Republican farmer., 1920-04-16

With freight traffic in the East seri- ously crippled, administration officials regard the strike situation as very serious the president has been kept advised as to general conditions.
 Attorney General Palmer was studying additional reports today from department of justice field agents and was expected to make a complete re- port with recommendations to the executive.
 It was announced at the White House that the cabinet officers would assemble in the presidents study in stead of meeting in the executive of fees.
 This will be the first gathering of the cabinet since the resignation of former Secretary of State Lansing on February 3 after the president had rebuked him for calling unofficial meetings of thee abinet during MT. Wilson's illness.
 , New York, April 13-Railroads and strikers went into clinch today for control of traffic arteries leading into New York.
 While the strikers, who yesterday crippled suburban traffic in New Jer- sey, succeeded this morning in incon- veniencing 10000 more commuters by shutting down the three divisions oi the Staten Island Rapid Transit Co and drawing out more frenlen on the Long Island railroad, the other roads rallying from the surprise of the sud- den walkout, reported greater success ] in operating freight and passenger 1 service.
 Accepting the aid of citizens and working hand in hand with repre- 1 sen tatives- of the '+big four" the roads were able to move an increas- ] ing amount of food into the city while specials operated by volunteer 1 crews began arriving from suburban 1 points in New Jersey. When sim | liar tactics were adopted on Slater ! Island, however, the first car of thu | first train jumped the track whil, moving slowly and blocked the line l Representatives of the 'tbig four working with railroad officials, ar seeking to get strikers to return | Timothy Shea, vice president of tn Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen conferred again today with striker and later addressed a meeting of tn executive committee and delegates O the Brotherhood in Hoboken, an nouncing that the meeting would | continue 'funtiI some solution Of tn | strike was reached.
 Philadelphia, April 13 - The rail road strike situation in the Philadel phia district appeared more seriou early today than at any time since tn men began leaving their work last Sat urday. Officials of the Pennsylvani Railroad admitted the wa1kout wa spreading and estimated that 1,50
 men, many of them shopmen, joine
 the ranks of the strikers late yester
 day and last night. This increase
 the number of Pennsylvania employe
 out in the district to 2.50O. In tn
 Eastern region approximately 3,75
 were idle. Officials of the compan
 said they did not look for any notice
 able relief for three or four days Freight and express traffic on a
 railroads entering the city virtually at a standstiu. while the cUrtailrner
 of passenger service was increasin
 hourly. Of the TOO passenger train originating, passing through. or tel minating in. Philadelphia 1O5 wer annulled yesterday and it was ar
 nounced that unless the situation ir
 proved, more would be cancelled tC , day Many of the trains dropped weI
 those running between this city an
 New York.