The evening world., 1920-08-30

leaders will meet the Public Service
Commissioner at 2.3O o'clock this
afternoon.
In an interview with reporters Shea
announced that no appointments other
than this have been made. lie said he
did not know whether w. ID. Mahon,
the international President, will come
to New York to take part In the strike
meetings.
you can say" he added that the
strike has then full sanction OF the
union and that union funds viii he
available for the strikers. This strike
was forced by the b. X. T. Saturday
night when they locked out the men
at the power house. We're going to
push the fight to the limit"
ADDED FERRYBoATs PRESSED
INTO SERVICE.
Additional ferryboats were put on
all Brooklyn and Long Island City
lines. Interborongh service between
| the boroughs was increased to the
maximum. The Long Island Rail-
road not only added to the number
| OF cars on its trains bat ran addi-
tional trains. The failure Of some
body TO anticipate the change Of con-
dtions by increasing ticket selling
| facilities at the Atlantic Avenue
junction OF the Long Island anu Inter
borough. where only onestcket booth
was open. caused repeated riots IN
early morning hours. ThousandA OF
passengers, unable TO buy tickets; fe-
peatedly charged on the gates and by
sheer force of numbers forced them
selves on trains and rode without
paying fares
The screams OF women crushed In
these rushes drew the trafiic police
from the street, and after some rough
and tumble work the passengers were
forced to form in double lines and the
police aided in fastening dcket sales
by standing over the change shelf and
hurrying money and tickets into the
right hands.
Commissioner Grover Whalen
after a few minutes study OF the
jam and threatenlngs Of q big disdn-
ter at the williamsburg Bridge tor
minals, ordered the police TO make
the bridge a, thoroughfarS for Man
haitian bound traffic only. This re-
lieved the situation for a while. but
there was stll such congestion thai
it backed up trucks and carts ara
pleasure cars for blocks at the WpE
iamsbprg plaza.
! ONE WAY TRAFFIC ON THE
p BRIDGES.
, whalen then made Manhattan
a Bridge an exclusively eastboun'
3 channel and the Brooklyn Bridge wa
e reserved for westbound traffic only
% Canal ana Elizabeth Streets wer
made one way streets 20 carry tn
g continuous stream Of passenge
Q trucks from the two upper bridges b
S the Brooklyn Bridge. The train
e on the three bridges was re
= versed when the return rush
o Brooklyn began this afternoon. TIL
williamsburg Bridge carried III
y greatest burden of the day at a
@ hours.
u All transportation lines In Man
II haitian were crowded by the dis
arrangement Of their ordinary vo
N ume OF trafHc due 10 the strike. III
Third Avenue systems lines In II
.e vicinity OF the bridge terminals wei
" completely demoralized The Ne
l. York City lines were also swamp'
1t in the vicinity OF City Hall aud
b Grand street and Rivington Street
he well as at 59th Street.
X, The north roadway was reserve
he for motor vehicles and horse trucl
le and wagons came over the SOU
roadway. They poured into Delanc'
ed Street six abreast ana there We
e. continuous tangles quickly separate
n and cleared by policemen husuiI
ng under the general direction OF Il
yn spector Thomas Mcdonald. A sol
ng column of men and women the wild
OF the waikway marched into MAJ
IS haitian from daybreak until after
h O'Clock The police said no such mt
AZ titude had used The bridge since
ire was built
gis Mayor HylAn went out on an 4
K spection trip Of traffic conditions
'or Williamsburg between and y o'clo
ms this morniF. When he arrived at I
Ike City Hall nc said he had been delay