New-York tribune., 1921-11-05
Deliveries Increased in
ALI Parts of City; Firms
Have Men Ready for
HOuse-to-HOuse Routes
Mob Fells Police:
Is Shots Fired
Amazing How Companies
Handle Situation,' Says
Copeland, Who Decides
Not to Seize Plants

The milk companies announced
yesterday that they lad solved the
distribution problem and would
hereafter, despite the continuation
Of the strike, be able to get suffi-
cient milk to all parts Of the city to
relieve all distress: Regardless of the
continuation of violence, the situa-
lion throughout the city showed i'm
orovement, sufficient to warrant the
belief that the first crisis in the
strike had been passed.
The companies believe that the
second crisis-the beginning of fam
ily deliveries, in force on Election
Day or the day thereafter--will be
overcome as successfully. Fifty re-
sail wagons of the two largest COM
oanies were operated yesterday.
Between e5 and 70 per cent of the
oub'ic's normal milk supply was made
available to it to-day, and it is expect
ed there will be an increase to-mor-
row." reads statement issued last
night by I. Elkin Nathans, secretary Of
The New York Milk Conference Board.
Victory Means Price Cut
Final victory of the companies and
effective establishment of the open
slop in tie milk industry will mean a
cut in the price of milk of | cent or
more, according to Mr.. Natnans.
1t was conceded in statement is-
sued by Health Commissioner Royal s.
Copeland that "it is probable that the
amount Of milk received in the city
so-day is about 90 per cent of the min
mum normal supply" The Commits
sioner added: "Tt is amazing how the
companies are handling the situation" )"
He also said definitely that the
threatened intention of the city to take
over the milk plants and operate them,
schedu' ed for to-day, would be aban-
doned it the companies delivered as
much milk as they did yesterday.
Companies Ranks Filled
Another important development of
The day was declaration of the com
'anies, contained in the statement of
DIR. Nathans, that they had succeeded
m employing almost all the men they
iced for the present. and were practi-
cally holding up additional employ
many of whom had been in their en-
oloy for many years, a chance to go to
work.
While several acts of violence were
reported they were not so numerous as
IN the previous days of the strike.
The most serious was disturbance,
approaching the proportions of riot,
which occurred near branch of the
Borden's Farm Products Company, st
sumner Avenue and Kosciusko Street,
Brooklyn, when large crowd of men
said to be strikers attacked three route
wagons as they were leaving the plant
under the guard of policemen.
After the wagons had been subjected
20 hail of bricks and other missiles,
which injured two of the policemen,
she latter fred twenty-five shots into
the air to frighten the mob off. The
sounds of the shots drew reinforce
ments of five patrolmen, headed by
Captain William A. Sullivan. of the
Gates Avenue Station, and the attack
srs were rushed.
Two Arrested as Rioters
They ran, but not before the police
snncsceeded in arresting two of them,
william Joos and John Eichler. They
we're taken to Gates Avenue Court and
aeid without bail on charges of riot
.hg. Thirteen other men were rounded
rp and taken to the Gates Avenue
rolice Station for questioning, but
we're not placed under arrest
Inc most serious object lesson
against, violence which has been admin
Stored thus far in the strike was de-
ssvered by Magistrate William A.
eweetser in Jefferson Market Court,
snen ne sentenced nine strikers to. the
Soskhouse for having attacked driver
snd spilled milk from the truck he was
IRVING at Eighth Avenue and Twenty
sour.h Street. Sentences of from FIVE
. ,hfteen days were imposed.
AZ. an reply to plea by their attorney
AaE they should be shown lenience
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