The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-13
FRENCH ARMY
 UNDER ARMS
Food Supply Alarming on Ac-
 count of Big Strike
Special from United Press,

Paris, Oct 12.-The employees of the Eastern Railroad joined the strikers to-day and the 4,948 Kilometres of the railroad are now completely tied up. The Orleans line, the second largest in France, is ready to strike at mo- ment's notice.
 After a long session, the employees of the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean, the greatest railroad in France, ad- journed this afternoon and imme- diately cards, bearing the words, ''six o'clock" were distributed among the
 men. This was taken to mean that the men on this line had been ordered to go out at six o'clock tonight The the brakes on the various trains and the southern express narrowly avoid ed a serious collision at Choisy Leroi, six miles from Paris, because the brakes would not work. A serious col lision is reported on the Western Railroad
 Practically the entire French army is under arms, prepared to protect the railways. The strikers are interfering with the telegraph and railway signal systems.
 A strike of the employees on the Met ropolitan Railway, owning and operat- ing all the Paris underground system, is being favored by the men. A strike of the omnibus drivers and tramway metormen, in sympathy for the rail- road men, is also being discussed.
 The employees of the Western Rail- road, OWnSd Oy the T0uCh SONO1AA ment, joined the strikers last night, the Northern Railroad enplOyes hay ing gone out first. The probabilities are that before tomorrow all the lines in France will be affected and that traffic will be completely tied up.
 The Western Railroad. comprising 5.911 kilometres, employing 3,625 en- gineers and f1remen, and 42,514 general employees, is completely paralyzed. Not a train is moving and all boat trains carrying tourists to the ports of departure for American trans-At- lantic liners, have been abandoned An automobile service to Calais and other seaports is being maintained and sew eral Americans have paid $500 for five passenger car for the trip.
 The military to-day occupied the St. Lazare, Montparness and Invalides de- pots. Wou1d-be passengers became so boisterous that it was necessary for the soldiers to be placed on guard. Efforts to make the railroad men man their own trains as military re- cruits have proven unavaillng and riot tenpts to use force to carry out the order.
 The National Confederation of Rail way Unions, in all night session, or dered a vote taken by all the lines in France on the question of a general strike. The railroad men seem to be enthusiastic in their desire for a walk fore the end of the week all traffic will be tied up, only. those trains manned by army engineers and guard ed by troops being run.
 The question of supplying food to Paris has become alarming. Each of the seven railroads in France enjoys monopoly on the territory it taps and as a result of the strike no meat, fish or vegetables are being received Pre- mier Briand to-day declared that he expected to bring food into Paris, no matter what the cost. His statement is taken to indicate that the govern ment is prepared to go to any length to force the strikers to return to work.
 Bordeaux, France, Oct. 12.-The em- announced this afternoon that they would join the general railroad strike, following a meeting Thursday. This road operates in the southern part of France.