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Show Spread of the Express Conflict in City of New York New York, Oct. 31. The strike of' the express companies' drivers and j helpers, which hrs brought the ex- press business iu this city to a vlr- i tual standstill. Is expected to spread today to the stable hands. Daniel J. Tobln. president of the International Protherhuod of Teamsters, Team-sters, now in Boston, has sent word here that If necessary he will try to Induce all the express drivers In the country to strike. St rlkc-bieakers are exp-cted to arrive from Philadelphia today. The ntrlkers were caught un-uwares un-uwares in Jersey City early today when a dash of one hundred trucks j was made and tho express matter brought to 'his city without trouble, j No disorders were reported by the i police in the early hours. Police In- spector Waich today assigned lou patrolmen pa-trolmen to go out on express wagons, j Two hundred e trike-breakers from 1'itts.burg are quartered in Jersey City and will be put to work today. The International Urotherhood of Teamsters 1ns called out between 1,-"00 1,-"00 and 1,S"0 drivers and heifers em- ployed by the Poston Despatch, a sub- i-ldbiry of the Adurns Kxprej's com-1 pany, Monahan'n Express company and the Manhattan Delivery company, j The way bill clerks of the American : Express company, who have no organ- 1 Izatioti and no special grievances of their own. held a meeting this morn- j lag and decided to go out of strike i this atternoon. The Adams Fxprchg company moved mov-ed nine trucks this mornlnc. Strike sympathizers upset an express wairon on West Proadway near nieekcr , htr t. shortly before noon. No one j was hurt. I I |