Copunuters Accept Strike's Inconvenience SEE STORY BELOW Rain Likely Cool with occasional rain like, THEMLY FINAL ly today, tonight and tomor- row. Clearing Sunday. Red Bank, Freehold I Long Branch 7 EDITION Bionmouth County's Home Newspaper tor 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 118 RE» BANK, N. J., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1970 28 PAGES TEN CENTS Ripll After Single-Day Strike WASHINGTON (AP) -ffhe It was only the third nation- posed pay hikes was just AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Hail- out the rest of the settlement side wants to go back to Con- The 13.5 per cent immediate other AFL-CIO labor organl- nation's train's thundered wide rail strike in half a cen- eight months ago, in a, special way Clerks, said his 200,000' peacefully. gress. I'm certainly hope- pay hike imposed by Congress zations involved in the dispute down the tracks again today ury. law to avert a threatened na- union members were return-^ . Settlement Seen ful," Dennis said as wage was part of a three-year, 37 will be free to strike' again after railroad workers ended The end of the walkouO tionwide rail strike by four ing to work under threats of "These conferences will talks resumed shortly after per cent package of wage in- March 1 if there Is no final a 24-hbur strike under orders made unnecessary White rail shopcraft unions. fines and jail sentences, but lead to a settlement of the is- the strike was called off creases offered by the rail in- settlement by then, unless from Congress, federal courts House priorities for moving Dennis, president of the expressed hope for working sues* We don't think' either last night. dustry but rejected by the un- Congress imposes a further and union leaders. emergency shipments of me- ions before the walkout. no-strike law. "I noy/ order my people to dical supplies, defense mate- The offer would raise cur- The unions, whqse members return to work immediately," rials, food, fuel and other es- rent top pay rates — ranging hadn't had a pay hike in 18 said strike leader C. L. Den- sential goods by air, ship and from $3.40 to $3.60 per hour — months, exhausted all delay- nis after a federal judge truck. ; 'Mystery' Train Made Its Run by $1.32 over three years, but ing procedures under regular threatened fines of $200,000 a Chief railroad negotiator the unions objected to work- federal labor law before day if the walkout continued John P. Hiltz said the in- RED BANK — Yesterday, when all the strike-bound, ramic factories) traveling on the J-S route (that's Jersey rule changes demanded by launching the walkout. and the government pledged dustry would begin process- railroads across (he land lay idle, there appeared in Red; City to; South Jersey). the industry in exchange for Congress and President ' prompt new talks aimed at fi- ing payrolls to put into effect Bank a freight train. the wage hikes. Union offi- Nixon approved the strike nally settling the year-long the immediate 13.5 per cent It is kriovvn that it rolled south, through Red Bank, on c i a 1 s said the work-rule ban two hours after the walk- wage dispute. ' pay hikes Congress ordered Crossing gates were up and railroad personnel were- Wednesday night ... perhaps several hours before the changes would eliminate thou- out began at 12:01 a.m. yes- Negotiations continued to- for nearly 500,000 rail workers out—tout, nonetheless, the freight train appeared . and strike was.called at one minute after midnight on Thurs- sands of jobs and speed up terday. day. along with the strike ban. appeared . and appeared between 8 and 8:30 a.m. day, Perhaps it was simply completing its run when it came work loads of rail workers. The three other unions In Down Signs Complaint Made It was rolling steadily northward on the southbound back through Red Bank. Congress told rail union and the dispute were the Broth- • Striking union • members "It will undermine our bar- track, complete with gondolas and flat cars and pulled by - Had switches been left open before the strike in an- industry leaders to work out erhood of Railroad Trainmen, downed picket signs and went gaining position," Hiltz com- three big engines. ticipation of its return? the rest of the settlement in Brotherhood of Maintenance back to work in most areas to plained of the pay raises It was then eight hours into the nationwide strike that •Did fnenfrom management have to close bridges (which collective bargaining during of Way Employes and Hotel begin moving stranded com- • directly legislated by| Con- was supposed to be paralyzing the nation. •were opened for the strike) along the way? the 80-day strike ban it im- and Restaurant Workers Un- muters, tons of Christmas gress for only the second time Railroaders, in both labor and management camps, • • , Did it ever get to Jersey City? Or maybe it went to posed. ion. They called off their mail and other rail shipments in 'history, but added, "It's heard about it all right. No one knew just 'fliow it hap- Poughkeepsie... "We're still hopeful on the strike several hours before under a special federal law the law and we're not going to pened." but, of course, everybody bad his own idea.