Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-10 | Page 2 | Strikes Paralyzing Vienna Industry

STRIKES PARALYZING VIENNA INDUSTRY VIENNA. Nov. 9. Strike succeeds strike throughout Austria and particularly particu-larly in Vienna. Wage and salary earners of every kind are affected. In nearly every instance concessions follow. The crown lately has had an actual nnrpliooinir i-qIiia n f nhfiiit " rpnta Amor- lean and continues at this writing to depreciate de-preciate while the government's printing presses try to keep up the supply to pay government salaries. Food is scarce and usually of poor quality, qual-ity, pa&ticularly tne bread, coarse, heavy and almost black. Prices go up as the crown falls. A suit of clothes that last week was priced at 2400 crowns is this week 3000 crowns. But Vienna is quiet, although still congested con-gested and with a large idle population drawing out-of-work stipends from the government. This element is gradually being reduced, however, the figures showing show-ing about 112,000 this week, asainst 160,-000 160,-000 a few weeks ago.