RAILWAY STRIKE
AN UNAUTHORISED ACTION
WIDESPREAD EFFECT IN AMERICA. , j ) UNION APPEALS TO THE GOVERNMENT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, April 9. Aii unauthorised railway strike, which was started by insurgent switchmen at the Chicago district, without the union's sanction has suddenly spread over the whole nation. Industries in many sections of illie country are closing down, through inability to obtain coal supplies. It is estimated that 'J<j,ooo workers are on strike. The Justice Department has started an investigation to determine whether it is possible to force a cessation under the war time lever law. The announcement that the workers arc "resigning" throughout .the country, it is believed, presages the long-awaited struggle between the Eedieals ani Conservatives in the labour ranks. The union officials at Chicago' have appealed ito tho Government to make an effort to force the men back.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10561, 12 April 1920, Page 5
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