The New York herald., 1922-07-18
SAY They
CUT Off EGG SUPPLY
Predict More Trouble, but
Maintenance Men Fail to
Walk Out.
CITY SAVES STRENGTH
Builds Up Great Force to
Assure Plenty of Food
on Short Notice.
ROADS SEEM sANGUINE
Requirements Fill Jobs of the
Smaller Contingents Leav-
ing Shops in Vicinity.

Developments in the railroad labor
situation In the New York district
were confined yesterday mainly to
predictions by the strikers of more
trouble and preparations by the rail-
roads and the public to meet it.
None of the central committee
which has been directing the shop
mems strike appeared at headquar-
ters, but it was said that the effects
of the strike were being observed in
New York's food supply. the receipt
of fresh eggs having fallen $4,000
crates in two weeks.
The New York Port Authority, on
the other hand, announced that the
administrative committee of twenty
four could mobilize in twenty-four
hours the most efficient service of
supply recruited in peace times. OBJ
servers under Gen. George w.
Goethals, head of the committee. have
been assembling facts, recruiting
motor trucks and organizing with
army and navy officials and the State
police of New York and New Jersey.
W. W. Drinker. terminal engineer Of
the Port Authority, however, said:
There is nothing in the information
we get that makes action necessary
yet"
Maintenance Strike Fails.
The threatened strike of maintenance
Of way men did not materialize. although
Independent defections were reported
from half a dozen sources. There are
said to be 100000 Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way men and probably an
other 10000 allied workers who would
go out in a general strike. The number
reported out by strikers committees
varied from $4,000 TO 100000 through
! out the country.
Most of the stationary hremen
and oilers who had not gone out last
week quit during the day. This
made the total or these men in the
New York district about 1000. But
their places have been filed quickly
One exception was in the Monmouth
street power house Of the Eric in Jersey
City, where 500 failed to report. This
necessitated shutting down the plant
which supplies power for signals. Sixty
additional special deputy United States
1
making 100 along the lines.
Roads Replace Forces.
None Of the other roads would admit
additional trouble caused by the walk.
out of firemen and oilers. Only halt
dozen new defections were reported by
the New York Central; the 1ackawanne
said it's entire force has been replaced
H. B. Voorhees, of the Baltimore and
! Ohio said his road was ION velvet ir
this respect and the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey and the Lehigh reported ne
change. A struggling few went ou
from the power house of the Pennsyl.
vania and Long Island roads at Ions
Island City
William Parker, head of the mainte-
nance of way men on the New York
Central lines east of Buffalo. said hi
had had no reply to his request fol
conference with P. z. Crowley
operating vice-president Of the road
Thursday will be the first pay day since
the cuts authorized by the United States
Railroad Labor Board went into effect
and in order to forestall a crisis HI
said he was anxious to have confer
ence before that day. Parker also sem
messages to w. J. Fripp here and I. S
ingalls, at Cleveland. general managers
of Buffalo. He said he believed if the
New York Central made concessions tc
the men the others would fall in line
There were unconfirned reports a
night that the New York Central and
some other roads had offered their ole
jobs to striking shopmen without loss
Of seniority. F. D. Underwood presi-
dent of the Erie. discounted the value
of the inducement. saying:
i Seniority means something with en-.
gineers. conductors. firemen and train
men. 1t means preference in runs and
X. is big consideration. But with shop.
men it means only a preference as &c
which of the three daily shifts they
will work"
Mr.. Underwood added that only the
lack of coal shipments prevented record
4 making freight movements by the Erie
Last Friday" he said. was our big.
| gest day since March /. That's my
4 answer to the question of what tn,
shopmen's strike has done to the Erie.
| Even at the worst. said Mr.. Under
wood. the Erie could turn for repairs
to the BALDWIN Locomotive Works a
Philadelphia. where. he said, there hat
been no labor trouble for twenty-five
years.