Evening star., 1948-09-01
.1ruckStoppage
Ties Up Freight
In New York
Mediation Efforts
By Three Agencies
Will Be Rushed

RAILROADS TO EMBARGO West
Coast Freight if Ship Tieup De-
velops. Page A-3
| BY the Assoeioted Press
NEW YORK, Sept. IA truck
stoppage began in New York to-
day and a union spokesman
claimed it was halting the move
ment of all general cargo in and
out of the city.
Union officials said about 9,400
members of Local BOT of the AFL
international Brotherhood of Team
sters. which rejected a new contract
last night, had stopped work. 1t
claims 10000 members
| Meanwhile, the Citys Division Of
Labor Relations said city, State and
Federal mediators would begin me-
diation efforts early this afternoon"
to end the stoppage.
New York commercial activities
were hard hit by a trucking strike
in 1916.
Union Says Food is Halted.
Union sources said today's stop
page halted movement of food from
piers and terminals to chain store
warehouses. They added that gar
mentS, furs, newspint and raw ma
terials for the huge garment industry
were other principal items affected.
The strikes immediate effect
could be observed in the lack of the
usual hustle at piers, railroad freight
terminals and trucking freight term
inals.
In the 1916 tieup the 10000 TONS
of food moved into the metropolis
daily were cut down to a trickle,
and 1000 chain store food outlets
were closed. Sugar reflneries shut
down, cigarettes were rationed one
pack to a customer, rail yards were
jammed with 5000 loaded boxcars,
and the giant garment industry was
severely hampered.
At the Holland Tunnel one Of
the principal arteries connecting
New Jersey with New York City,
police said striking truck drivers
were trying to persuade Jersey
drivers to return to their starting
points with their loads.
whether the stoppage was spreading
to two other locals-282 and SIS
which accepted a management offer
of l5-cents-an-hour wage increase.
Under the old contract truck drivers
got $85 weekly and helpers $50 a
week.
In New Jersey union spokesmen
said their men were riding all
trucks today pending further nego-
tiations.
Indicated Spreading Walkout.
Earlier Local 807 officials had in
dicated the stoppage might spread
to include $4,000 workers in II other
locals in the Metropolitan area and
New Jersey.
Contracts expired last midnight.
John E. Strong, president of Lo-
cal BOT, said members would not
work today because they have no
contract-nothing to work under"
After tabulators worked until
nearly dawn counting votes, it was
announced that member of Local
807 had rejected a proposed settle
ment by vote of 1921 to 1925.
A settlement by the three major
locals was expected to set a pattern
for contracts for nine other team
sters' locals in the Metropolitan
Area.
Meanwhile. negotiations between
an area-wide Teamsters committee
and employer representatives that
have been in progress for a week
were adjourned, subject to recall by
Martin T. Lacey, chairman of the
union committee.
Earlier, Mr.. Strong had told union
members that negotiations on nom
wage issues were "deadlocked."
Employer groups involved are the
Motor Carriers Association of New
York, the New York State Trucking
Association and a group of associ-
ated private carriers.