New-York tribune., 1920-04-19
Passenger Schedules Re-
sumed in Full and
Freight Conditions Are
improving Rapidly
Majority of Men
On Strike Return
Newcomers Being Taken
On to Fill Places of
Those Remaining Out

The unauthorized strike of train
men in and around New York, accord
ing to railroad officials, is thing of
the past, at least so far as the pas
senger service is concerned.
With the expiration of the railroads
ultlmatum at noon yesterday, the
company managers announced that by
far the greater percentage Of the
strikers had reported for duty and
that the places CT the comparatively
small number that had failed to show
up were being permanently filled with
new men.
With one exception, service on the
Will be virtually normal this morn
ing.
What appeared to be the final blow
to the local outlaw movement was
dealt by the LOO fremen of the
Lackawanna. who yesterday bolted
from a meeting Of the bitter-enders in
the City Hall in Hoboken and voted to
return to work
The first Erie passenger train
manned by its regular crew to reach
Jersey City from Port Jervis, N. y,
since the beginning of the strike, ar
rived last night. Thomas r. Davis, its
fireman, is chairman of the Port Jervis
Local CT Firemen and Enginemen. He
said he had been trying for week
to get the men to return to work, but
they refused to listen to him.
Freight Still Delayed
On top of this came reports that
all the men at Buffalo, Toledo, Ash
tabula and a. large number of those
out at Cleveland had decided to re-
turf. to work. These men go back
under the same conditions which ex-
listed before the walk out, the adjust
plent of wage schedules and hours Of
work being left to the Railroad Labor
Board.
Recognition Of the new yardmen's
association was not made in the peace
terms, and the local branches of the
organization at these places will pass
out of existence.
1t was said the men still out are
chiefly switchmen of freight yards and
that while excellent progress is being
made in moving freight out of nearly
al the wards, it will be some time be-
fore this phase Of the trouble is
cleared up.
Strlkers who apply for work from
now, on. if the railroads see fit to re-
employ them, will be received as indi-
viduals without seniority rights and
will have to take pot luck
The one dark spot in the days de-
velopments was the lack of informa-
ton from the Hudson tube officials,
who refused to say when the tunnels
will resume service. Considerable ill
commuters in New Jersey because Of
the apparent inaction of the tube man.
ayers, and there was talk Of calling in
dlgnation meetings to force the COM
pany to restore some sort of service.
OFF to Washington
The last stronghold of the strikers
is now Grand View Hall, Jersey City,
where Edward McHugh, chairman of
the executive committee of the out
laws, harangued his fast dwindline
followers and then left for WASHINGTON.
with band of one hVndred assistants,
where he says ne expects "to tell the
whole truth to the new Railroad
Board when it convenes this morning
In another part Of the hall were
Timothy Shea, of the fremen and en-
ginemen's brotherhood, and l.. G.
Griffing,. of the engineers, who expect
TO testify before the board.
The firemen of the Lackawanna de-
e,ueu W return 70 "oik upon tne urgent
pleadings of the engineers of this line,
who had voted to go back the night be-
fore. The men were attending a meet
ing of strikers on the top floor Of
the Hoboken City Hall, and when the
body as a whole refused to return the
firemen left and in another part of the
building they balloted to return.
The Lackawanna thereupon announced
that service on it's. system this morn
ing will be normal and that freight
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