Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-20
FRENCH STRIKE SPREADING
All Employees in Post Administration
in Paris Out.
DAY PASSES WITHOUT RIoTNO
Government Maintains Firm Attitude
hat IL Making No Progress
RumOr Of sympathetic strike
of Railroad Men.


PARIS, March 1a-There was not the
slightest indication at a late hour last night
Of a break in the deadlock between the
government and it's striking employees. nor
was there any prospect Of an Improvement
in the situation. The strike, however, will
be made the subject OF consideration in
the chamber Of deputies tomorrow and a
solution of the probiep may then be
furnished.
The climax Of the strike was reached to-
night. when 5000 repairers, rnemen ana
mechanics decided to Join the strikers.
These were thu last remaining workmen
employed by the post administration
Despite the fact hat the cabinet at its
session tonight passed a decree suthoriz-
ing the dismissal OF its late employees from
It's service and reaffirmed its determina-
ton not to yield, the semi-official note
giving result OF the meeting also an
nounced that many merchants have offered
to lend to the government their employees
to ensure the public services. This is in
d~icative Of the completeness of the tie
up and the extremity to which the govern
ment has been forced.
simyan May Resign.
The general opinion is held that Premier
| SltI1tnCehu StthH OllN " saw II phEhN Eh'
for which he has commended and that IL the
chamber tomorrow endorses the attitude
Of the government. tho premier will be
ready for the resignation of NJ. Simyan,
the under secretary of posts and tele-
graphs and thus open the way for
negotiations to bring the strike to a quick
conclusion.
The last two American mails nave not
1 HA1, 11ttr~orlA and M nNfAanno If fhp
completeness of the mail blockade is shown
by the fact that the Havas agency, which
receives thousands of letters daily, did not
find any at the postoffice today. With the
failure of the carriers to deliver letters
} in Paris this morning, the chaos resulting
from the extraordinary strike was com.
plete. The entire public service is
paralyzed and business both public and
private is in a condition of inextricablt
confusion.
Letters and kilograms Pile Up.
Throughout the day the situation in the
capital and the provinces grew worse will
every hour. The undelivered letters mum
Der into the millions and not less than 800,
coo kilograms were stacked up this after
noon awaiting distribution. Foreign incom
ing mails remain unsorted and only a smal
proportion Of the outgoing mails have beef
sent away.
So far there has been no rioting. A larg
body of strikers gathere at the central tel
egraphy station today and threatened
= breach of the peace, but when they foun,
the authorities had a company OF infantr,
in readiness in rooms adjoining the mali
offices they left the building without ere
ating any disturbance. The real elemen
If danger is to be found in the threat o
the General Confederation OF Labor. whicI
is a purely revolutionary organization an,
the railroad organizations to declare sym
pathetic strikes.
strikers Claim Victory.
The leaders already are claiming victory
in spite of the bold front assumed by Pre-
mier Clemenceau, who continues to declar
r that the government cannot yield and in
9 tends to have recourse to soldiers first, an
then replace the strikers with new ap
n p~ointees. Impartial observers, however, re
y alize the impossibility OF organizing an en-
Q tirely new postal service. Neither the mil
9 itary t~elegraphers nor the soldiers, the lat
q ter having been placed in the postoffic
T with the almost insurmountable task O
sorting the mountains OF accumulated ma
confronting them, have not even accom-
q plished a beginning and the belief is be
coming stronger that the government Wi
. be compelled before long TO make some ad
y vances looking TO a compromise. But It /
also certain that the premier does not wis
to make any concessions until the govern
ment has secured a vote OF confidence Il
the chamber tomorrow.
In order to prove their patriotism, tn
strikers nave detailed two expert operator
to transmit the cipher dispatches which tn
government is exchanging with the power
in connection with the Balkan crisis.