The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-04-01
CHICAGO Still
in GRIP TIEUP
City Aldermen Offer Employees
Ten Per Cent Increase Which
They Claim Is Limit.
DEMANDS ARE FOR MORE
Strikes at Chicago Stockyards,
Roanoke Railroad Shops and
New York Harbor Serious

Chicago, March 3i-The city council
today voted a four million dollar in
crease in the 1920 budget to provide ten
per cent increase for striking municipal
employees. Strikers demand more than
that and aldermen said it is now for
them to say whether they will accept
this or quit permanently.
Federal mediators arrived here today
to attempt to settle the strike Of 900
members of the Livestock Handlers
Union for more pay. which has thrown
nearly 10000 men out of work and
caused cessation of butchering in the
Chicago stock yards. Shortage of fresh
meat here has caused prices to rise.
Chicago, March 3t.-The city coun-
Gil met today in another effort to
solve the city's financial problems,
brought about by demands of municipal
employees for increased salaries and to
find basis for settlement of strike
of more than 1000 city hall employees
and other groups of workers.
Clerks, stenographers and bookkeep-
ers who walked out yesterday paralyz-
ing municipal business, picketed the
city hall today and union leaders an
termination to remain out until their
demands for S2o per month increase
We're granted.
The firemen's organization announc-
ed that 90 per cent of the firemen
would resign if they We're refused an
increase of $500 a year.
Seventy -four food inspectors who
supervise the handling of the city's
food supply, decided to strike today.
Collection of garbage had ceased as
the result of strike several days ago
of 200 garbage handlers. Sewer work
ers were called out on strike today and
members of the engineers, craftsmen
and architects union announced they
were preparing to strike unless wage
increases were provided.
The council had before it a S130,O00,-
900 budget bill carrying pay increases
averaging 10 per cent for the city's 49,,
coo employees when it convened. The
lacked only three votes for
adoption when the body recessed yes
terday.
Roanoke. Va, March 3i.-Nearly 500
brakemen and switchmen in the local
yards of the Norfolk and Western will
strike tomorrow in sympathy with
clerks, it was announced to-
night.
At noon today 6,629 shopmen of all
crafts on the Norfolk and Western rail-
way had walked out in sympathy with
the more than a thousand clerks who
had previously withdrawn from SER
vice, it was announced by railway If
ficials here. The biggest group was
3 200 of all crafts at the East Roanoke
shops, who quit at noon. At West
Roanoke 1900 shopmen of all crafts
are out, most of these having gone aut
yesterday At Shenandoah 400 walked
out today, while t29 quit at Wilco, w.
Va.
Shopmen at all other points were re-
ported at work at that hour.
New York, March 3i-Complete tieup
of harbor traffic here was threatened
tonight when the American Association
of Master Mates and Pilots, with a
Of 1000. voted to strike to-
to enforce their demands for
an eight hour day.
Although representatives of the
coastwise steamship owners and long
shoremen officials We're confident that
an early end to the strike that has tied
up Atlantic coast shipping for more
than two weeks would be brought
about by the conference called for
Friday at Washington by Secretary
New York today faced a fur
ther tieup of its harbor facilities. The
United Fruit Steamship Company had
been given until IL o'clock to reply to
the demand of the international Long
Association, that it accept
II. l.. Joyce. marine director of the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey as ar
bitter of the longshoremen's claims that
the company should not use non-union
fiat men to unload its ships Long
shoremen on the company's docks are
On strike for a closed shop.