Show w AT SAN PARALYZES BUSINESS enile liar clone until strife Is shipping suspended Sue the labor trouble in san francisco reached a crisis tuesday and as a result maritime traffic and labor along shore are almost at a standstill and industry is almost totally paralyzed the order for a general waiko it of the city front federation was made effective tuesday morning the city front federation comprises fourteen unions and organ izat ons with a full membership of about 15 three thousand of tl ese men are em aloyed at sea or in other cit es and the strike order does not apply to them 1 they return to san franc twelve thousand men obeyed the order to strike it is claimed by the officers of all the organizations involved that the strike is not purely an express on of thy with the union teamsters ir any other body of workers who are in d s with their employers but is a taking up of the gauntlet thrown down by the employers association in othe words the city front federation is de ter mined to defend the principle 0 unionism which tl e assoc atlon em players have announced their intention to crush out both sides seem determined to carry the fight on and all efforts on the part of the mayor and oti ers to bring about a conciliatory settlement have thus far proved unavailing it is reported that sev eral of the larger wholesale houses will close down until the str ke is set tied |