New Britain herald., 1926-07-07
ELEVATED TRAINS
 BEING USED MORE
New Workers Turn to These
 During Subway Strike
TUBES STILL OPERATING
Subway Cars Running ss Usual and
 Man-Power Is I'D tO Normal Statement Says No Serious


 Statement Says No Serious
 Disorders,
 New York. July '. CP-Father Knickerbocker and family are get ting some unwonted exercise walking.
 The cause is d strike in his p,t subway which forms 2 hug II beneath the surface of Manhattan Island and enables the New Yorker normally 10 get quickly from any part of the island to any other as the result of high-speed expresses and local service In the four-trach tubes.
 "L" Being Used More The first day of the strike saw the number of trains and the speed cut in half. Doubling whether he could get 10 or from New York. the average New Yorker ayciled Rapid Transit compauy's subways and used other means of transporta- ton including shank's mare. Instead of q step or two 10 nearby sub. way station. he usually walked block after block 10 one of the four elevated lines that parallel the sub. way ordinary the elevated is so lit tle used relatively that the Inter boro advertises its merits in order to relieve the subway crush. Hundreds of buses in places saved some residents long walks. Busses and private cars made heavy congestion in some streets. 5000. 900 Persons Affected 1 More than S.O0o,o0o people have ] found their trips to and from busi- ness heightened by anything from l 3 minutes 10 an hour because of the sfike of some 70U subway mo- tormen and switchmen for wages of 5l an hour -o per cent increase. 1 In contrast 10 the number of strill- CTS, some 95.oo0 traction employes are remaining at work including those on the Interhoro and other Companies. One subway in down. town Manhattan and Brooklyn is not affected by the strike
 Claims, Counter Claims.
 The second day Of the strike opened with the strikers claiming support Of inc motormon and Switchmen on the elevated lines, Sixty elevated employees were said 10 have joined the walkout during the night.
 ! To these claims an official Of the company retorted:
 If the entire group were 10 sign mp with the strikers" he said, "the elevated lines would run as usual" James L. Quackcnbush, counsel, said the company had total of 749 competent motorm"n and switchmen 10 operate the subWays compared with the 7S6 who operate it in nor nal times. He said that 109 Of these men Were returned strikers.
 The strikers were informed that an attempt would be made 10 call out power house employees
 Policemen were on every subway station platform and an officer car rying a rioc stick rode in the first car of every train. There was no dis order the frst day. Some half dozen arrests were made. ono man getting five days in jail for calling a motor man scab.
 On tho stock exchange Intnrboro closed 7-S higher. Thealers found their ticket sales reduced 10 to 70 per cent.
 Transportation Figures
 Mir. Quackenbush issued q sia'c- ment saying that the Interhorouga carried 1.112,l11 passengers yester- ,dav. as compared with 1,5QG.52i passengers the same day q year ago. On the other hand. the elevated yesterday carried 1,l95,579 persons as compared with 944135 passen- gers year ago.
 Revised figures showed that the tsystem had available today Ga mo- itormen and switchmen, plus l26 of Ntbe regular motormen and sNitch- men. making total of 7S5 men, Mr. Quackenbush said. The normal op- feration requires only 7S6.
 Edward P Lavin, one Of the strike leaders, announced that inc striking motormen and sWitchmen "expect 10 go into conference today with Carl Brodsky of the electrical workers union and representatives tof the American Federation of Labor
 No explanation was offered by the strike leader of the purpose of the meeting The Consolidated Rail"ay Workers of greater New York, which called the strike. is not affiliated with the federation.
 Others May Join.
 Lavin said that the station agents and station men employed in the subways are being organized with a lyiew to joining the strikers.
 The strikers took active steps io make their picketing more effective when a squad of 40 men was sent out 10 various subway terminals armed with thousands of printed cir culars appealing to all motormen, switchmen, trainmen, station men and other employees of the "L' and subway system to leave their work and join the new union,
 Interborough officials said tha train service during the morning rush hours today showed an i'm
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