New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-12
Immediately.

Paris oct 11.-France again AaOSS g
.s-so,,s strike situation The employees
~ the Northern Railroad went on slr'Ae
.s-1,- today. and tonight the strike
snraad 70 the Western Railroad, Whlch
: CURED bv the state Indications are
thar ro-rDorrow viii see a complete tie
..~ -, -lo--bern and Western France.
The strikes al the present time lnVoiNe
.bo,,- eighty thousand men. The strike
~ the Western road was voted thlS
Evening by eight thousand men employed
- Paris and the suburbs. They count on
enc national unions 10 tie up the prov
.rces II Is reported that the movement
NAV nossihlv also extend TO the Eastern
I'D +ba paris. I,vons and Mediterranean
railroads.
As i usual in such circumstances. me
civ Of Paris is threatened with scar
CITY Of food supplies. Freight. man anu
-assenge- TRANSFORMATION is partly pros
lated and the vast army Of working
reonle in the Northwest are unable 10
reach their places Of business
Military engineers are taking the
r1aoes Of the strikers and troops are
Guarding various stations and important
sections Of the roads Large nlllllar9
forces were hastily distributed on inc
first evidence that a strike had been oe-
Jared and additional troops were or
iered out tonight
The government has decided on an I'M
r,o-ranr ste in an attempt 10 break the
s--il-e on The Northern Railroad. The
o47cia7 journal publishes decree call
ing ~ rha colors about thirty thousand
employees Of the Northern road ms
immediately subjects the men 10 mill
iarv discipline
The officials q the Northern Railroad
have issued a statement that the wages
or the employees were increased ".9oo'-
,slo francs during the year 1909 10 and
-rar the increased cost Of operation and
the increased burdens imposed by par
lament made il impossible TO meet the
demands Il the men.
Tho tie-ln on the Western road al
-e~ts the American mail and passengers
due by train al Cherbourg tomorrow
for the steamships kronprinZ Wilhelm
and TeutoniC- The seronauts Aude-
mars. Barrier and F1srros. who are To
take part in the aviation meeting At Bel
mont Park and are booked sail on the
Teu1onic. VIII so 10 Cherbourg by auto
mobiles
Grave consequences may follow the
action Of the cabinet in calling out the
strikers as reserves. as the strikers have
--oted not To respond. They VIII base
their refusal on the ground that the law
provides for the mobilization Of technical
employees of The railroads only for the
transportation Of troops and materials
~ war The government is at work on
z plan 10 insure the transportation Of
necessities 10 Paris and other affected
districts
Up 10 this afternoon comparatively
little violence had been reported. but as
The telephone and telegraph wires 20
the north have been cut there is some
-7prehensiun as L. what has taken place
ir outlying districts
Troops occupy the terminus here. The
important points along the railway lines
and the reads are being rarrolled 10y
soldiers
The men demand a minimum wage Of
$ cay and other concessions. Traffic
-Iam and 90 this city over northern lines
= dlsorganized. The effect was fmue-
oi2tely apparent on the Bourse. where
railway stocks declined at the opening
and on the Bou-se de Commerce whore
sugar jumped l franc and -four 20 cen