HOTEL GUESTS TURNED OUT.
SEQUEL TO SIT-DOWN STRIKE BY EMPLOYEES. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) Received Wednesday, 9 p.m. DETROIT, March 16. Four of the largest hotels asked 2550 guests to leave and seek accommodation elsewhere, and immediately locked the doors, as an answer to a sit-down strike of employees. Union leaders later attempted to force the doors and enter one hotel They wrestled with a guard, and a revolver was fired, but no one was hurt. Among the guests who, .earlier in the day, were unable to obtain meals and other service were Lily Pons, Mrs. Johnston; Tyrene Power and Sonja Henje. Many went to Windsor (Canada). SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCED. Received Wednesday, 11.5 p.m. DETROIT, March 16. Mr. Murphy, the acting-arbitrator, has announced a settlement of the hotel strike.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 March 1937, Page 7
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