The New York herald., 1922-07-13
Rail CLERKS SETTLE
TWO STRIKE POINTS
Reach Sick Leave and Con-
tract Labor Decision With
New York Central.
WAGE ISSUE UP TO-DAY
Contract Labor and Vaca-
tion Decisions Leave Only
Wage Issue Open.
BLOODSHED AT DOVER
Two Lackawanna Guards Are
Held for Attack on Shop
Picket.
BLooDsHED AT DOVER

and the road on two of the three
points at issue-sick leave and vaca.
tions and contract labor. There are
prospects to-day, too. for settlement,
of the wage question. the one point
left open. parties to both sides of the
controversy declaring last night thai
there were no grievances in dispute
The likelihood Of a strike in this
branch Of the service seemed to be
| avoided.
Bloodshed between railroad guard.
and pickets marked the first day..
picketing at the Port Morris yards Of
the Lackawanna Railroad. In figh
between group of pickets and Other
striking railroad men and severa
special police, one striker, James Hol
ley of Guy street. Dover, was strucl
on the head. His skull may be frac.
| tured. Two guards are held without
bail on charges Of atrocious assault
and battery. and five strikers charged
with assault were released on $50 bal
each. !.
The scuffie occurred soon after 1
o'clock. Groups Of strikers We're com.
ing from a meeting in Port Morris neal
the rounGhouse. About sixty men were
scattered in groups along the Morri:
Canal property which parallels the
Lackawanna road Louis G. Kaplan
employed by the Lackawanna as 9
guard. approached the men. Strikers
state that Kaplan drew a blackjack. He
denies it. Two railroad police lieu
tenants, John E. Moore and Charlie.
Mahon. ran up with other guards. Th'
mixup became general. When the bat
tie cleared Holley was sent to the Dove
General Hospital. Kaplan and Franl
w. Fischer. another guard. were hell
without bail.
Settlement Reached.
The demands of the clerks, freight
and express handlers We're the subject!
of four hour controversy at the Crane
Winston, representing the New Yorl
Central Station employees west of Rut
falo, J. A. Robertson, representing thos
east of Buffalo. and p. L. Crowley, ;
vice-president of the road. At the en-;
OF the conference a statement was is
sued. saying "A satisfactory settlement.
was reached.
None of the conferees would elaborat
on the formal statement, but 1t wa
learned last night from reliable source
that the men won their sick leave an
vacations and that President Grow
ley agreed 20 recommend abolition Q
the contract system OF freight handling
The wage question. It was said, WAS lef
open for discussion to-day. The strik
ballot just completed by the clerks an
the result of which will be definitel
known on Saturday was said to be over
whelmingly in favor of striking II griev
ances were not adjusted by July 20.
Find Harding Sanction.
The committee in charge of the shor
mems strike In the metropolitan distric
declared that President Harding's procla
nation affixed the badge Of sanction
their movement by Its reference to tn
strikers ''indisputable. right to declin
to work..
Dave Williams. secretary Of tn
strikers committee. reported the bes
day since the strike began from tn
strikers viewpoint. He referred to tn
admission by II. 3. Voorhees,. geners
manager of the Baltimore and Ohio. tina
that road was crippled as result Q
the strike and said that the same wa
true of every other road.
AS against this most of the othe
roads issued statements similar to thos
} that have been coming from them a
week to the effect that the situation a
far as their particular road was cor
cerned was improving. The Pennsy
vania announced that instead of cuI
failing service 1t was adding a train, I
be known as No. 54, In the Pittsburgh
New York service. arriving here at 7 il
p. Nj. Some commuters on the Erie r,
ported discomforts and Inconvenience
and score or more delays of suburba
trains were reported on that line. TT
! New Haven and the Lehlgh reporte
steady Improvement"
N. v. Central Filters Late.
At the Grand Central Terminal te
trains, including the Detroter. the Wo
VERNE and the second section of u
2 Twentieth Century from the West. wei
: reported from twenty minutes to OF
hour late. The Wolverine was said
be short the Malone sleeper and No. 4
known as the Beaver. short the Niagar
!. Falls sleeper. At strike headquarters
!, was said freight trains were averagir
. !. delays OF six hours.
y A few strike breakers were report,
to have quit work at the Long Islar
/. power house following renewed activit
!, among the strike leaders. The roa
: = officials stated their going was I'll
usual circumstance In connection wit
labor turnover"
A summary OF road conditions give
: out by the strikers committee shove
:, four trains. Including Nos. 35 ara 3
. the Catskil Mountain Express annulle
on the West Shore. and four more loca
a on the Erie, running TO Cresskill ar
!. Nyack. This makes the total CANCEL;
tions on the Erie to date twenty-seve
I Some 5000 Erie commuters, trying
e get to their New York Jobs, were stale
on the me tdows outside of the Croxto
yards early yesterday. The locomotiv
Of local from Paterson balked, holdin
| up four trains behind it. Eventually II
! engine OF the secoHd train pushed N
! first. the third the Nsecond. and SO q
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