Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-07 | Page 1 | Sympathy Strikes Threaten New Orleans

Sympathy S y m pat h hy y Strikes S t r kes ke's Threaten Th New N Orleans OTHER UNIONS IN SOUTH CITY MAY CAll WALKOUTS Hearing on n Injunction Against Street Carmen Set for Tuesday GOVERNOR S SILENT I LEN T Tram Line and Workers Refuse to Yield NEW ORLEANS La July 7 Sunday AP AP Police Police early today today today to to- day had under arrest 33 men charged with inciting a riot at the Canal street barn in connection with street car strike disturbances disturbance One patrol wagon carrying prisoners was stoned and ad badly damaged II I I NEW ORLEANS La July 6 61 United Press Threats Press Threats of sympathetic walkouts by several trades trades' and crafts were made late today as the the str street et car strike which had cost COlt two lives continued More Moro than persons person had been injured and si six street cars cats b burned In clashes between strike sympathizers sympathizers on the ono one hand and strike- strike breake s and police on the other Teal Teai gas bombs were ere used early to today today to- to dR day to halt brick throw Ings and other violence and martial law to probable t. ot of ot th the carmen's union and the Public Service company submitted statements to the city council which had been In ex executive cu the tive sess sessi session p n twenty four our hours in 1 inan inan an nn effort to avoid oid bloodshed and seek seeka a solution to the the the-Ia-bor labor trouble It was as understood neither retreated retreat retreat- ed cd from m its position the union de demanding demanding demanding de- de manding shorter hours and more pa pay a an and the company denying the demands William Ruth president of ot the building trades council informed the Jie city officers on behalf of oC his constituents that meetings would be beheld held by several unions tonight to determine what action If tr an any should be taken in sympathy with the carmen WOULD INVOLVE A walkout of or the building trades trade he ic pointed out would leave lel the city in n total darkness since electricians electrIcian machinists and aid metal workers would bo be o classed In the general order Some workers would be bo in involved in in- it was Vas said Public Service company bondholders bondholders' bondholders bondholders' bondholders bondholders' bond bond- holders' holders were granted an order older by Judge Wayne G. G Borah of or United States district court f for or t appearance of ot union officials in the court Tuesday Tues day to show cause why a a. temporary injunction should not bo be Issued against them Action was taken in behalf of ot nonresident bondholders Protection for company property was asked by the petitioners If Ie the injunction is granted the protection of the federal government government govern- govern ment would be given the company In n the operation of at the cars Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral tr troops ops and marshals could be called in to enforce the courts court's or or- or ders Although Assistant Attorney General General Gen Gen- eral oral Pe Peyton ton R. R Sanders had given the opinion that sufficient emergency emer emer- gency exists for tor the calling of or state troops It St was announced at the at- at Continued on page 4 so- so I I Q OTHER UNIONS IN SOUTH CITY eITY MAYALL MAY CALL ALL IV WALK WALKOUTS A Continued cd cdon on p page so 4 torn torney y generals general's il o that t. t martial t law would be declared only onor- onor ders front from Governor Long To tho the present time Governor Long Lon had bad taken no no official cognizance l. l zance ce of or the tho strike VI VIGILANCE IL NCE MAINTAINED I Vigilance wn was as maintained by b- byboth both hoth sides throughout the day seers seer were treated d to a i. graphic pic- pic turo ture of ot slumbering b bitterness with bricks bricka littering streets about car cr carbarns carbarns barns and ana stacks of at similar ammunition ammunition ammu ammu- piled at nt vantage points across MS the streets from the tho en entrances en en- trances As A's relief watches took S up their p posts p in iii the tanks ranks of ot the tho strikers many of the men mel with coarse stub tub on bio their cheeks were seen windIng windIng wind wind- ing Ing tt their way way toward tho the barber barbershop barbershop shop of ot Fred Kohlman ohlman and Ba Ray The b barbers barbers' had l posted bested n a sign that they wo would ld give tree free shaves to all aU union rilen men during the remainder of the strike Further f r affected along the te city's main street wh where ro tho the first list car made mado ite lix perilous s way under a ft barrage barrage bar bar- rage of ot sticks sUcks and st stones nes' nes es' es yesterday morning little groups groups' I 9 viewed vl dences of at t the mobs mob's handiwork Twisted T rails and and- the charred ro re ro rom m mains lI s of a 8 street cur cir were on on die dis play Itlay in In the downtown section The Canal Canei barn housed six cars burned by A 8 mob during tho the night In rioting which a force of C. C p police were unable to cOl coe cope p. p rite slashed tubing of orn n a fire hose bore evidence of f tho the futility of ot firemen's efforts Strike breakers ls armed with re rC revolvers revolvers re- re sat aio around nd e expectantly p In Inthe in inthe the five barns Policemen continued contin contin- h 1 shUts shUts' 0 of dul dut and sIxty-five sIxty new j Jl were i put to to work by Superintendent ul II Theodore Ray Rpy