AMERICAN STRIKES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 138, 28 June 1937, Page 11

AMERICAN STRIKES

800,000 Railway Men May Walk Out STEEL WORKERS RETURNING KEW YORK, Juno 26, Several thousand workors have feturned to the Republie Steel plants, And it is expected more will follow during the nevt few days. Four bombs were thrown, but no damage resulted. Many arrests were made. The C.I.O. cofltemplated protesting to' ■President Roosevelt demanding that he rid YoUflgStown of the soldiers Who are actiflg as stfike*bfeakors. Intimations that the steel 3trike was vittually defeated broughf retorts from the 01.0. that the light had just begun. The Mediation Board is remaining on the scene and is still hopeful it call contribute to a sottlement. Sonator Wagner, anthor of the Labour Law, in a radio address, condemned a "very few large doxporations for fighting Labour and LabourJs_right to organise. ' ' The national strike situation took on a specially serioua uotd When a walk©ut .of 800,000 railway workare was: threatoned as a result of a complete breakdown in the negotiations concern* .ing tho employees' demand for a wage increase of 20 cents. per hour. u.S. Labour Dopartment repol'tS • show that 350, 000 workors were involved in 750 strikes during April. Idieuess totalled 3,885,000 mat days, skowing over a 60 per cent. increase sinco Januaty for the whole of 1936. There were 2125 strikes involving -790,000 workors for 13,800 days.