Evening star., 1920-05-18
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days work for days pay" the reports

Detroit Ii Hard Hit.

days work for days pay" the reports
say.
Detroit Is Hard Hit.
With more than 1900 striking yard
en- in Detroit and cars standing. load
for miles and miles in the yards
etroit's large industrial plants will b
breed to suspend operations Saturday
early next week. Raw material Is
re lacking and reserre stocks virtual
" are depleted. Several plants al
eady have shut down because OF In
fnen have been thrown out of employ
ment because of this.
Congestion of freight in the rail-
road yards at St. Louis is seriouely
Affecting business. Railroads are ad-
vertising heavily to fili the saps
caused by the strike Of employees in
the yards. Thousands of carloadS :of
manufactured materials are Sit,d
nigh in the warehouses waiting cars
Tor shipment. Orders filled thirty
days ago by tn" manufacturers siara
still awaiting the spotting OF eass
Coal supplies are running low due
TO the confscation of part of the sup-
ply by the railroads in an effort TO
keep transportation open !" hi = the
scare of tie switchmens strike Is
partially relieved, the car shortage
looms as a factor which promises to
play an important part in-the life OF
many industries. A score of manu-
featuring, plants. employing $1,000
men. are shut down or running on
half time. awaiting the arrival Of
freight cars.
Buffalo Concerns Shut Down.
In Buffalo several large concerns
have bean forced to cut production
one-half or more. Smaller concerns
have practically ceased operation.
hoI l.
bituminous coal Division and dis
trict superintendents on the railroads
are working in the yards themselves
loading and unloading ears and dong
SWitchmtnS : duties. Men on ,rike
refuse 10 return To y o, K. The1e IS
no solution in sight unlil men do
return.
There is less gloom among the
Grain grain men in Kansas City, today,
ential order by the Interstate Com
merce Commission Will give them
some relief from the acute car
shortage and jam. There were several
situation. More cars are moving than
have been in use since April %. Mills
are moving tifir grain, al great ex-
pense. but avoiding possible shut
Kansas City are, supplied .Niul equip
ment for loading cars. Therefore the
use OF trucks to move the grain has
to large extent beef impossible
Embnreoes Hurt Toledo.
Toledo's freight congestion is as-
gravated by the embargoes in force
at the Detroit, Buffalo. Cleveland and
Cincnnatfj .ierminals Gonsea,se nj E-s
many hundreds of thousand dollars
of goods are being placed IN stor-
age. Express companies are refusing
IN N
transferred at points where the en1-
bargoes are in effect. The clearing
up of the situation in Toledo IS de-
pendent upon the clearing ups Of the
congestion in other cities. The coal
situation is adding to the difficulties.
Barges and steamers are laid up at
the wharves because OF the slow coai
movements from the West Virginia
and Ohio mines.
Agreement OF railroad officials in
Cincinnati TO invest the terminal oper-
ating committee with authority to d.
vert or reroute freight 10 open roads
when cars are routed in bills rf iad,ng
over roads connecting herewith
cannot handle the transportation.
There is no congestion of freight
in Cincinnati itself. But roads lead
ing 10 that city are jammed with cars.
and the jam is closing in on Cincin-
natl 1t is of little use TO move the
cars out as other points cannot take
care of them. The diversion of traec
mentioned however is expected TO
relieve somewhat the situation.
Shippers are crying for cars snd
factories daily become more worried
over the shipments OF coal and ray
materials. Che humber of. CATS unasr
signees to be unloaded- is. of course
the reason. Cincinnati is one of tine
cities which are suffering from the ef-
fects elsewhere. Its local facilities
for handling, the freight are improv-
BIas.es4,ebse.gsssSl -..-4.--r
A.oasi.t'ss ot'if.aIs essst A h ese ss ;sss
was doe 10 labor troubles. coupled
with a healthy normal traffic growth.
They were inclined TO the view that
the estimate of $4,000 men who hs e
left the. employ Of the roads since the
first Of the year. made recently by the
American Federation of Labor, was
too low. and asserted that lack OF ex-
perienced switchmen constitutes the
which fhe roads nnd themse. YES:
Thousapds Of the men whd participated
In the unauthorized ;, ,sTitchmsns
strike a, month and ashaH ASo havenct
returned to the railroada.,.; inexpert-
enced men have taken their places in
many cases. and this lack Of expert
enced men has made itself felt
throughout the whole freight system Of
the country. association men said. In
Cleveland hundreds of switchmen LEI,
the employ of the roads for positions
in automobile factories. Now they
find themselves out of work because
the automobile manufacturers cannot
get shipments of steel through the
traffic jam in Pittsburgh and Cleveland
yards. officials said.
There has been a steady upward
trend IN the tonnage movement of
freight since the lu,l shortly after the
armistice. That movement reached its
peak two months ago. or just before
the switchmen's strike.
Significant step Taken.
The most significant step taken yes
terday toward breaking the freight
blockade was partial utilization OF
the emergency powers granted the
interstate Commerce Commission an
der the transportation act. which the
commission used in sending tele-
public service commissions. urging
Dem to Join hands with-the govern
Ss,nt in lifting the buEdtn:1
Virtually the wholgsfnffA- OF the
commissions railroad 'i,seeeeors was
assigned to work in suSt63faG Irafic
conditions at importahf ttGHte wsnss
where the flow Of traffic ,hds bec6hfs
congested IL was expeetHAt that the
commission today will. gGtifnd VOID
on the condition Of ternirsaesSW the
large cities. tsT r.
Urge Pooling SsI seSAa:,-.
;. rqGins ,ss m,sa,s O. Goa. sSrsss .ass
A'nounced in sta,ehefr II; Ihscn i
raid it was keeping IN cpnstant tphch
NTH every phase of. the. sfty4t tfon
The commission toyay adytsea the
Ore and Coal Exchange. With Head
suarters at Cleveland, Ohio, that there
is a present necessity for cc-operation