The New York herald., 1921-11-04
Dealers Promise Full Deliy-
cries Next Week; on
Third Basis Now.
TRUCE AGAIN REFUSED
Hylan Threatens to Seize
Plants, but Many See a
Political Game.
MILLER AGENT is HERE
Third Day of Strike Finds Bet
ter Distribution; Jail for
Some Lawbreakers.
MILLER AGENT is HERE


zation Of the milk industry. made yes.
terday by Mayor Hylan and Health
| Commissioner Copeland to force a
settlement of the strike. were met
last night by a statement of the New
York Milk Conference Board prom
ising milk for to-day and the return
of household delivery within week.
DR.. Copeland said he would use his
police powers IL distribution were
not so per cent. Of normal by to-
morrow. The distributors promise
to exceed the Health Commissioners
demands, and assert they already
have filed the places of more thar
IS per cent. of their striking en-
ployees.
The third day of the strike was the
most violent from the strikers side
and marked the final efforts of the
city authorities to bring about set
| tlement. DR.. Copeland said last night
in the face Of the announced inten-
| tion Of the distributors to "stand
pat" on their open shop principle.
that although the prospects for q
settlement seemed black at present
he still had hopes. He made this
statement also on top Of character
zation of his efforts and those OF
Mayor Hylan as an attempt to make
political capital out of the strike.
4 r.
The first bioodshed of the strike oc-
CURED late last night when John Lous
Of III Gates avenue. oriver of O Shef-
| field Farms milk truck. was set upon
BY strikers and stabbed In the face,
hands and back as he was rsiving
along Fulton street at Glenada place.
'>roolSlyn. Lous was alone on the
truck at the time. The strikers
dragged him from the wagon and
pummelled him with their fists. One
OF the attackers had a knife.
Lous later identified Louis Freid-
man. aged 26, of gag Vermont street, a
striking platform man, as the one who
stabbed him. Physicians at Swedish
Hospital said Lous had but slight
chances of recovering.
Hospitals. baby milk stations ana
institutions for the aged received yes-
terday all the milk they could rse,
and. although huge crowds stormed
all the distributing centres in the city,
few were turned away without milk.
The figures of the Milk Conference
Board show about 10000 quarts were
distributed during the day That was
an Increase of 10000 quarts over
Wednesday. and the promise is that
the increase viii be as large to-day IL
not moro SO.
MIX Trucks Arc stoned.
More milk trucks appeared on the
streets, and their presence occasioned
the violence The trucks were stoned
r every borough, and the rioting was
stopped only by the firing Of shots By
policemen. Twoscore arrests were
made. and several of the prisoners
learned that rioting strikers and SYM
pathizers are 20 be dealt with severely
by the courts Four arrested in one
disturbance received woriShouse SEN
tences of twenty days each. and In an
other nine were held in bah for trial,
In each instance the prisoners were
scored severely from the bench.
The threat of seizure of the local
milk plants was made during a second
attempt by Dr. Copeland 70 have the
distributors meet the strikers in arbi-
tration. II failed as utterly as did the
first. made Wednesday afternoon,
when the drivers signed a stipulation
70 return to work and arbitrate. which
was rejected promptly by the Milk
Board Dr. Copeland suggested the
municipalization plan to Mayor Hylan
IN the morning and repeated II to the
milk dealers at the afternoon confer
cnce. Their reply was that the city
could have their plants n prepared 20
pay for them.
Ignoring the MIX Board. because o.
It's refusal 20 agree 70 his settlement
plan. DR. Copeland summoned the deal
ers 20 his office as individuals Seven
teen appeared. Michael J. Regan. chies
mediator Of the State Industrial Bu-
reau. also was present as the personal
representative OF Gov. Miller. Mr.. Re.
gan said the Governor Is watching the
strike situation closely and may take
p hand in Il II the local authorities fan
70 bring about settlement
Sec only Political Move.
The dealers admitted they entered the
conference sNpecting an attempt would
be made 70 browbeat them into a settle
nlent They were prepared to ccnbst
this and left announcing they intended