AMERICAN STRIKES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 600, 3 August 1933, Page 5

AMERICAN STRIKES

(press Assn.—

-SS^piQUS Riors upheavals in many places lead to .sporadic ' viqlence - •- STRIKERS' KILLED" AND INJURED

-By Telegraph — Copyrlght).

Rec. August 2, 7.10 p.m. Washington, August 1The official inauguration to-day of an intensive drive to increase employment th'rough the universal adoption of the "blanket" code is pra.ctically overshadotyed by a series. pf sf^rike sensations in some leading iiidustri'es markefd by spo^rdic viqlence. Seyeral unrelated strikes in the textile industry are tending to spread while an acute situation has developed in the bitumiimus coal districts iri Pqnnsylvania where some 30,, ,0.6.0 minr ers have been called out, partly due to tfie .refusal of some ope^ators to a\low unionisation, although . some union men are striking in sympathy with non-unionists. . To-day there were clashes throughout the ar ea, stiflkers fighting s tribe - breakers. Police officers and detachments have been called in to preserve order. One striker was killed and several critically injured. At the Philadelphia hosiery mills 15,000 . workmen . are striking for uniop, privileges. There is much unrest in the farflung lumber industry, the complexity of which has made the code. formation difficult. Meanwhile the workers are very restless. It is ' said that the strikers are being agitated by the low wages, which in some cases are as little as five.pence an hour for a 12 hour day. Dairymen in several sections of the New York State to-day clashed with the State police., attempting. a stoppage of deliveries unless higher prices are guaranteed. Batons and tear gas were freely used by the officers.