Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-01
THREATEN TO TEAR UP
RAILS IN TROLLEY STRIKE
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company has taken this position in
order to force a situation which
would result in your being permitted
to charge a ten cent fare.
II am writing this letter to inform
you. that if you do not make a sin
cere effort at once to provide the
public with the service for which
your cmpany has the exclusive fran
chises, l shall proceed upon the the
DRY that you have abandones those
franchises and shall take such steps
as l may deem necessary, such as
the removal of the rails, and other
wise, to make the streets more suit
able for the transportation of the
general public"
Only one car was reported in
operation on the entire Public Ser
vice system today. That car is a
a mail car, operating between
Coytesville and Hoboken and must
be operated to carry the United
States mail.
Mr. McCarter's reply vas received
by Director Raymond at 1880. 1t
follows:
my Dear Mr.. Raymond:
Il acknowledge the receipt of your
letter Of even date. The stoppage of
the cars to which you refer is due
to the action of the men in striking
because the company would not ac-
cede to the payment of an excessive
wage, which, if it was otherwise fair,
the company would have no means
to provide.
Service cannot be resumed before
the men are willing to work for a
reasonable wage which the company
is enabled to pay"
One hundred and forty-seven mu-
inequalities in Hudson, Essex, Bergen,
Camden, Middlesex, Passaic and
Union counties are without trolley
service today following the walk out
of $500 platform men and shop men
of the trolley company at midnight
last night.
The men struck to enforce their
demands for a thirty per cent wage
increase, a six day week and better
working conditions.
The first effects of the strike be-
gar to be felt in Newark and its
suburbs shortly after Z o'clock to-
day when the thousands of workers
living in East Orange. Belleville.
Nutley and other outlying districts
began pouring into the city to their
places OF business.
Joseph Crawford, superintendent
of transportation, had modified all
available buses to handle the rush
hour crowds. The mobilization be-
gan shortly after midnight when a
feet of 100 buses assembled at the
city hall and were assigned to
routes.
The Public Utilities Commission
has removed all restrictions in its
approval of local permits in refer
ence to taking on and diseharging
passengers on routes served by the
Public Service Railway Company
pending the continuance OF the
strike. Police and all other city de-
partments are cooperating in handl-
ing the crowds.
John o. Toole. vice president of
the Public Service Railway Com
pany, said today that no attempt
would be made by the company to
operate cars today.
Are any cars running?" he was
asked.
NO." he replied.
viii any attempt be made is
run them?".
mot today"
Does that mean there will be
an attempt later?"
II don't know"
Bus Destroyed BY Fire
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. IA
iitney bus operating between New
Brunswick and Metuehen furnished
the first accident Of the strike this
morning.
The bus had made It's first trip
to Metuehen with a load OF passen-
gers and was returning to New
Brunswick empty, when 1t sudden
ly caught fire. The truck was de-
stroyed.
East Orange Hard Hit
EAST ORANGE, Aug. 1,-Cltizens
Of East Orange are virtually depend
ent upon railroad TRANSPORTATION be-