TAXIMEN'S STRIKE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 97, 3 February 1934, Page 5

TAXIMEN'S STRIKE

Intensified in parss. ONLY FOUR HUNDRED PLYING. CABS BLOCKING THE' TRAFFIC. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received' This Day, 11.25 a.m.) ■ PARIS, February 2. As a protest against the new tax on petrol, only 800 out of 7000 taxis were plying yesterday. The strike has been intensified today. Only 400 cabs are running, and pickets are striving to lessen the number. Meanwhile hundreds of strikers are driving slowly around the chief centres, blocking the traffic. They are immune from arrest while they keep moving. SURPRISE FOR NEW YORK. VIOLENT SCENES IN SNOW.'

(Received This Day, 1.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 2. Taking advantage of heavy snow la.-st night, which made walking difficult, taxi-cab drivers variously estimated at 8000 to 15,000, interrupted the service in a surprise strike early this morning, seriously disrupting the city's transportation system. The Unions demand that the accrued proceeds of the city tax of five cents on each fare, which later was declared to be unconstitutional, should go to (the drivers instead of the companies. The Mayor (Mr L. A. CSuardia) declared the strike legal and stopped the issuance of new drivers' licenses, to„ prevent owners importing gangsters and other undesirables. He offered to arbitrate on the differences. There was considerable violence as .the unionist? picketted the railway terminals and steamship piers. There were scuffles with independent drivers who were accepting passengers.