Evening star., 1945-10-22
$1,000 Glass Worker!
Walk Out; Plants
In 5 States Close
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The return of 5000 miners to tn
soft coal pits today sent the nations
total of workers on strike or off tn
job because of labor troubles t
214,o00, its lowest level in more thai
month.
A new strike in the glass industr
began in 10 cities, however, and tn
figure started inching upward again
Preliminary reports showed NOR
than $4,000 out in Pennsylvania
Ohio, West Virginia, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
On September 10 the Nation wild
total was 205, 5,645. High for the post
war reconversion period was $50 ,00
on october 6.
The resumption of work by miner
in six States approximately halvet
last weeks total. They went bacl
on orders of John L. Lewis, United
Mine workers president, who de
ferred to later date negotiation o
demands which brought about thei
walkout.
Another l6,700 workers were ex.
pected back this week with resump
ton of steel operations which wer'
eurtailed because of coal shortage
This was the general situation:
This was the general situation:
Returning to work-A total oi
230,4 composed, excluding the Goa
miners, of 5000 at General Motors
Packard electrical plant at Warren
Ohio; 5000 AFL ship repairmen ir
the Los Angeles area, $500 at the
General Electric X-ray Corp. ir
Chicago, another 1,400 at the Revere
Copper & Brass Co, Chicago; 2,00l
Michigan utility workers and l,5O(
at the Seiberling Rubber Co., Bar
berton, Ohio.
61,700 Lumber Workers Idle.
Off their jobs or due to leave
$4,000 glass workers in four States
5000 steel workers idle as a result
of a walkout of IA transport work
ers at Republic Steel's Canton alloy
division, Canton, Ohio, and 1,50(
Western Electric employees, Kearny
N. j.
Still idle-6l, 700 Northwest lum.
ber and sawmill workers, 2,700 bu1
drivers, 1000 moviemen, $500 cottor
and textile employees and $500 AFT
Gulf Coast longshoremen with the
balance of the national totals made
up in strikes ranging from Is per-
sons upward.
Future rumblings-30,000 CIC
West Coast longshoremen demanded
living cost" increase in pay, anc
set October % as a strike date; the
sprawling United Automobile Work.
ers engaged in an exchange of state
ments via the press with the Gen.
eral Motors Corp, with which they
are negotiating for 80 per cent
wage increase.
The miners return ended at least
temporarily a dispute centering
around recognition of foremen's
union. Protracted Labor Depart
ment conferences failed, but the
strike, which began September 81
ended abruptly with the Lewis order
last week.
Steel production, hard hit by the
fuel shortage, began to swing up
ward as coal moved toward the fur
naces again. Yet week was ex-
pected TO elapse before the laidzof1
WORKERS could be recalled in~sful
strength. 1880. s'ssssssess
Glass Workers Walk Out.
A strike by CIo unionists CLOSED
widely separated plants of two O.
the Nations major glass companie'
today, making more than l5,00(
workers idle.
Reports from Libbey- Owens-Fore
and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. unit!
showed the following total of idle
as the results of walkouts following
breakdown of company union nego'
tiations over wages and other issues
Ford City, Pa, 2,700; Creighton
Pa, $500; Clarksburgh, w. Va.
1,100; Charleston, w. Va, LOO; To
ledo. Ohio (three plants, 1000
Mount Vernon, Ohio, TOO; Ottawa
Ill, 400; Henryetta, Okla, 500; Crys.
tai City, Mo, 1000, and Shreveport
La, 600.
Lewis McCracken, secretary treas.
urer of the CIO Federation of Glass
Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers
predicted here all Strike-bounC
plants would be forced to close.
Plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania
West Virginia, Illinois and Louisiana
already were reported down. Indi.
cations were that the rest of tht
plants affected would follow suit.
The CIO International Longshore.
mems and Warehousemen's Union
injected another disSident note with
its demand for a cost of living wage
increase for 10000 members on the
West Coast.
An interim increase of 25 cents
an hours and 371a cents an houl
overtime also was sought pending
new contract negotiations.
Ship Repair Strike Settled.
The strike of AFL ship repairmen
which began October IL in a dis
pute over application of a 11.6 pei
cent increase awarded ship repairer;
above rates paid for new ship con-
struction, was settled. But AL Las
ter, executive secretary of the Lo,
Angeles Metal Trades Council sale
'tfe men will get the 11.6 per cent
increase but it must be approved
by the War Labor Board.
The Packard electrical division
strike was settled on a basis of re.
instatement of all but seven EN-.
ployes. Gases of the seven disci.
plined workers will be considered by
a grievance committee and If no
settled, will be submitted to arbitra.
ton. Wage and other issues, ac-
cording to the local president
Charles D. Parker. will be discussed
in meeting with a Detroit repre-.
sentative of General Motors.
The union involved is the Unitee
Electrical, Radio and Machin,
Workers (CIO). The men will re.
turn today and tomorrow from theil
walkout which began August 80.
Today was the deadline set by tn,
Independent Western Electric Tech
nica1 Employees Council of Kearny
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