Evening star., 1933-09-04
St. Louis Faces Strikes.

ST. Louis Faces Strikes.
ST. LOUIS. September P)-St.
Louis faced Labor day with strikes in
progress at 81 garment and millinery
factories.
With increased industrial and labor
activity, the day will be celebrated with
enthusiasm by union labor, which will
stage its first Labor day picnic in years.
The strike problem, grown more serl-
Gus with picketing. some violence and
disputes over recognition OF unions,
caused the Police Department to an
nounce 1C-hour shifts for its officers
beginning tonight.
In full-page advertisement in
morning newspaper, 10 st. Louis COM
panieS whose employees are out on strike
for union recognition, stated the pub
lie is being misled by a great deal of
false and misleading propaganda"
Mexican Strike Ends.
MEXICO CITY, September 4 LP).-
Employees of the General Electric Co.
here, in Monterey and other cities in
Mexico will return to work today after
q brief strike.
fected a compromise in the disagree
collective labor contract.
Situation Looks Blue.
ALBA. Iowa. September P)-
Frank Wilson, president of the union
mine workers of Iowa, declared yes
terday on his return from Washington
that the coal code situation looks
pretty blue"
Wilson had been attending hearings
on the N. r. A. coal code during the
past few weeks. Meanwhile $500 Iowa
miners went on strike last week. OBJ
jecting because the mines in which
they were working, they said, were not
operating under terms Of the recovery
act.
Will Study Strike.
LOS ANGELES, September (P)-
Acting under orders from the National
Labor Board, Charles w. Grubbs, re-
gional N. R. A. committee secretary, az
ranged to leave Los Angeles for Gallup,
New Mexico, to make a study of the
strike of several hundred coal miners.
The government is entering this sit
uation merely to offer its good Offices
Grubbs said. The Investigation is be-
ing made with view OF being helpful,
and not in a belligerent spirit
Grain Elevators Idle.
BUFFALO. N. Y, September (P).-
Activity at the % elevators which an
nually scoop more than so million bush
els of grain from the holds of huge lake
boats here was practically at a stand
still today as the result of a strike OF
more than 700 employees. Federal and
local officials were working quietly in
the hope of reconciling the dissenting
fo ha IF tho hpoIru
Fall shipments from Western lake
ports.
The strike was inaugurated by the
walkout of 300 members of the Grain
Elevators Employees local because of
failure to recognize their union. Sat
urday, after a vote by ballot, the
Grain Shovelers' Union, 400 strong,
went on strike over a wage reduction
imposed last April.
Million Bushels Tied Up.
Boats, loaded with almost 100000
bushels of grain. were rerouted to other
ports and fear was expressed by grain
men here that owners of other boats
waiting in the harbor would follow their
lead. One million bushels of grain is
tied up in these boats and an additional
million bushels is en- route here from
Duluth. Port Arthur and other Western
Great Lake ports
Another complication was added to
the situation as officials Of the
New York State Barge Canal Terminal
announced that eastbound grain ship
mentS could not be resumed until the
strike is settled
As a series of conferences with lead
ers of the strike resulted in a stale
mate, elevator operators, estimating
they are losing thousands of dollars
daily, pinned their hopes for concilia-
tion on Federal intervention. They
said they expected the Fall rush to start
within few days and unless the strike
was settled they would suffer heavy
financial losses in addition to the pos
sibility Of loss of all the grain trade.
Strike Is Settled.
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, September
4 (PJ-A strike of needle workers at
Mayaguez has been settled on the basis
of 25 per cent wage increase and
adoption of a local code pending de-
termination at Washington of whether
the National Recovery act is to apply
to the Island of Puerto Rico. Gov.
Gore, who is now in Washington, was
advised of the action Saturday by the
Acting Governor.
Strike Call Issued.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. September 2 Up.
EThe American Federation of Silk
Workers, at meeting Saturday, issued
a call for strike of 5000 silk workers
in Allentown.
The strike will begin Thursday
and is part of a general campaign for
union recognition, higher wages and
fewer hours, begun this week with
strikes at Paterson, N j., and various
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