The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-29
FEARS STRIKE
OF POLICE FORCE
BoSton's Mayor Takes Time
by ForeIoCk and Prepares
for War in Time of Peann-,
T R OOPS WAITING
Rioting Breaks Out in
mond and Cambridge
Would End Drama st

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of Boston policemen to fort cog
milton of their labor union, zens'
police committee has been = ed by
Mayor Peters. Leaders of many la
Dor unions pledge a general sympa-
thetic strike.
More than 5000 shoe workers have
| been on strike since June in the fac
tory of the Thomas G. Plant COM
pany here, demanding recognition of
their union and higher wages.
Trolley men operating the Berk-
shire street railway lines from Ca
naan, Conn, to Bennington, VT, are
on strike for more wages.
Several hundred gas house work.
ers quit at Worcester to secure more
pay and the city's gas supply is low.
Five thousand union carmen, oper-
ating service for 100000 persons in
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island, threaten to strike.
Five hundred machinists are on
strike in Springfield, Mass, for
higher wages.
Rioting Breaks Out.
Richmond, Ind, Aug. 29.-State
troops in Richmond and Cambridge
City today were awaiting a call to
intervene in rioting which broke out
early today at the Reliance Foundry
company's plant here early this morn
ing. The disorder was a renewal of
demonstration by a mob of 1000
persons shortly before midnight at
the plant of the Richmond Malleable
Castings company, where seventy
five molders are on strike.
ri N Of fUrn oh lNr
blanks, from a window of the mall
leable castings factory resulted in
bombardment of clubs, bricks and
stones. When the trouble was at its
height Mayor w. w. Zimmerman
and Sheriff Glen Carr called Gov
Goodrich by telephone. appealing for
state troops. The Richmond and
Cambridge City militia units then re-
ceived orders to stand in readiness.
Shortly before midnight police and
union men marched to the malleable
castings plant and escorted sixty
two strikebreakers to a train bound
for Chicago. 1t was then that the
demonstration shifted to the foundry
company'ss plant.
Efforts to Settle.
New York, Aug. 29.-The Actors
Equity association was expected to
take radical steps today to end the
drama strike, which has now closed
twenty six of the largest theaters in
New York.
In an address to the strikers last
night Ed Winn, one of the guiding
spirits in the war, promised a plan
would come to a head today which
would force the managers "to act
hurriedly or there will be a new set
of managers by Monday
The Hippodrome, the largest thea
ter in the world, was closed last
night when musicians and scene
shifters refused to go to work. More
than LOO persons were thrown out
of employment as a result
Normal Conditions.
Charlotte. n. c., Aug. 29.-Almost
normal conditions prevailed here to-
day following Tuesday mornings
rioting and calling of state militia
to assist in restoring order Cars
are operating on the principal lines
in the downtown section and some
residential sections. Nc disorder has
been reported from any section.
Leaders in the labor unions have
called off all programs for Labor day
Monday in order to help keep down
any possible demonstrations.
1t was given out at the office of
the Southern Public Utilities COM
pany that cars would probably be
started in Greenville, S. c., on Tues
day of next week.
Riotng Ceases.
Richmond, Ind, Aug. 29.-Follow-
ing departure Of strkebreakers from
the plant of the Malleable Castings
-
day. Although Mayor Zimmerman
had asked Gov. Goodrich for state
troops and the governor had ordered
the local company held in readiness
for duty, the police were able to dis
perse the crowds after the strike
breakers promised to leave. About
sixty strikebreakers were escorted
from the plant to the railroad sta
ton this morning by the police.
The strike of the moulders at the
plant practically had been settled, ac-
Cording to labor leaders, when strike
breakers appeared from Chicago and
Cincinnati,
Partial Tie-up.
Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. ga partial
tie-up of street car service through
the heart of the city attended the
opening this morning of a three-day
general strike. called for 5 o'clock
a. m. by insurgent labor leaders,
Refusal of the accredited American
Federation of Labor representatives
to countenanCe the strike kept the
mapority of workmen on the job to-
day.
The strike was called as a protest
against blacklisting of factory work
ers now on strike at the Keystone
Steel and Wire company, Avery's, and
other plants. The strikers demand
that full union recognition be granted
by the employers in each of these
shops.
Later reports indicate that many
small factories and stores have been
closed by the strike.
Service Resumed.
Pittsburgh Aug. 29.-Street car
service was resumed here today for
the first time in two weeks when
5000 striking motormen and conduC-
tors of the Pittsburgh Street Rail-
way company returned to work, fol-
lowing vote of the carmen late
yesterday to abandon the strike. The
men went back to work at the wage
increase--5 cents an hour-granted
them by the national war labor board
recently, against which they struck
two weeks ago.
Tie-up Continues.
Los Angeles, Aug. 29.-The tie-up
OF all steam roads continued today in
Los Angeles, although the railroad
companies announced they were