The New York herald., 1922-07-02
HOLIDAY TRAVEL HARD HIT
BY RAILROAD STRIKE HERE
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from the headquarters OF the Associa-
ton of railway executives. this was ex-
planned by the absence of T. De Wit
Cuyler, the president. in Philadelphia.
Estimates OF the number OF men out In
the New York district varied. according
to the source, everywhere from two 10
fifty thousand. Organization leaders In
the New Haven claimed 1900 men had
laid down their tools when the night
shift OF shopmen was due to go on al
5 o'clock. In the metropolitan district
approximately 125,000 men in the three
shifts will be affected il the strike be-
comes general
Word From the Roads.
The first official announcement from
local roads that the strike was In
progress came from the Erie. 1t was
followed by similar statements frcm
other lines. all of which. however.
stressed the point that whatever incon-
venience ensued during the next rev
days would be due to the holiday traf-
ric rather than 10 the strike. None
admitted that the walkout might be
long drawn or serious. The Erie re-
ported 700 men out in It's shops In
Jersey City and that the sentiment
among the men in Weehawken, who
were holding a meeting last night. was
strongly in favor of joining them inc
| Erie reported 200 reserve locomotives
on hand to meet the emergency and an
unconfirmed rumor was that 200 expert
machnists had been engaged at double
union wages yesterday to man the
shops.
| There seemed little doubt that the
| wallxout was more general than tne
railway officials admitted earlier In the
week, but to what extent 1t Will per-
sist after next Wednesday Is yet I'M
certain.
Pennsylvania officials admitted that
several hundreds" had quit in the
Pennsy shops at sunnyside. Long
Island City: Greenville. Waverly ana
other points. This was followed by a
bulletin to labor headquarters last night
| that 1900 of the company's men had
gone out In Trenton yesterday at noon
| and as many more would quit to-day
or Monday
In the four shops Of the Lackawanna a
at Kingsland. Scranton, Elnira ana
Buffalo defections were reported, but
no figures available except at Kings
| land, where 1t was said 600 had qmt,
leaving $50 on duty.
OBJECTIONS were also reported at the
Mott Haven. Oak Point, Harlem ana
Van Nest shops of the New YORK Cen
trail with the number OF strikers esu-
mated at between 500 and 1000. Later
In the day forty in the Poughkeepsie
shop quit. Among the New York Gen.
| trail strikers were about fifty train In
spectors, whose quitting 1t was SAID
was largely responsible for the delay
and congestion at the Grand Central.
The New York Central officials SAID
they expected the worst trouble at the
engine terminals; Albany. Utica. Syra-
cuse, Rochester. Buffalo, Cleveland
Toledo, Elkhart and Chicago. At some
of these points 1t was said consid-
erable proportion of the men had stuck
| 10 their Jobs, and in one instance, not
specified. 1t was said they returned an
hour after they quit when guaranteed
protection
Tho Central's Statement.
| The New York Central issued the
following statement:
"Executive officials of the New York
Central at Grand Central Terminal an
nounced that though the men hao TO-
| day in general quit work In large pro-
portion there was a variation In tho
effect of the strike order at different
points, and II was the confident expec-
! tatfon of the operating officials thaI
trains would be kept moving all along
the line, though with some delays.
I'm New York city, though about fifty
men necessary to train operation who
were employed at Grand Central FER
minal and Mott Haven yards quit worS
at 9 A. NJ, standard time. no delay was
apparent in trains carrying ths vas'
outgoing holiday throng until two
hours later. when notices were posted
over train gates and ticket office win
dows apprlsing the public trains VIII be
subject to delay
This was due to ths sudden quitting
OF car inspectors. airbrake men ano
others having TO do with makeup ant
inspection of passenger trains. Th'
railroad had provided. in waiting, othel
men to take their places and delay'
were due to the transition, inasmuct
as the new workers we're not sent to th'
platforms until regular msn had ac
tually left their duties. But the situa
. ton was rendered more difficult be
cause the outgoing holiday rush neces
STATED departure Of a greater numee
of heavy passenger trains than ever be
fore in local history. This included
about thirty special trains put on as re-
life to carry the overflow of departing
, vacationiJts. who completely filled tn
/ capacity OF the regular trains.
EFFECT OF the strike on railway op
Grafton generally could not be gauge
by the initial desertions from work thi
, morning, 1t was stated by railroad of
ficers hecause the morning brought