New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-11
< Roads Rush
Preparations
To SlniI, Coal
/ 500, 600 Tons Anthracite
Weekly Expected TO Swell
Soft Coal Shipments, Now
1000, 900 Above Normal
Passenger Trains Are Gut
Erie Cancels Two, Giving S
Engines 10 Fuel Carriers;
Provide New Rolling Stock

terday by the seven so-calied hard
coal" railroads, along whose lines
originate all Of the anthracite mined,
to handle the increasing flow of coal
expected to follow the resumption Of
work to-day by $4,000 miners, on
strike since April 1. Officials Of the
Erie Railroad announced the temporary
cancellation Of two through passenger
trains to provide additional equipment
for hauling coal The other railroads
felt confident of their ability to handle
all of the coal offered without the me-
cessity Of cutting down their passenger
service.
The two trains cancelled by the Erie
are Nos. 1000 and 1901, which run be-
tween New York City and Jamestown,
N. Y, with Rochester connections, IN
both directions. The withdrawal of
these two trains, Erie officials said, will
provide five additional locomotives for
coal hauling.
Since the settlement of the strike
in the bituminous mines the railroads
of the country have been carrying
more than 100000 tons of soft coal
weekly, which is 100000 more than
they haul in normal times. Resumed
| short time add 100000 tons to be
moved each week. This burden falls
practically altogether on the seven
railroads which operate in the anthra-
cite region-the Pennsylvania, Erie,
Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia & Read
| ing. Delaware & Hudson, Jersey Cen
trail and the Delaware, Lackawanna &
| Western.
On all Of these roads sdings to the
mines and cars and engines used in
and around the breakers and collieries
have been overhauled, or are being
overhauled now. Only the Erie has
found it possible to add to it's coal
carrying equipment by the cancella
tion Of passenger trains The five
locomotives used in making the run of
the two jamestown trains are of the
K 1, 2 and type, suitable either for
passenger or freight use.
Effective September IL, No. 1000,
leaving jamestown at 8 p. M, will be
withdrawn, and No. 1901, leaving New
York at 10 a. M, will be taken off. In
addition. the ffty-fve locomotives
used about the collieries are being
to insure the prompt handling Of $50
to 500 carloads of anthracite, which is
the Erie's daily capacity.
Surplus Cars Ready
The Delaware & Hudson will also
cancel twelve passenger trains during
the week, but l.. F. Loree, president
Of the road, said last night that this
| was merely the annual change from the
summer schedule and involves only
trains added for the use of vacationists
| during the summer months. The en-
| gines used on these trains are not built
| for freight hauling Mr.. Loree said.
/ The Delaware G. Hudson has 1000 sur
| plus coal cars ready for transporting
anthracite as soon as the mines begin
| to ship.
| t. M. Rine, Of the D., L. & W.,
said that his road was amply equipped
| to handle the anthracite produc-
| ton offered without any cutting
tonnage handled is between $4,000 and
! $4,000, which is the capacity of the
mines it serves. The D., L. & W., Mr..
Rine said, was we'll able to care for
| this tonnage.
Among the striking shopcrafts work
ers the withdrawal of two trains by
the Erie was ascribed to the difficulty
the company is experiencing in keep
ing its equipment in repair due to the
| strike. Concern over the outcome of
the injunction proceedings in Chicago
ond moro particularly over the meet
ing of the policies committee of the
Bert Jewell has called for to-day, also
in Chicago, overshadowed the Erie
announcement.
The action of the policies committee
as to granting or withholding their
sanction of individual settlement agree
ments is the question holding the at
| tention of local strike leaders. The
leaders believe firmly that no step will
be taken in Chicago which will not fully
protect the strikers in the metropolitan
district or which will cut them off from
the support promised by local labor or
CARNATIONS affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor
Strike Leaders Grave
The gravity of the situation for the
strikers on the big Eastern railroads is
the policies committee throwing open
the door to the making of peace agree
ments on individual railroads will leave
them in precarious position, it is be-
lieved 1t was pointed out that the
Eastern roads for the most part have
been better able to recruit mechanics
to replace strikers and are, therefore,
less apt to consider peace terms on any
basis except such as a victory for the
strikers and the imperative necessity
for making a nationwide settlement
Plans for continuing strike activities
despite the Daugherty injunction, even
though it should be made permanent,
have proceeded to the point where this
question is considered less important
than the meeting of the policies COM
mittee.
The policies committee's plans in
clude the substitution of leaders in
other affiliated labor unions taking
over the direction of the strike I'M
der conditions which will not make
them liable to prosecution under the
provisions of the injunction. The en-
tire program is said to have been
worked out under the watchful eyes of
legal advisers so as to insure avoid
ance of any conflict with the Federal
authority.
Railroad executives continued to pre-
dict the collapse of the strike within a
short time and pointed to the Chicago
meeting of the strikers policy commit
tee as an indication of the strikes end.
Not alone will the making of individual
settlements weaken the position of the
strikers, but the entire union organi-
cation in the railroad shops. 1t was
claimed that the Chicago meeting was
called as much for the purpose of
strengthening union fences as for con-
sidering the question of separate peace
with individual railroads.
New Cars Bought
Purchase of new freight cars. which