STRIKERS PARTIALLY RESUME

Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1946, Page 5

STRIKERS PARTIALLY RESUME

j Received Wednesdav, 12.15 a.m. LONDON, April 10. j Meat workers at Kmit-h field begim worlt this morning, but stopped agaiu i when a dozeu emptv army lorries pulled jinto the market.- The lorries wenjgraduallv withdrawn still empty from {themaiket and the workers resumdd. jThey handled fresli nieat only. Wov lon frozen- meat which forms tlie bulk | of London's supplies, was suspended I pending a meetiug later today. An earlier message. stated 'that after ithe Smithfield workers' decision to cun jtinue their strike, 100 Pioneer Oorps soldiers arrived in .the Smithfield Mnr;ket amid irouical cheers from tlie strik : ers. The markets organiser appealed io ! the authorities and the troops not to jmove the provisions at least before tlie ' afternoon. j As nrore troop-carriers appeared, tlie jSmitliiield M'arbet meat workers eeased j worlt, and as tlie A.A.O. lorries begaji ' taking away the provisions to eold stor age, tlie workers joined the strikers. ; The strike leaders claiin that tlie ! workers in l.ondou's other four meat depots have now decided to strike in i synipathy. ! Tlie hiinistry of Labour issued a j statenient saying that a Meat Workers . Union spokesnvan will address the strik ers tomorrow morning. The military, a! ; the uniou 's request, will not resuine j Worlt at Smithfield pending the resnlt o: j the- ineeting. The meat porters in t!i" | meautime will handle fresli meat a ! nsual.