The Washington times., 1937-03-18
MURPHY AIDS
STORE STRIKE
SETTLEMENT
Continued from Page y
tan area. after negotiations won a
settlement in five others.

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tinued in Manhattan. In jewish
hospital strike Brooklyn, 63 strlk'
ers lost jobs and SO we're arrested.
Upstate. a strike of 200 women
employees at an Auburn garment
factory was settled when the firm
granted a 10 per cent wage boost
another factory was closed by the
valkout of 200 workers.
NEW JERSEY-At a slipper
manufacturing concern in Clifton,
So men and women were sitting.
The Best manufacturing company
closed its plant in Belmar to fore
stall a threatened strike. I n e
strike of 900 girls in a Newark
cigar factory vas settled with a
salary increase. Negotiations Tor
settlement of a strike in Belmar
underwear factory were to start
today.
Westinghouse Recognizes c. 1. o.
PENNSYLVANIA - Five United
States Steel Corporation subsldl-
aries signed a one-year pact with
John L, Lewis Steel workers Or
eanizing Committee. The great
WESTINGHOUSE Company recog-
nized the C. 1. O.. along with a
company union, averting a strike
of 5000 workers. In the Pennsy.-
vania Association for the Blind,
blind sit-downers gathered two
tons of food in anticipation OF a
long siege.
Thirty-five Globe wire workers
went on a Sit-down strike in NC
Keesport. A 10 per cent wage IN,
crease ended the Sit-doWn OF l45
employees at the Industrial Cigar
Company of Pittsburgh. Twenty
mills were closed and 5000 idle IN
the general hosiery strike at
Reading. Two hosiery mills were
closed in Philadelphia. Seeking
C. o. recognition, $500 workers
still were on strike in the Lebanon
plant of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany. The C. I. o. scored a victory
in Hershey when the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation recognized
the Chocolate Workers OF America
as a bargaining agent.
OHIO - Workers returned to
work at Ohio Match Company,
Wadsworth, today after an almost
unanimous vote for truce while
management negotiates with the
matchworkerS union; $50 were
idle and 200 maintained slt-doWn
in relays since March 3. In Akron
5000 of $500 WPA workers idle
as WPA union members riot upon
conviction of leader on assault
charges.
Negotiations in the strike keep
ing 10000 idle at two Firestone
plants in Akron were at a stand
still. The strike of 600 cab drivers
in Toledo continued. Several minor
strikes were settled in Cleveland.
INDIANA-Union and company
officials hoped to reach an agree
ment today in the strike at the
Rex manufacturing plant in Con-
nerSville, affecting 1900 men. The
strikers held the company'S build
ingS. Pickets were guarding the
Aladdin Lamp Works in AleXan-
dria after strikers Abandoned the
buildings.
Trouble in Kansas City
MISSOURI-In Kansas City, a
lone picket and Gordon of police
were thrown around the entrances
of a buildings housing three gar
ment firms, following last nights
disorder, in which members of the
International Ladies Garment
Workers Union and nonunion
workers Slugged and pulled each
others hair. Fifty unionists held
the building all night. Two thou
sand employers of the Emerson
Electrical Manufacturing Company
in St. Louis remained idle on the
tenth day of their strike. The
johnson Tin Foil and Metal Com
pany continued the lockout of zoe
workers as negotiations failed.
KENTUCKY-Philip G. Phillips
of the National Labor Relations
Board, left Louisville after con
ferring with union leaders, who
charged the Louisville Refining
Company with refusing to bargain
collectively. Phillips indicated a
charge against the refinery would
be filed with the NLRB. The plant
is in operation.
MASSACHUSETTS-Two hun
dred WoodWorkerS and $50 shoe
workers were on strike in Lowell. A
strike of 600 Cambridge shoeWork
ers was settled. In worcester, dele
gates to the Central Labor Unior
unSeated its president and expelled
SIS delegates on charges of c. I. o
activities.
RHODE ISLAND-Eight hun
dred textile operatives struck a
Central Falls.
CONNECTICUT-A strike of 60t
workers broke out in the STANDARD
Steel Bearings plant at Plainville
One thousand malleable steel work
ers remained out in Branford aftel
rejecting a wage increase, becaus'
the c. I. o. was not recognized
In Groton, the Electric Boat Work
increased the working week from
So to 40 hours.
CALIFORNIA-Three hundred
and fifty-three former Sit-dowl
strikers in the Douglas Aircraft
plant awaited trial on felon,
charges at Los Angeles as tht
strike of harbor tugboat operator
continued.
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
DETROIT, March 18 G.N.S)
The Chrysler Corporation has di