Evening star., 1946-11-28
10000 Now JobIess
In Industry as Strike
Enters Second Week
Steel Fubricotors See
More Moss Luyoffs;
Many PIonts Closed
BY the Assoeioted Press

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 28.-The
Nations Thanksgiving Day in a
general soft coal work stoppage
the first in many years-waS
marked today by rising tide of
unemployment, affecting an es-
timated 10000, and by dimouts
which darkened cities in more
than score of States.
Basic steel plants, those convert
ing iron ore and pig iron into steel,
and railroads we're hardest hit as
the United Mine Workers 400, loo
bituminous coal miners began .
second week Of idienes. Steel fab
ricators. who use steel as raw
material, expected Wholesale layoffs
! which spokesmen predicted woulc
climb to 100000 within a week IL
Pennsylvania, West Virginia anc
Ohio.
The ban on extra lighting anc
coal consumption brought extended
Thanksgiving holidays to many
schools and colleges.
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp, lar
gest subsidiary OF United States
Steel Corp, furloughed 300 men
in the Pittsburgh and Youngstown
districts. An additional 5000 were
placed on part-time as the firm
closed n of 129 open hearths and
banked Is of "a blast furnaces.
q. s. Steel Plans More Cutbacks.
The parent United States Steel
Corp. planned to make eutbacks
next week in finishing mills which
would plunge many thousands more
into the ranks of the furloughed.
A Carnegie Illinois spokesman
said his company had banked three
Of IL blast furnaces in the Gary
works and four of 10 in South Chi
cago to reduce production % per
cent. The firm also shut down 5 of
Is coke oven batteries and three
Bessemer furnaces at Gary.
In Chicago, the Peoples Gas, Light
81 Coke Co. said about half the
natural gas it receives from steel
| mills has been cut of in recent days.
The city's schools, with about 10000
tons of coal on hand, introduced
conservation measures to make the
supply last until the Christmas
| holidays. Theaters, clubs and recital
operators reported reduced attend
ance.
Tool Firm Lays OF $50.
The Barcolo Manufacturing Co.,
which makes furniture and hand
tools at Buffalo, laid of about $50
workers Indefinitely for lack of coal.
Three more open hearths were
closed by Bethlehem Steel Co. at
Sparrow Point, Md, making 16 out
of "a furnaces down. Temporary
dismissal of 1000 additional workers
brought the total idle to 1000. A
like number of Baltimore employees
have been laid of in al-depend-
ent industries.
Meanwhile, railroad layoffs ac-
counted for more than $4,000 en-
ployes. Latest to leave payrolls were
| 5000 at the New York Central and
800 working for the Pennsylvania
Railroad near Johnstown, Pa.
Night Schools Curtailed.
Illinois Central Railway officials al
Memphis estimated about $685. 900 ir
/ wages was being lost weekly by sac
| mechanics at nearby shops who
were laid of for the walkout's dura-
ton. The line also reduced the num-
ber of freight trains.
| In Vincennes, Ind, the Blackfor6
Window Glass Co. closed today fol
want of its daily quota Of 80 tons
of coal. The closure affected 28s
employes.
The st. Louis Board of Education
ordered all after-school activities
Cancelled. Night classes will be dis
continued Monday, including those
for veterans. The Thanksgiving
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