New-York tribune., 1920-04-12
we're still in . muddle. things were


Of business Saturday night by walk
cut Of switchmen at the Mott Haven
yards, these men. have been replaced
by old-timers and . supervisory force,
consisting mainly of subordinate off,
cials, who are now keeping both
through and Communication trains run
ming fairly regularly. A. H. Smith,
head Of this line, said everything will
be running smoothly on this system
by this morning, subject to unforeseen
circumstances.
scheduled to leave Grand Central Sta
tion on Sunday it was said that only
seven were late in leaving the city, the
delay ranging from six minutes to two
hours. No curtailment of the passen-
ger service or annulment of any Of tic
trains is looked for to-day.
"a Trains Cut Out
The Pennsylvania Railroad cut out
twenty four Of the trains scheduled to
leave yesterday from the terminal at
Thirty-thrd Street, including the Con-
gressional Limited, for Washington,
and the Commercial and Mercantile
Express. for St. Louis.
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad announced that fifteen
passenger trains of the line would be
parlor and dining cars in and out Of
New York except on three express
trains would also be withdrawn.
No promises could be obtained from
any .os the officials on this line that
service would be regular this morning.
All trains, both local and through, it
was announced, would be subject to de-
lay, although every effort would be
made to get them off ON time.
oil ch ~
nents originating west of Altoona and
south Of Norfolk, it was declared by
officials of this line, will have the
gravest effect ON all PUBLIC utilities,
large manufacturing plants and mer~
camille establishments dependent for
their supplies of coal and steel on the
coal districts of Pennsylvania. 1t will
likewise directly affect dealers in food
stuffs who have been dependent on the
markets south of Norfolk for thei"
products.
The walk-out of firemen on the Lack.-
wanna yesterday brought the entire
system to standstill. The heads Of
the line were unable to obtain help yes
terday, and the officials said that not a
local wheel will turn on that system
to-day. Through trains will be limited.
although no schedule Of the number
of cancellations could be obtained.
Special trains will carry milk and mail.
. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad main
tained a fairly good service yesterday
except on lines on Staten Island Of
pect any trouble getting their trains
in New Jersey away on time to-day
All West Shore trains were yesterday
run off according to schedule and it
is promised that perfect service will
be continued to-day e..
Passenger Service Halted
Passenger service. on the Erie Rail-
road and the Central Railroad of New
Jersey had broken down. completely
yesterday and no trains were run on
seither lines The. Erie announces that a
few throughatrains will be run to-day,
but that it will be impossible to send
sout any commuters. This will affect
,all residents of New Jersey within a
radius of thirty miles of Jersey City.
The railroad is the only avenue Of
travel open TO thousands Of commuters
who come to New York daily.
1t is not probable. that the Lehieh
Valley traffic will be disrupted to any
degree. The trains were run fairly
we'll yesterday, and the heads of the
road say that all will be we'll to-day.
The Susquehanna division of the Erie
has been tied up since 10:30 p. m.
Saturday.
: The Baltimore E. Ohio trainmen on
the Staten Island lines met at Airing
ton Hall to discuss the situation. The
decision to go out was made by about
. 120 men. including both freight and
passenger employees. Not a wheel
turned on the freight system on Staten
Island after p. M, and it is expected
that the passenger trainmen will go
! put this morning.
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Shore. running from the municipal fer
,ies at ST. George to Marine Harbor,
and the South Shore, running from St.
George to South Beach and Totem
Vile.
Six Months Food Here
The situation here, however, is more
serious than at other points, in view of
the fact that dealers in foodstuffs OBJ
tain their stocks almost wholly by rail-
road, and the sadder shutdown is ex-
! pected to bring about an acute short
+. age of food.
! Preparations to keep food supplies
were being pushed with great vigor by
the railroad authorities. The state
ment of Commissioner of Markets Ed
win J. O'Malley that a six months sup.
iply of food was on hand in the ware.
houses Of the city was received with
Eratlncation by New York Central Rail
.road officials, who said that the 10C
carloads Of foodstuffs, now held al
ALBANY and scheduled to arrive thi.
morning, will be diverted to Boston
where an acute shortage exists.
/. To avert all possibility of shortage
there, however, the wartime specia1
meat trains have been revived, so thai
there are now speeding eastward from
Chicago two freight trains of sixty
ears each loaded with beef and pork
amounting to 7,250,o00 pounds. Thes,
iwill be sent in on the West Side track.
iof the New York Central, where con
'sumers can buy direct from the cars t.
.save time
A strong effort on the part of tn,
strikers on this line to prevent the in
gress Of foodstuffs was made at
o'clock last night, when about twent,
iiremen at the Mott Haven yards walked
put. lie mon simply refused to go tt
1work. Their places, however, We're i'm
'mediately taken by engineers, and tn,
Trains affected kept in service. Ten car
loads Of fresh meats, which had JUS
arrived, were taken care Of, and tn,
milk trains came in on normal schedule
Tubes Closed Tight
At the Office Of Oren Root, presiden
of the Hudson & Manhattan Tunne
company, it was stated that no train.
would be run through the tubes to-day
and notices to this effect were posted
a. all entrances to the tubes in New
Jersey and Manhattan.
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