Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-13
PERTH AMBOY AND EAST
IS CRIPPLED BY STRIKE
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blaming the increase on the strike as
a camoufage, Mayor Dorsey said. they
will be dealt severely with as profiteers
and he will take whatever action is In
his power to stop his Increase In
lprices. If. however, the mayor. said,
the merchants have exhausted their
supply of food and have been forced
Ito purchase additional tock at In
creased prices they will naturally have
ito charge more but these increases
I%cannot be out of reason.
The mayor spoke this morning OF
manning a committee of housewives to
assist him in running to earth the
merchants who are proiteering dur
ing the strike. The names of these
women, he said, would not be made
public and they would not be known
to grocers. butchers and other mer-
lchants as members of his investigat-
ing committee. In this way the mayo
will be able to keep i'm touch with the
prices being charged throughout the
city.
According to eports received from
local beef houses by Mayor Dorsey this
morning there is an ample supply Of
beef on hand at present to meet the
demands in this city for a time. Ac-
lcording to the reports received by the
mayor there is plenty of meat of all
kinds with the exception of lamb. The
prices of beef. he said. have gone up
one and two cents per pound whole
sale. Veal remains o the same. he
said, while pork products have taken
a jump of four cents a pound whole
sale.
The Perth Amboy Beef Company
reported to the NEWS today that
they have a supply of meat TO last
the city three or -four days and pos
sibly until the last of the week. Last
night this concern increased its sup
ply TO considerable extent by going
10 the Erie railroad yards in Jersey
J City and loading beef from a car at
that place. bringing it TO this city by
motor track. The men making the
trip experienced considerable dih-
Guilty in getting the meat here.
Swift & Company and the Ham
mond Beef Company each haze a
good supply of meat on hand and
see no danger of running out fol
some time. At present they arc
trucking heir supply from cars at
Railway, bringing a carload or meat
to this city each day.
J. r. Simmer, of the Simmer bak-
cry. said that he is well supplied with
flour and other ingredients used in
the making of bread and will be
able to keep in operation for some
time to come.
No mails have been received up
to IL o'clock today at the local post
Office from New York or points north
and only one pouch from points
south. The mails to New York from
this office are going out but slowly
OF the six malls which are usually
sent from this Office each morning
only three have been placed on trains
The last mail last night did not leave
Perth Amboy until after s O'Clock to-
day. -,
Valley said that it was not true ina
a vote AXE at that dock resulted III
a ffty-ffty ballot. the young mer
voting to strike and the old men no
but hat both the young and old mel
on the dock desired TO join the walk
out.
Although no violence a beer
shown by strikers here, in Jersey CIT!
yesterday morning an ron par wa
hurled through the window of a pas
senger coach ON the Jersey Centra
messenger train at Richard street
striking the head of John
forty-fve years old, of Matawan. H.
was only slightly hurt. The MAJ
who threw the missile escaped M
reason was advanced for the throw
ing of the bar.
lday by Joseph NJ. Greer, freight agen'
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad her
1.-THE strike situation near Buffalo on TN
delaware and Lackawanna ana Ell
railroads is improving. The telegram
follows:
MEN at Syracuse on the Delawar'
& Lackawanna Railroad all reported
} for work as have also the Erie crews
lSwitching crews between East Buiifl'
land Suspension Bridge, all OF then
are now working. The switching crew
lat Easton, Pa, also returned to work
lone crew returned at Catasaugua ant
three or -four at Lehighton."