantity of express anc
/ small freight matter has been turned Owe
/ 10 the railway mail service from thl
| American Railway Express and the roads
The wooden freight Cars were pressee
! into service to handle the mail. and nint
army motor trucks were used to supple
mcnt the ordinary service Mt Manhattan
and New Jersey terminals Wherevei
/ volunteer crews permit operation d
suburban trains mail ~ being moved
the railway mail service reported
The postmaster reported this forenoon
that parcel post is beginning to pile NJ
more than At any time since the strike
began but that IT Is being handled n
fast as possible
With more than 10000 commuter
| brought into the city on nine Erie yolun
tecr specials this morning. general man
| ayers of all roads terminating IN the New
York district met this morning 20 discus
plans for extending the movement o
| passengers and freight
Although the strikers made gains yes
terday. notably by interfering with th
| commuter service ON the Long Island rail
road. other roads held their own " main
tanning passenger schedules in the face q
great difficulties The freight situation
however, remained chaotic, except for tn
movement of food and milk trains. Ih
city's supply of coal was said to be 81
per cent of normal. Health officers san
the food and milk situation was serlou
but not vet critical.
Food prices continued To soar and Fed
eral authorities issued warning tina
arrests would follow the initiation OF prices
The strike which had been peaeeft
was marked by sporadic scenes of violenc
in Staten Island yesterday. A railroa
policeman was beaten, the crew dragge
from one train by strikers and shots fire
at an engine driver who refused to sto
when ordered. Loyal workers who r,
manned at their posts were jeered an
threatened with violence.
Police guards we're strengthened 6
various places today in anticipation