FIFTY THOUSAND OUT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10561, 12 April 1920, Page 5

FIFTY THOUSAND OUT

INCREASED' PAY DEMANDED. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK FACED WITH FOOD SHORTAGE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 11, 5.5 p.m.) ,NBW YORK, April 9. Nearly fifty thousand railroad workers in more than fifteen cities, from Nov,' York to San Francisco, are on strike demanding increased pay. The strike is unauthorised by the union officials. Chicago and New York aro facing a lerious food shortage. The officials declare that the railroad traffic is only 50 per cent, of normal. More than twenty-five railroads are affected. • OBJECT OF THiE~STRIKE. THE "SINGLE UNION" IDEA. (Received April 11, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 10. The "New York Times" Cleveland correspondent says that a' statement has been signed by the chiefs of four big transportation 'brotherhoods declaring that the purpose of the present strike is to destroy the railroad brotherhoods of the United Slates and to promote the single union idea. TIED UP COMPLETELY. NEW YORK SUBURBAN TRAFFIC. (Received April 11, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 10. The employees of the Hudson and Manhattan tube railways voted to go on strike this morning, thus! completely tieing up the New York suburban traffic.