New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Retail Milk
! Routes To Be
Opened To-day
Companies Expect to Have
More Than 500 Wagons in
Three Districts to Make
Street Corner Sale .
Big Police Guard Ordered
Copeland to Make New
Effort to Arbitrate Strike
at Another Conference

Final struggle for supremacy be.
tween the two sides in the milk strike
viii begin this morning with the open
ing by the companies of two retail
routes In Manhattan and one in Brook
lyn, under the protection of hundreds
of policemen.
It was estimated last night by l.
Elkin Nathans, secretary of the New
York Milk Conference Board, that the
companies would have total of more
than 500 wagons, trucks and other
vehicles on the streets by Q a. m, dis
tributing milk throughout the greater
city--practically tripling the opera
tions of the distributors for any dav
since the strike began.
No strictly family deliveries will be
attempted in any of the eongested Sec
tions, due to the companies unwilling
ness to subject their employees to the
dangers which they believe would be
involved at this time. Instead the
three retail routes will be opened on a
"street corner huckstering system"
with milk sold to the public from
wagons stationed at each corner and
under the guard of policemen along
the tf 1roughfares designated.
Routes Mapped Out
The Manhattan routes will be on
Broadw1y, from Sixtieth to 1S1st
streets, and on Lexington Avenue, from
Fortieth to Eighty-sixth streets. Bed
ford Avenue has been selected for the
opening Brooklyn route, from North
Sixth Street to Snyder Avenue.
"Fifty of our old employees who
quit the strike will be among our
drivers" said an official of the Borden
coicern
House-to-hou deliveries will be
made by the Borden and Sheffield
companies in several sections. Dis
tribution to stores and sub-stations
will be attempted on a greater scale
than ever All services are to be in
creased dailf, according to Milk Con-
ference Board plans.
Bee use OF the election and the con-
sequent engaging of large number of
the police at the polls the companies
distributed only 81 = | proportion OF
the normal volume Of milk Yesterday,
relying on caring for the needs Of their
customers from an extra large supply
delivered to stores on Monday.
Few acts of violence were reported
during the day, and none was serious
Royal S. Copeland. Health Commits
sinner, who has made three unsuccess-
xul attempts to settle the strike, will
try again to-day or Tomorrow through
inviting the distributors to another
conference. He believes that with
the electrion over the companies will
be willing to listen to suggestions that
they arbitrate with the strikers"
In statement issued last night he
said that some cases of adulteration
have come to his attention and that he
ordered one dealer to appear in court
FOR putting dipped milk into unsteril-
ized bottles.
Strike Reported on Wane
Leading company officials reported
that the strike was beginning to disin-
tegrate, with many of the strikers ne
Eotiating for return to their jobs
and that their forces of plant workers
have been recruited up to nearly 100
per cent. Also they announced that
plans for seeking an injunction pro-
hibiting interference with milk deliver
les in greater New York have been
completed. These points were summar-
lied In a statement by Mr.. Nathans.
The strikers, however, in statemen
Issued from headquarters said that they
are Standing 100 per cent together" in
the fight, denied that the companies
obtained more than l3 1-3 per cent of
their normal milk supply on Monday
night, and charged that the distribu-
tors want to proiong the fight "in order
to force the price of milk up SO more
profits can be mad for the stockhold-
ers." In addition. they reiterated their
position that 1--WE are ready to go back