Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-12
ALL RAILROADS
IN FRANCE IDLE
Great Strike Involves All
Sections Americans in
Paris Cannot Get Away.
TRkMWAYS MAY JOIN

Special by United Press Wire.
Paris, Oct. 12:-Employes of the
Eastern railroad Joined the strikers
today. The employees of the Paris,
Lyons G Mediterranean are expected
to strike this evening. The Orleans,
the second largest line in France,
Will probably have a strike ON it's
hands. shortly. Employees OF the
Western railroad and the Northern
railroad went out last night 1t is
expected that before tomorrow
every line in France will be affected
and traffic completely tied up
Thousands of Americans are held
ports of departure. Automobile SER
vices are being maintained between
some of the cities. The strikers ig-
nored the governments call to the
color of military reservists and they
will be classed as deserters within
few days. II the government in
tends to enforce its plans to compel
the strikers to act as reservists and
man the trains they left to join the
strike, it is feared bloodshed will re-
suit.
The employees of the Orleans line
struck today, for blockading the
line at Colombes, six miles from
Paris. Strikers held up two supply
trains bringing flood into the capt
tai, releasing the live cattle and
spelling the food stuffs.
A labor leader this afternoon
made a sensational speech in which
he said that if the strikers were
forced to join the army as reservists
and man the railroads, they would
retaliate by numbering all their Off
GERS.
camp. The barracks are full and
the troops are being quartered in
st. Suffice church.
Practically the entire French
army is under arms prepared to pro-
tect the railroads. The strikers are
deranging railroad signals, making
what travel there Is dangerous,
tearing down telegraph lines and
tampering with brakes.
A strike of the Partisan tramways
and omnibus drivers in sympathy is
being discussed.
AS is usual in such circumstances,
the city of Paris is threatened with
scarcity Of food supplies.
Freight, mail and passenger trans
portatIon is Frustrated, and the vast
army of working people in the north
west are unable to reach their places
of business.
Military engineers are taking the
places of the strikers, and troops are
guarding various stations and impor-
tant sections of the roads. Large mil
itary forces were hastily distributed
on the first evidence that q strike had
been declared, and additional troops
were ordered out tonight.
The government has decided on an
important step in an attempt to break
the strike. The official Journal pub
fishes a decree calling to the colors
10000 employees Of the Northern road
This Immediately subjects the men to
military discipline.
The officials of the Northern rail-
road have issued statement that the
wages of the employees were lncreas-
ed 3,500,000 francs during the year
1909-10 and that the increased bur-
dens imposed by parliament made it
to meet the demands of the
men.
The tte-up on the Western road af-
fects American mail and passengers.
Grave consequences may follow the
action OF the cabinet in calling out the
strikers as reserves, as the strikers
have voted not to respond.
They viii base their refusal on the
ground that the law provides for the
Of technical employees of
the railroads only for the transporta-
lion Of troops and materials of war.
The government is at work on a, plan
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