EVE OF BIG STRIKE
U.S. TEXTILE INDUSTRY
COTTON TEADE FIRST
EFFECTIVE AT WEEKEND
OTHER WORKERS TO
STAND BY
United l'russ Association—By Electric Tcl«- ---■ graph—Copyright. (Received August 31, 10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, August 30. The general strike in the United States cotton textile industry,- called on Thursday, will become effective at midnight oh Saturday. Workers in the wool, silk, rayon, and synthetic yarn industries have been ordered to stand by for further instructions. ,' .
PEACE MEETING
SPURNED BY MASTERS
UPHEAVAL THREATENED
WASHINGTON, August 29,
•A temporary paralysis of the Unite* States cotton and textile' industry became seemingly inevitable last night, when efforts to avert a general strike collapsed. : .
Textile manufacturers spurned the Federal offer to attend a peace meeting here with "the labour leaders. The strike committee at once . prepared to dispatch before noon, ou Thursday, formal orders for-a walk-out of nearly; 500,000 workers.
An upheaval is also threatened in another great industry. Cotton garment manufacturers have defied a Presidential order calling for .a .36 instead of a ■iO-hour week without decreased pay for 200,000. employees. Workers in tho ' industry are. threatening a general strike unless the order is obeyed on ' October 1, when it becomes effective.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 53, 31 August 1934, Page 9
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194EVE OF BIG STRIKE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 53, 31 August 1934, Page 9
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