Evening star., 1941-02-13
.C.I. 0. Strike Halls
Youngstown Plants
Steel Production
Mediation Board Seeks
Way to Avert WoIkout
On Vermont Roll Line
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
Furnaces which have been turning
/ out 5000 to 1000 tons of steel day
at the Youngstown (Ohio) Sheet &
Tube Co. were idle today in the
aftermath of a walkout by c. I. o.
steel workers.
Union leaders said grievances in
volving seniority and other prob
lens" dating four months back were
the cause. The strike had an in
direct bearing on the defense pro-
gram in that much of the company's
steel went into other defense prod
uctS.
The Youngstown Metal Products
Co., a Sheet & Tube subsidiary at
the Brier Hill plant, also was closed
as the result of a strike called yes
terday.
About 1000 men are idle because
of the disputes. If the controversy
continues, it may be necessary to
close other departments of Sheet &
Tube for lack of steel.
Rail Strike Threatened.
Meanwhile, a way to avert a strike
on the Rutland Railroad IN Vermont
was sought by the National Media
ton Board following an urgent ap-
peal by William H. Wills, Vermont
Governor.
The line is a link between Montreal
and Boston, and Gov Wills termed
the prospective strike important
nationally and internationally at
this time"
Fifteen railroad brotherhoods rep
resenting 1900 employees voted to
strike at pm. tomorrow Ito resist
wage reduction of from 10 to 80
per cent" railway labor officials
said.
The line is in receivership, and
some Vermonters expressed fear that
if strike began the road might
cease operations permanently.
5000 to Take Strike Vote.
At Chicago the C. I. O.-Farm
Equipment Workers Organizing
Committee, on strike at two Inter-
national Harvester Co. plants and
threatening a walkout at a third
said a strike vote would be taken
at the company's Mccormick works
here Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
The Mccormick works employs
about 5000 men and is described by
the company as the largest farm
implement factory in the world. A
company spokesman said the plant
manufactured brake pedal and other
parts for tractors being assembled on
defense contracts in other plants
The F. E. w. o. c. is on strike now
at the tractor works here and the
Rock Fall Qll0 plant and has au-
thorized its local executive board to
call strike at the Richmond Gnd)
plant if demands are not met by
pm. tomorrow.
Allis- Chalmers Talks Renewed.
Negotiations in the strike of c. I.
o. employees of the Chalmers
Manufacturing Co, Milwaukee. were
renewed here today after union and
company delegations held separate
discussions last night. The strike,
now in its 23d day, Is holding up pro-
duction on s45,00000O in defense
orders.
Other labor developments in
cluded:
Akron-A Federal conciliator at
tempted to mediate labor dispute
at the Seiberling Rubber Co, which
has defense orders for tires and
anti-gas equipment. Union work.
ers authorized a strike-not as yet
approved by the C. I. O.-United
Rubber Workers Union International
Board-after the company rejected
demands for wage increases.
Hancock, Mich.-A strike affecting
551 employees of the Quincy Mining
Co. shut down production at cop
per works yesterday. Wage increases
and the question of a union shop
were at issue.
CARTERET, N. J.-Members of a
c. I. o. union at the Carteret plant
of the Foster Wheeler Corp, steam
generating and refining equipment
manufacturer, went out on strike
today. The plant employees 300. Neil
Brant, organizer of the United Elec-
trical Machine and Radio Workers
of America, said the union would
asks seven holidays with pay, yearly;
a 10 per cent wage increase and
other benefits because the company
refused to grant three holidays with
pay, annually, as demanded yester-
day.