STRIKE IN INDIANA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22631, 24 July 1935, Page 9

STRIKE IN INDIANA

THOUSANDS AFFECTED FOOD SHORTAGE EXPECTED TERRE HAUTE (Indiana), July 22. A general strike, called in sympathy with COO striking employees of an enamel plant, paralysed the city to-day, and' threatened to precipitate a critical food shortage within 24 hours. All deliveries of food supplies were stopped, and stores closed rapidly as strike leaders went through the city urging all workers to join the walk-out. They met with almost instant success, since Virtually every industry in the city is unionised.

There was no immediate violence, but the city officials requested the National Guard to help preserve the peace. It is estimated by union leaders that even coal miners employed throughout the country have joined the strike, thus bringing the total to 00,000 persons on strike. Among the crafts and trades affected were food stores of all kinds, teamsters, hucksters, restaurants, barbers, oil refineries, building trades, hotel workers, trams, and electric plants. The enamel plant strike has been of four months’ duration. MARTIAL LAW DECLARED MONTREAL, July 22. (Received July 23, at 10 p.m.) Martial law has been officially declared in Terre Haute. Two thousand troops have been ordered to the city to take full charge, of law enforcement.