Show I I I GAY CITY C ITY LEFT WITHOUT LPT Electricians of Paris on Strike and Business Paralyzed as a Result MANY THEATRES GO DARK CANDLES IN THE BIG DEPART DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT MENT STORES March StA SfA sudden and vir ir virtually iri jj Irl of f ft i f unexpected strike on the part t Locally all the electricians of Paris Pans Pt S 5 this afternoon resulted in Inthe Inthe fl g t almost complete paralysis of tho the business the of the city by the time night bad fallen The Jie inconvenience was very great A of theatres had to forego their number numbe several of ot the evening were unable to get cut out their editions and the great depart stores were hurriedly emptied ent demand the fulfillment of Si Irbe e promises strikers to Improve their condition which the they claim w WO re made to them last July Candles In the Big Rg Stores Many of the great department stores especially those In the center rf f Paris Jf electricity for rely upon rf of f the city lighting and heating These stores are not piped with gas and when the t tl elec Inc lights went out but few ew oil lamps were on hand As a result candles had to be Installed hurriedly in order to help the shoppers and the to leave ave the buildings The prefecture of ef the buildings of ot the different ministries and the public institutions also alro were without light and oven the tle Elysee palace was WaK as temporarily thrown Into toto darkness The Te T e senate nd the chamber of deputies are provided with Pipes and were therefore able to gas zas get liht l ht and go on with their bust busi busin n Almost all the theatres Including the Opera and other of the subsidized houses were compelled to put up an announcements announcements announcements that there would be no performances and that the money would be 00 refunded at the doors Boulevards In Darkness The boulevards were practically in darkness except for f r the glimmering of ofa a few gas gal Jets Only the Avenue dOpera and a few sections of the Champs Elysee Elsee were illuminated by electricity the man working in the plants supplying these districts return returning returning returning ing to work early In the evening The Th m tales and restaurants presented weird pictures with flaring Daring candles on all aU aUthe the email round tables It was impossible to get cut ut tho the later editions of the afternoon news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers and the offices of the morning tapers were scenes of confusion Only the will appear app ar in its full size tomorrow this being because it possesses its own electric plant The reasons for or the strike of ef the electricians are as follows rhe The com corn company company pany that supplies electricity was re ic recently accorded concessions by the mu municipal municipal council and It now refuses to tarry out certain ordinances d by that body Under Tinder which the tho electrical ele workers art are granted an day and old age pensions Men Charge Bad Faith These stipulations are arc not written in inthe Intile Inthe the tile contract with the city but it was that they would be granted The men are arc exasperated by what they as bad faith on the part cf cZ the company and now claim recognition as 3 of a municipal depart nent with the privileges attached to by the municipality which i de vacations pay while they are Irk and the granting of ot pensions at a ap specified p age The strikers tonight de deWed Wed to continue the strike until all aU their claims were granted It was an ani i that the electricians of Lyons and other large cities ciU s In I ranee were preparing to Join the fins movement and demand similar The strikers tonight lowed themselves strongly in favor of oft t oe e taking over oer of the electric lighting I SiltS ants by the various municipalities ills his feeling Is a direct outcome of the th tendencies generally preva 1 t amor anor g the electrical workers V 1 j delegation of or prominent citizens eluding a number of members of the tho th 1 amber of deputies called on Pre Pret t KT ir Clemenceau tonight and he ex cx r his determination to use every 4 fort Cart to overcome the strike by con conf f means The Tie strikers number highly skilled As a rule they ceased work but In some instances they ex t the fires of the central sta stans stans ns JM which will require mrs un to get going again and in a few zes ses removed portions of the electrical which It will require at M It ii sat ast a week to replace The postal authorities report that the 1 and telegraphic services nave bare not no been greatly disturbed these there c o 3 having hat ving private electric plants Toe The e boulevards that are arc without gas ras lamps amps are being patrolled tonight by Policemen IJO bearing torches |