New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-14
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sacn, are planning to operate the train
which normally starts from there
Protest meetings. against the railroad
strike were held in Orange, East
Orange and West Orange last night
One hundred volunteered to act as
ffremen on the Lackawanna Railroad
Among those who registered were
Mayor John R. Rogers, of West Orange,
and Mayor Charles H. Martens, of East
Orange. Resolutions were adopted
condemning the strike.
There were other mass meetings last
night in the high school at Tenahy
and in other towns that are at the cx-
IRENE ends of steel spokes that have
and factories that is Hoboken and
Jersey City. The result in every in
stance was a resolve to operate trains
even If machine guns must be mounted
on the cowcatchers. Committees were
formed and empowered to draft she
best fitted individuals to "man" the
trains mornings and evenings until
the strikers or requirements 60 to
work Everybody volunteered. There
simply remained the work of selection.
Engineer Guides Volunteers
Otto Miller was the engineer of one
of the Erie trains yesterday morning.
This started from Nyack. The con-
ductor was William Blauvelt, whose
blue uniform coat sleeve is adorned
with seven gold stripes, indicating
about forty years of Erie service. In
faded blue overalls Miller illustrated at
the start of the morning run with a
rare economy of words what he ex-
pected Of his volunteer assistants. One
of these was w. P. Mason, q lawyer,
who is member of the faculty of the
Columbia Law School Assisting him
was Joseph Andrews jr., who is asso-
ciated with an exporting firm in Man
haitian. He is the son Of the vice.
president of the Bank of New York,
1t Engineer Miller's calm was dis
turbed it was at the sight of young An
d drew wading into the coal filled ten
der regardless of possible damage to
tan brogues, green golf stockings, olive
drab breaches, a blue coat and bow
tic of black shot with streaks Of red
and yellow. Nothing flashy, but per-
fectly good country club costume. How
ever it didn't prevent Conductor Blau-
welt from punching fresh hole in Mr..
Andrews's communication ticket, even
though the passenger had to lay down
his shovel to get 1t out of his pocket
The old conductor played no favorites.
He punched the ticket of T. B. Colt. Of
the Mortgage and Trust Company at IS
Cedar Street, who was brakeman on
both the morning and evening run.
Guards Watch Over Cars
On the other train from Nyack,
Denny O'Brien was in the CAB and
his volunteer assistants were Cameron
Blake, a broker, whose home is in
Englewood, and Walter Merritt, a law
yer. whose home is in Tenafy. Captain
lie Roy Demarest, hardware dealer cf
Tenafy, was the brakeman and every
commuter who climbed aboard the
train, whether at Leonia, Palisades
Park, Morsemere, Ridgefeld or Fair
view, wished to be enrolled either as
a hagman or guard.
The Erie, however, had selected pro-
fessionals for the job Of guarding the
train from what was generally referred
to as trouble. These men wore DERBY
hats, had lean, tanned jaws and carried
pump" shotguns, filled with buckshot
shells. Those commuters who were
lucky enough to ride in car with me
of these individuals ware so thrilled
with this what you might cali advcn-
ture, that the conductor Git was w. A.
Robinson on this train) might have
punched two holes in their tickets
'wlthont protest.
When the indignation specials"
shrieked triumphantly into Engls-
wood just before o'clock last
night there was a swarm Of fashion
ably dressed woman on hand to give