New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Buffalo Rail
Strike Gets No
Recruits Here
Drastic Action Planned by
Government Against In
surgent Leaders Checks
Any Unauthorized Move
Port Terms Submitted
Arbiters Call OH Men to
Return Pending Action;
Condemn Ferry Walk.Out

The sudden walkout of 1900 freight
switchmen at Buffalo is not expected
by railroad officials here to cause fur
ther dcsertions in the New York dis
trict terminals.
Heads of the lines affected declared
yesterday that no other employees had
left to join the 1000 strikers still out
here and that those who had remained
at their posts or had returned to duty
would hardly 60 out now in view of the
firm stand taken by the railroads aud
Federal authorities. The drastic legal
action being planned by the govern
ment against the leaders of the insur-
gents, they asserted, will serve in a
great measure to discourage any fur
ther spread of The unauthorized strike
movement to this city.
Roads Affected In Buffalo
The roads affected by the Buffalo
walkouts are the New York Central,
Erie, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburgh. The man
agements of these lines announce that
the passenger service would not be af-
fected, but that the freight situation,
already badly tangled, undoubtedly
would be still further aggravated The
New York Central, however, declared
that it had not yet found it necessary
to renew the embargo on freight ship
ments from RuRo1o
In connection with the return to
normal conditions in the passenger
traffic on all the lines J. +. Andrews,
assistant general passenger agent of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, announced
that the observation car has been re.
stored to the forecast Black Dia
mond Express. The familiar dark
green folder of train schedules which
was issued by the Lehigh Valley before
the war has reappearcd and white
folders no longer will be issued.
The committee appointed by the Mer-
chants Association in compliance with
the suggestion of Assistant ATTORNEY
General Ames to help settle the long
shoremen and marine workers strike
In the port submitted propositions yes
tcrday for the adjustment of both CON
troversies. In both cases the commit
tee, after conferences with the ship
owners, railroad officials and union
leaders involved, recommended that the
men return to work and then submit
their grievances for adjustment to the
National Adjustment Commission or
the Railroad Labor Board
Award Called Binding
With respect to the strike against
the coastwise shipping lines the COM
mittee says that the award Of the Ma
tional Adjustment Commission last Oc-
tober should have been respected by
the longshoremen until reopened on
motion of the commission itself as
provided in the award
They held also that the walk out on
the ferries and other floating equip
ment of the railroads was unjustifed
because the men made no effort to have
their grievances adjusted by the labor
board, as provided in the transporta-
tion act affecting common carriers.
When the stand of the committee
and the government officials was placed
before the men at meeting in Webster
Hall yesterday and vote taken on the
question of returning to work pending
the settlement of the trouble through
the regular channels, the strikers
elected to stay out. The railroad Of
ticials were little concerned with the
decision, declaring that the strike was
broken, ferry service was normal and
that additional towboats are being
placed in operation daily.
Twenty-Five thousand protests against
the increase in fares to six and ten
cents on the Hudson Tubes were turned
IN yesterday to Finance Commissioner
James f. Cannon, of Jersey City. Mr.
Cannon declared that he has now re-
ceived total of $4,000 of these pro
tests from persons living as far away
as Tuxedo, They will be presented to
which is hearing the application of the