Republican farmer., 1920-04-16
STRIKE
 HITS COMMUTERS
New Jersey Central Sus-
 pends Passenger Traffic.
WILD DISORDERS AT PENN. STATION

New York, April 12-The Central Railroad of New Jersey suspended all passenger ser vice at noon today, when agents were ordered to stop selling tickets. The road cov- CTS the State Of New Jersey and the suspension order affects approximately 55,OO0 commut-
 This suspensions with cancellation of all commuters trains on the Erie and Lackawanna, virtually cuts off more than 100000 Jerseyites from New York, as the Pennsylvania, which op- crates an extensive suburban service, has announced it could not run more than 50 per cent. of it's local trains. The Lehigh Valley is seriously crip- pied, while other roads terminating in Jersey are only with greatest diff cufty keeping their passenger lines operating on any sort of schedule.
 The New York Central and New York, New Haven and Hartford re- ported their passenger service was in better condition, although the New Haven was forced to suspend Harlem river branch trains. The Merchants Limited for Boston also has been temporarily suspended and all parlor cars have been taken off except on the KnickeTtbocker limited. New York, April 12.---Commuter were hardest hit as New York entered the fifth day of the local tie-uu caused by the spread to the eastern seaiboard of the unauthorized Tai1road strike.
 When the city resumed it's daily business after the week end respite, 1t was found that the gaps in the i ranks of workers, noticeable last Sat- urday, had increased.
 Many thousands reaching Manhat. tan Saturday only after long delays, apparently abandoned any attempt to | Journey to the city today. l Although threatened trolley strikes
 in New Jersey and Staten Island faiI- i ed to develop, passenger service both | in Jersey and on Long Island was 1 further demoralized. Across the Hud- 1 son many automobile owners con- 1 Yerted their machines into non-pay- ment jitneys to bring workers to ferry i slips but with the Hudson tubes still 1 closed by the strike and ferries oper- ating with reduced crews because of a
 walkout of marine workers, only a 1 AS4cAA1N6ly SLld1I or the 1 committing hosts crossed the river. Meanwhile although not yet feeling | the pinch of hunger, New York pre- pared to face the serious situation 1 caused by freight and express em- | bargoes placed on virtually all lines. l Health Commissioner Copeland has
 called a barley this afternoon Of the food dealers to discuss the situation 1 and pepaTe for a possible food short l age.
 Additional crews of electric 1oco- | motives which handle Pennsylvania l and Baltimore 6, Ohio passengers
 trains between the Manhattan trans i fer station in Jersey City and New
 York struck this morning, further | hampering service. Fifty of these
 crews walked out last night. Scenes of wild disorder followed 1 the throwing open of the gates at the Penna. station this morning when a | five car train which usually has ten | coaches was made ready to pull out | for Philadelphia. More than 5000
 men and women stormed the plat 1 form, sweeping gate tenders and l guards from the way. About 1000
 persons crowded into the train. l A notice posted at the Pennsylva- l mia station announced this morning l mat several Ira1nS' ScheOu1ed to ar | rive this morning would not get here
 flor various reasons" These trains included the Metropolitan express due at 10:3O o'clock and the New York express due at 7:35.
 The train crew of the Penna's Ros-
 ton express due from Boston at SIS a. m., abandoned it here. Passengers for Philadelphia were transferred to
 a local.
 Boston, April 12.---Curtaiiment of all traffic, passenger and freight and
 express, on through lines of railroads
 in New England was the result in this section today of the outlaw strike
 of railroad men, Reports indicated that efforts of the strikers to obtain
 recruits in New England states had proved unayaIing.
 The only break in the ranks of loyal workers was short-Hved. It occurred
 at Worcester when fewer than zoo
 switcbmen. walked out Sunday morn
 ing. They returned to their work
 within 12 hours.
 discontinued all parlor and baggage
 cars on the Boston-New York day
 trains. The movement of freight on
 this road within New England has
 not been affected seriously. The BoS-
 ton and Maine reported all traffic as virtually normal.
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