SURPRISE STRIKE
NEW YORK TAXI-CABS SYSTEM DISRUPTED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Feb. 3, 3 p.m) NEW YORK, Feb. 2. Taking advantage of heavy overnight snow, which made walking difficult, 8000 to 15,000 taxicab drivers halted the service in a surprise strike early this morning, seriously disrupting the city’s transportation system. The unions demand that the accrued proceeds of the city tax of five Cents on each fare, which later was declared to he unconstitutional, should go to the drivers, instead of the companies. The Mayor, Mr. La Guavdia, declared the strike legal, and halted the issuance of now driver's licenses to prevent owners importing gangsters and other undesirables. He offered to arbitrate the differences. There was considerable violence as unionists picketed the railway terminals and steamship piers. There were scuffles with independent drivers accepting passengers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18313, 3 February 1934, Page 13
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