Evening star., 1945-10-20
hichiganPowerS Strike
Agreement Awaits
Workers Approval
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
The three-day work stoppage OF
1000 utility workers appeared head
ed for settlement today as CIO
union leaders urged the strikers to
accept new wage offer end go back
to their Jobs of servicing gas and
electricity to some 100000 consum-
ers in 1000 Michigan communities.
A settlement agreement was ac-
cepted by the union leaders last
night as effects of the walkout were
being felt in at least three large
cities and as Gov. Harry F. Kelly
threatened State Intervention in
manning the facilities of the Con-
sumers Power Co
Their acceptance was subject to
ratification by the % State locals of
the CIO Utility Workers Union and
415,000 Workers Idle.
Elsewhere across the labor front,
there were new and threatening dis
putes while some controversies were
settled. There were about 415,000
workers idle because of labor
troubles. drop of more than $4,000
in the last "a hours.
Terms accepted by the Michigan
utility union leaders were for l3
cents An hour wage increase, the
amount previously recommended by
a special mediation panel and re-
jected by II of the % locals. The
union had demanded 30 cents an
hour increase, however. statement
of clarification added. This in
cluded the new scale effective until
next March unless the national
wage pattern had changed, warrant
ing further study by special medi-
alton commission.
Dock Strike Battle.
AFL longshoremen officials in New
York reported general back-to-
work movement after an 18-day
strike by $4,000 stevedores.
Antagonism still fingered, how
ever. Joseph P. Ryan. lifetime pres
ident of the AFL International
Longshoremen's Association, and
insurgent leaders who sought to oust
him during the strike. squared off
for determined battle for control
of the union.
William E. Warren and Sal Bar
one, insurgent leaders. were beaten
yesterday at Brooklyn dock.
Two newspapermen. reporter
and a photographer for the New
York Post also were pummelled and
bruised during the melee which
grew to include some so bystanders,
Mr.. Warren said.
Trouble was reported at the port
Of Houston and the entire Central
Gulf Coast of Texas. Shipping was
tied up after 1000 warehousemen
quit their jobs and $500 longshore-
men Joined in sympathy strike. A
wage dispute involved warehouse
men in Houston, Galveston and
Lake Charles, La. An AFL long
shoremen official said the union and
various company arrangements
failed to reach an agreement on
wage increases.
Glass Workers to Strike.
A strike of $1,000 glass workers in
10 cities definitely can be expected
by Monday Lewis McCracken, sec
retary-treasurer of the CIO Fedora
ton of Glass, Ceramic and Silica
Sand Workers, said in Columbus,
Ohio, last night The threatened
strike, he said, follows breakdown
of contract negotiations between
glass company owners and the fed
eration's wage committee.
A strike would affect workers in
plants of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Co. and the Libbey- Owens Ford
Glass Co. In Ford City and Creigh-
ton. Pa; Clarksburg and Charleston,
w. Va: Toledo and Mount Vernon
Ohio; Ottawa. H.; Crystal City. Mo;
Henrietta, Okla- and Shreveport,
La.
Also set for Monday is the dead
line for the Western Electric Co. in
Kearny, N. j.. to meet wage de-
mands by the independent union
which conducted Nationwide
demonstration stoppage in tele-
phone service October 5. A spokes-
man for the Technical Employees
Council said 1t had voted to take
collective action against the Kearny
plant. focal point of the recent stop
page, unless demands were met by
Monday. He said the union with
1.500 engineers and technicians at
the plant as members, wants a 35
per cent wage increase and i'm
proved working conditions.