* • Whatever happened, that train was transformed by the work rules," said Hiltz as the Clerk's union buckled un- forbidding further striking un- jail." Possibly it wass what is known in railroad parlance a?'. time it returned through Red Bank. It was now a vaga- talks resumed. der the order of U.S. Dist. til March 1. The first time Congress im- a "sand train" (bearing raw material tor New Jersey ce- bond,; defiant and-free in the face of all the rules. The clerks' union and three Court Judge John H. Pratt. FraakSnud Commutation Method By JANE FODEKARO night cost me a lot of time,", he said. He reported that Miss Evelyn Mcilwain of Red Bank, a regular bus rider and evening. "I was amazed at how well it went," he said.' BED BANK — Shore commuters took the one-day rail crowds and confusion in the New York Port Authority build-" 'to. New York, also reported crowded conditions in the Port "It was remarkable..." strike In stride — just as they do blizzards, breakdowns and ing caused a 46-minute delay. .. • • ' •. ' • • .Authority. "It was ridiculous," she said, . An executive with National Cash Register Corp., Frank. Friday-night delays. "Beyond that," said the 20-year-commuter, -"L won't ex-' •Lambert Beeuwfces of Little Silver, who is sales director Snead of Monmouth Beach, said his persqnal situation "was As they tumbled out of buses, that arrived in Red Bank press my true feelings..." ,of- NBC Network in New York, thought the bus companies not too bad." . : ' • . : every few minutes last night, they were generally philo- Henry Vadasz of Little Silver said,. ''Of course, I'm an~ "handled it very well." ' sophical about the massive tie-up they encountered coining noyed. Yes, I was inconvenienced. • "Hundreds of people were waiting in line .at the Port "It was surprised that the traffic flowed so well," he and going yesterday. "Commuters are their own worst enemy," he continued. Authority," he'said; "I was way back, but I was on a bus said. ' , ' : In spot-check interviews,- many of the re-routed com- "They're aggravated tonight. but do they go to the rail- in 10 minutes." Richard Maizel of Long Branch, a confirmed bus-hater, muters said it hadn't been as bad as they expected. But it road hearings?" • A New York student, John Dancey of Shrewsbury, had said yesterday's trips to and from New .York were incon- only one complaint: "I'm not used to really being crowded •venient. "But I was surprised at how easily we got to the .wasn't great either. The strike affected regular bus riders as His companion, Thomas McNair, also of Little Silver, ; well as the stranded railroad users. agreed. "They don't complain," he said. "The service in a bus. It's kind of tight. I like the trains." city," he said. ' George Warner, insurance executive of Shrewsbury, said started to get bad back on the first of December, just like E. J. Vanderleur of Red Bank, a regular bus commuter, Still another commuter had somewhat stronger feel- the morning trip went smoothly for him. "But the trip to- it dries every year." said that delays for him were: minimal both in the morning (See Commutator Pg. 3) Court Asked to Change Reactions Conflicting URC Taxation Ruling • * At Union Strike Offices WEST LONG BRANCH - Evidently, regional court telephones at strike head- FREEHOLD ~- Superior principal stockholder, Sylvan ceiling and terminable by the Relief was tinged with dis- orders were sought to add quarters. BRAC division presi- Court Judge Elvin R. Simmill Cooper, who says if Judge government on 60 days' no- appointment last night at un- weight to an injunction issued dent, Norman C. Hansen, was is being asked to change his Simmill's decision stands, he tice." He said nine are rented ion strike headquarters. earlier by U.S. District Court not available for comment. mind about-his Nov. 23 deci- is liable to go bankrupt. by students. The big railroad strike, that Judge John H. Pratt in Wash- A CNJ spokesman said that sion to place Shrewsbury Mr. Cooper says the hous- "From my experience with was threatened for more than ington, D.C., and served on Township Urban Renewal copies of the order went also ing project is rent-controlled tenants, between 40 and 50 of a year, ended 18i£ hours after national strike leader C.