CANADIAN STRIKE SETTLED.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 April 1937, Page 7

CANADIAN STRIKE SETTLED.

A VICTORY FOB EVERYBODY. BIG MAJORITY FOR RETURN TO WORK. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-CopyTight) Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. TORONTO, April 24. The Oshawa strikers at a meeting ratified the settlement by a vote of 2205 to 36. They will return to work on Monday. The terms are substantially as cabled. Premier Hepburn, the company ana the Union Automobile Workers each claimed the victory. Mr Hepburn contended that he prevented the C. 1.0. gaining a foothold and halted the drive to organise the mines. General Motors Corporation said it felt it had signed the contract with representatives of its own employees only, while the UA.W. contended it had won de facto recognition for itself and the C. 1.0. since the local union mentioned in the contract is a member of the U.A.W. whien is affiliated witn the C. 1.0. FORD PLANT CLOSED IN SAN FRANCISCO. Eeeeived Sunday, 9.20 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO, April 25. A sit-down strike of 1200 employees has closed the Ford plant. The strikers are in full possession. The T7.A.W. leaders blamed discrimin ation against the uaion. The men said the company refused to allow plant ofheials to confer with union representatives. CUNARD STRIKE OVER. NEW YORK, April 23. The Cunard strike has been settled. The National Independent Longshoremen's Union of Canada has received an International Association Charter. SERIOUS CLASH IN CALIFORNIA MANY INJURED IN FIGHT. Received Sunday, 9.0 p.m. STOCKTON (California), April 23. Thirtjr persons, including several women, are reported to have been shot or injured in a fight between union strikers and non-union workers, deputy sheriffs and State police at a canning factory. Nauseating gas bombs were hurled by all parties.

The non-unionist defenders of the plant erected barbed wire entanglements to keep pickets out. A pitched battle occurred when the authorities attempted to conduct a lorry carrying spinach to the plant. They fired many times at the picketsi who attempted to overturn the lorry. MORE SERIOUS THAN AT FIRST REPORTED Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. NEW YORK, April 25. The Stockton riot was more serious than at first reported. At least fifty were wounded, several critically, while one*was partially blinded. Local officials have requested troops to handle the situation but Governor Merrian refused. The State Assembly sent a committee of five to investigate and attempt to avert further bloodshed. INDEPENDENT ONION AT FLINT. Received Sunday, Midnight. FLINT, April 25. The information is announced of an Independent Automobile Employees' to combat the C. 1.0., and provides a medium for collective bargaining foi thousands of motor workers unaffiliated with a union. It is starting with a membership of 6000. ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY Received Sunday, Midnight. OSHAWA, April 25. The secretary of the U.A.W., Mr. Homer Martin, has made a charge that a man claiming to represent General Motors Corporation had offered him a 5000-dollar bribe on condition that he would follow the company ? s instructions. He replied: "If you have anything to give away, give it to the workers. "