New-York tribune., 1921-11-03

The hospitals cf the city had little
trouble yesterday in getting their sup
plies of milk. In most cases milk was
delivered at the hospitals. but in some
instances ambulances were sent to
emergency stations for it. The milk
company employment bureaus put in Il
busy day. and seemed to have no
trouble in getting all the men they
wanted.
Milk Wagon Raided
One of the first demonstrations Of
disorder took place at 125th Street and
Amsterdam Avenue Yesterday morning.
when Jacob Adler, who was driving "a
loaded at the Manhattanville distribut-
ing station, 132d Street and North
River, was waylaid and attacked by a
gang riding in three taxicabs.
Adler was ordered down from the
drivers seat and the men removed five
cans of milk from his truck. Adler
called for help, but the milk bandits
drove off with the cans, which were all
they could convey in the taxcabs. Be-
fore they departed the attacking party
spilled six cans of milk into the gut
ters. Adler blew a police whistle, and
! Patrolman Charlin responded. There
were no arrests.
Forty men attacked a truck loaded
with milk at load Street and Morris
! Avenue, the Bronx, later in the morn
ing. They bombarded the driver with
paving rocks and bottles. The milk
was for hospital delivery. Patrolman
| Eugene Baggalini, of the Morrisania
police station, who was escorting the
truck, pursued three of the attacking
party TO the roof Of a tenement build
ing at l62d Street and Morris Avenue.
where he fired three shots at them
/ ihe men ran over roofs and down the
stairway of tenement at 161st Street
and Morris Avenue. where the patrol
man was set upon by the three pursued
! dubbed all three into submission.
Mob Threatens Policeman
After arresting the men Patrolman
Haggalini was followed to the station
house by more than q hundred men, who
threatened him with death it he did
not release his prisoners. Baggalini
promised to kill the first man ad-
vancing on him and held the crowd off
until reinforced by police reserves.
Another attack was made on an auto
truck milk laden and proceeding from
the New Haven & Hartford Railroad
1
nue., the Bronx, TO the Borden pasteur-
izing plant, 180th Street and Park Ave
nue.. %
gang intercepted the truck and
showered the driver with bricks. Pa
trolman Michael Whalen, guarding the
truck, drew his~revolvcr and dispersed
the attackers. A few minutes later
thirty strikers were ordered by the po-
lice to move when found lettering in
the vicinity of the Sheffield Farms Com
pany store, 622 West l25th Street.
man who sMd he was Arthur Miller
513 West 1S4th Street. refused to leave
and was locked up, charged with dis
orderly conduct. About the same time
police were summoned to rout strikers
over the viaduct between 123d and
156th streets, on Twelfth Avenue. The
men dispersed when the police arrived
Several Arrests Made
A large moving van with more than
to the Sheffield Farms plant in Forty.
sixth Street, between Tenth and Elev-
enth avenues, in the morning. 1t was
followed by jeering crowd of several
hundred men. Six uniformed patrol.
men on the sidewalk prevented attacks
threatened by the strikers.
John r. Noonan, 1922 Turkin Avenue
Westchester, and George Weidman, @
Cortlandt Avenue. Mount Vernon, strik
ers, were arrested, charged with carry
ing concealed weapons. They were
alleged to have blackjacks in their pos
session by patrolmen of the West 177tl
Street police station The men de-
clared they had been framed by tn.
police, asserting there were no black
jacks in the automobile they had beer
driving when arrested.
i Following the hearing of severs
cases, Magistrate John f. McGeehan, il
Morrisania Court, said he would sum
mon Inspector Dominick Henry, repre-
sentatives Of the milk wagon driver:
and representative Of the District At
torney's office to arrive at set o.
rules with regard to pickcting He sale
that once rules were set if there were
further demonstrations of violence he
would send the men involved to iai
for the full limit
City Distribution Improves
There was better distribution yes
terday than on the first day of tn,
strike. The milk companies had al
opportunity to mobilize emergenc,
forces, and the small grocer and deli
catessen storckecper were more pre-
pared to cope with the situation
There was no house-to house delivery
but hospitals and institutions were
supplied fairly earlyajn the day. Fam