New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Hvlall to Curb
Brutal Police
Tn Milk Strike
Woman Bares Bruised Arm TO
Mayor and Lays Injuries
Rough Handling by Cap
tain of La Sale Sa. Station
Injunction Test To-day
Companies Deny Workers
Claim: Club Women Hear
Both Sides i'm Controversy

A premise by Mayor Hylan that he
~ili not permit further brutality on
the part of the police in connection
with the milk workers strike and the
interest Of q group of ciubwomen in
the general situation were among the
chief developments of the strike YES
terday.
Another important strike develop
ment was reported late last night. when
1t was announced that the first strikers
arrested for violating the anti-violence
injunction will be arraigned this morn
ing before Justice Charles NJ. Kelhv.
in the Supreme Court in BROOKLYN
They are Edward Cohen and William
Singer, and are charged with having.
assaulted Samuel Fine, a milk wagon
driver, on Monday
The Mayors promise as to the police
was given after he had been permitted
q close view OF the left arm of Miss
Anna E. Monteforte, chiropractic phy-
sician and a leader of the strikers
wonlen's auxiliary. Miss Monteforte
rolled Up her sleeve in his Office and
displayed several bruises. which she
SAID haa resulted from violent handling
on the part OF Captain Patrick j. Car
gan, Of the La Sale Street station.
Accompanying Miss Monteforte were
George W Briggs, general chairman
OF the strike. and several women rela-
tives of strikers. who told the Mavor
Of several instances of alleged police
brutality in five districts of the citv
In addition, Briggs charged that police
nen were driving wagons, selling milk
ard in other ways "acting as strike
breakers"
Mayor Sees Bruised Arm
Would you like to see nv other
arm ? Miss Monteforte asked His
honor alter the latter had inspected
her bruises intently. "It's just as bad. :"
No" replied Mayor Hylan, 'I'll take
your word for it, I insist that the
police shall remain neutral in this
strike. II any fail to treat you fairly
! Will see that charges or transfers
are made: l want you to come to me
IN every instance OF the sort"
The Mayor then launched into an
attack on the milk companies, saving
that all this Is happening because
they are trying to raise the price of
milk" and that he'd like to be Dis
trict Attorney for a few days to break
up the milk trust" He concluded bv
referring his visitors to Chief Police
Inspector William j. Lahey The lat
ter, after hearing repetition of the
complaints, called up several inspectors
and repeated the Mayors sneutralityD
Instructions"
Later Strike Chairman Briggs said
inst petition for $4,000 names was
being circulated throughout Captain
Gargan's district, charging him with
working for the Sheffield Farms Com
pany IN connection with the strike.
he clubwomen, who became inter-
ested in the strike. are members of the
Women's City Club, of % Park Ave
nue.. They we're addressed. at their
invitation. both by Mr.. Briggs and by
!. Elkin Nathans, secretary of the Milk
Conference Board, thus hearing both
sides Of the controversy. Miss Grace
Childs was chairman of the meeting.
Distribution in City
In review Of the-day statement is
sued last night Mr.. Briggs said that a
eheck-up made by his men had shown
that at least S5 per cent of the milk
being distributed in New York was
handled by firms operating under the
union agreement, with the Milk Con-
ference Board companies handling
only ID per cent or less.
This was denied in Milk Confer
ence Board statement, which claimed
that its company members have an 85-
er-cent-of-normal distribution and
that they operated 1857 out of a total