The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-20

and the teamsters' walkout, there was one more situation left to be cleared up-an annoying one to many San Franciscans. It was the strike of Market Street Railway employees. The carmen on this, the largest of the city's three street railways systems, maintain they have a separate cause and that their strike is not one of sympathy with other unions. They have not voted to return to work.
 Yesterday the company ran a skeleton service on some lines but a considerable section of the city continued without car service.
 10000 Back to Work
 The formal end of the strike in the whole bay area came with no great show. Yesterday the Ala meda County Labor Council strat- egy committee voted to send the 10000 men affiliated with the council, back to work today. Last night a general meeting ratified the recommendation.
 The general committee of the San Francisco strike voted yester- day afternoon to end the strike here.
 But these votes came after the strike actually had disintegrated and resulted in all but a few un- ions returning to work.
 News of the end of the general strike was received joyfully throughout the region. It meant not only would about S0,000 men return to their jobs in the bay area after being on strike but probably like number, thrown out of work by the closing down of business and industry, could resume em- ployment. For the average citizen it meant he could go about his normal oc- equations in a reasonably normal way. Movies would be open, he could eat in a restaurant, and he could get his shirt washed.
 The housewife rejoiced because she found her grocer selling fher favorite brands of goods once more.
 National guardsmen still held the waterfronts of San Francisco and Oakland, and occupied the San Francisco wholesale produce district.
 Troops Will Stay Governor Frank F. Merriam said he would leave the troops there until reasonably certain that no further trouble will arise." The governor hailed the end of the strike as a victory for right thinking leadership" and con demned "alien agitators and re- volutionists."
 "California has served notice upon the radical disturber that his plotting will not be tolerated and | is doomed to failure," he declared. "The fight against further med dlesome and subversive attacks on our economic and social institu- tions should now be pushed with vigor and determination. Every alien agitator and revolutionist in the state should be deported." "The general strike, unregulated, is no weapon for the American labor movement" said George Kidwell, executive secretary of the strike committee, in an exclusive interview with Ray McClung for the United Press. Reds Are In JaiIs l San Francisco, July 20-UP)- | The Pacific coasts drive to elim- mate communist agitation in labor disputes gained impetus today. Jails from San Pedro to Seattle held more than 400 men, women and girls suspected of fomenting | disorders.
 Imprisoned were such diverse | characters as Negro and Mexican drifters, a university of Washing ton coed. admitted organizers for | Tn trial union, alien and American la borers.
 The largest "hauls" were in San Francisco, where 300 were jailed; Seattle, 33, including Caryl Cock ey, collegienne; Portland, 3S: San Pedro, 13; Oakland 10. With most known communist gathering places already raided authorities turned to the more de- l liberate task of prosecution. Charges lodged against the sus- poets ranged from vagrancy and | disturbing the peace, in San Fran cisco, to criminal syndicalism in Portland. Behind all efforts was unified purpose of fesseting out radical aliens not entitled to remain in this country, and deporting them. Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins promised complete coopera- | tion.
 Those who cannot be deported face jail sentences on conviction, long enough to keep them out of circulation during their period of industrial strife on the west coast. What It Cost | San Francisco. July 20-(UP)- The labor war in the San Fran cisco bay aera, which began May g with the maritime strike and may now be considering receding but not over, is estimated to have cost $150,00O,000 in damage, losses to business, lost wages and intangible losses.
 Other data:
 Three have been killed here and four elsewhere in connection with the strike.
 Persons injured, 297. | Persons arrested, 63S.
 De ration of marine strike, 70 days.
 Duration of general strike, four I days.
 ] Unions involved in marine strike