Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-01
FRENCH RAILWAY
STRIKE MAKING
SLOW PROGRESS
FEREES SAY
Reports Received Show the
Situation to Be Favorable
to the Government, With
Provisioning Assured,
ECONOMIES IN USE
OF FUEL ORDERED
Some Of the Coal Restric-
tons in effect During the
War Will Be Revived So
as to Conserve Supply,

ley MORNING JouHHNL SPECIAL IsAssp wiRGi
Paris. Feb. 29.--Premier MilleJ
rand this morning convened tho
heads of the ministeries affected hy
the railway strike and the directors
of the companies, who submitted
reports of conditions on their lines.
Isolated attempts to damage the
lines had been foiled, the director
of the orleans system declared.
The conferees were agreed that
the reports of the directors of the
railroads showed the situation as n
whole to De rathc: favorable with
provisioning assured. In order 10
maintain the present stocks Cf coal
several economies in he use Of
fuel have been ordered.
Cafes and public establishments
will be closed at 10 p. m. with the
exception of theaters and motion
picture houses which are permitted
to remain open until il O'Clock.
The subways will stop running at
1880 p. m. other coal restrictions
in effect during the war will again
be put into force.
Premier Millerand, receiving
representatives of the press after
the meeting, said that henceforth
the minister OF public works would
issue an official statement on the
situation each morning and even
ing.
There is no total stoppage on
any system, not even on the Paris.
Lyons Il Mediterranean. In fact,
a general strike does not exist"
said the premier.
There is absolutely no question
In the present strike of profession
al demands, such demands having
been forwarded only after tho
event. A special commission IL
actively studying the question of
scale of wages, and a statute for
rallroaders, whose representatives
failed TO attend yesterdays meet
ing of the commission. The strike
has no connection with the ques-
ton of establishing a new regime
for the railroads.
The government has received
numerous offers of private initia-
tive in provisioning. The situation
offers no uneasiness. The Paris
reserves are fully sufficient and an
automobile transport service Is
ready to operate. while the postal
service continues normal"
The premier affirmed the gov
ernments determination to repress
any incitement to violence with tho
greatest GOODNESS and firmest reso-
luton. Asked il any arrests had
been made, NJ. Millerand replied
that he could only say warrants had
teen issued.
Paris Feb. 29,-The subway and
tramway employees and the omni-
bus, cab and taxicab drivers unions
held several meetings today and
adopted in principle a proposal to
call a sympathetic strike in favor
of the railway men, provided, they
are invited to do so by the General
Federation of Labor, which has as
sumed direction of the present
strike movement.
Delegations of the Partisan
unions of railway men have re-
quested Premier Millerand to re-
ceive their delegates. Apparently
the dismissal of the railway man
Campanaud for absence from duty
to attend a union meeting has beet
relegated to the background and
the railway mems claims are now
headed by demand for nationalf.i
zation of the railroads.
The price of bread, which was
scheduled to advance from 20 TO
30 per cent tomorrow. will remain
stationary, the government decid-
ing tn DOStnone the increase mill
March Is.