New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Rail Strikers
Aim to Tie Up
North jersey

Haven & Hartford Railroad, and
men in the cedar Hill yards, north
Of New Haven, went on strike.
Believe New York Safe
Railroad officials in this city were
confident yesterday that the strike
would not spread to this city and
vicinity The Baltimore & Ohio and
the Pennsylvania are the most seri-
ously affected by the renewed walk-ou.
At the Office of B. II. Voorhees,, general
manager of the Baltimore & Ohio, it
was said that no men had walked out
of the New York or Jersey City yards.
A similar report was given out at the
Office of the labor supervisor of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Reassuring
statements were made also at the
Offices of the West Shore, New Haven,
Erie, Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley and
the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
At the Office of the Pennsylvania
Railroad it was announced that the
total number of men now on strike on
that line is 1888. Most of these, it
and switchmen. There are three en-
gineers and three fremen out.
The Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday
placed an mbargo all shipments
except perishables and livestock on the
Schuylkill division.
The General Managers Association
of the railroads held a meeting at rs
Church Street yesterday, after which j.
J. Mantell, regional manager for the
Erie Railroad and spokesman for the
managers association, said that the
meeting was regular one Of the asso-
citation nd hid nothing to do with the
possible spread of the renewed strike
in this direction. He sid that nothing
developed yesterday indicating the
walkout would affect in any way the
yards in New York, Jersey City or
Hoboken. He seemed confident that the
present outbreak was of purely local
nature.
With the danger of another tie-up
of railway communication hanging
over New York City, the Citizens
Transportation Committee redoubled
yesterday it's efforts to clear the piers
The committee feels greatly encour-
aged over the progress being made in
the removal Of general freight, as we'll
as the cotton stored on the piers on
which the New England lines have
placed an embargo. The cotton is con-
tinuing to be moved by truck to the
New Haven Railroad. from which it is
shipped to New England points by rail.
There were originally $500 tons Of cot
ton on the Morgan Line and 1000 tons
on other piers.
Colonel Frederick A. Molitor, in
charge of operation of the merchants
trucking system, said that forty-one
trucks were at work yesterday These
trucks moved $4,000 pounds, or 229la
tons of freight. The freight was moved
from three coastwise piers, as follows:
Ocean Steamship Company, seventeen
trucks, 1lS,000 pounds: Clyde Mallory
Line, nine trucks, 10000 pounds. and
Morgan Line, fifteen trucks, 100000
pounds.
The Citizens Transportation Com
mittee is employing busses in carrying
workmen from one pier to another in
order to facilitate the loading and re-
moval Of freight.
Officials of the International Long
shoremen's Union, however, were ju-
bilant over the report received by them
that about fifteen helpers on the indie
pendent trucks had quit their posts.
MANY Of the helpers employed by
the Citizens Committee have quit their
jobs because they have not been re-
ceiving their pay" said John F. Riley,
president OF the District Council of the
local longshoremen unions.
"All of the men are being paid reg
ularly," said Major Joseph G. Fogarty,
assistant to Colonel Charles d. Hine,
head of the Citizens Trucking Com
pany. "lf any man is not receiving his
money all that he has to do is 70 conc
to the committees Offices and his ac-
count will be adjusted.'