Show i GENERAL STRIKE MENACE LESSENS Surface Traffic in New York Improves but Ferry II up Tie-up Inconveniences I Ithe New York Sept 29 Ferry 29 Ferry boats boat of or the tho New York Central Railroad company company com com- com I pany plying between Manhattan l and md New Jersey were tied up during during- the the rush hours late lalo today by a n. strike of at I 10 employees on tho the boats The latest latest lat lat- est CRt labor difficulty In this city resulted re resulted resulted re- re from the tho mens men's demand t for far r shorter hours and higher pa pay Tho The strike has no connection It was said with tho the traction situation I Probability of a general g sympathetic strike in aid of the traction employees who quit their places September 6 0 lessened lessened lessened les les- les- les tonight with the announcement that a local brewery brewer workers' workers union whose members struck In response to the thc call of oC the conference of or labor leaders had voted to return to work Officials of oC the union issued a n. statement statement statement state state- ment In which It was said developments developments develop develop- ments ment proved that organized labor will not act In concert In behalf of of oC car men Organization of subway and elevated elevated elevated ele ele- road motormen will continue according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording cording- to a statement mado made toda today by byL L L. G. G Grilling third assistant grand chief of or the Brotherhood of ot Locomotive En Engineers In charge e of or tho the work In Inthis Inthis inthis this city Sixteen p persons were injured one se serious seriously seriously se- se rious In a rear-end rear collision between two surface cars In the Bronx BronC this afternoon Ono One car was standing still when the other said sald to havo have been op operated operated operated op- op by b strikebreakers crashed Into It The Tho Tho motorman of ot tho the rear car Jumped from his post It Is Js said and disappeared t o Marked Improvement nt In surface traffic traffic fic tic was reported today |