Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-02 | Page 1 | Strike Paralyzes New York

PARALYZES NEW YORK ITY WILL OPERATE ELEVATORS Service Building JI Union Dion U Orders All 1 Workers to Quit Thousands sands Forced to Climb Stairs as Ruling Rul Rul- ing Ends Lift Operations in Manhattan Skyscrapers rA By Associated Press 1 NEW YORK YORK March 2 2 A 2 A swiftly spreading str strike ke o building plagued al all sections of Manhattan today as asI si I Mayor L La Guardia proclaiming S. S an emergency ordered th ci city dy to operate elevators in high apartment houses The Tho mayors mayor's proclamation cani came cam shortly after th the walkout movement swept the congested garment dIstrict district dis dIs- on the midtown west side and arid reached into the Wall street financial finan cial area Mayor announced that in order to protect the health and safety of N New Nw w Y Yorkers tho the city Uy would take over operation operation off ot elevators elevators eleva eleva- tors in all residential buildings more moro than six talL fuU f r. r He Ie called upon citizens to teJ toco co op operate rate with city officials kf aLn taming the public health and In protecting pro pro- like life Wall Vall Street rot lilt The strike reached Wall Van street tree last area In Manhattan to be affect affected ed early this Officials of the Building Service union announced elevator operators opera tors at 44 40 Wall street treet a story 65 building left their posts The strike began abruptly yester day in ln the Bronx and upper west westside westside westside side of Manhattan t. t The first sector affected today was WM the swank upper east side Then in swift succession followed the mIdtown b business siness dis dis- Union officials and representatives of building operators gave contrastIng contrast contrast- Ing pictures concerning the seriousness seriousness serious serious- ness of the walkout As fast as a anew anew anew new front on the strike area was reached agreements were effected between the union and building owners Use Replacements Replacement William Balms representative atthe of at the realty operators emphasized that replacement workers were takIng taking tak talc ing over as fast as union workers quit their jobs Confusion followed the Invasion of the strike into the garment dis die Strat Strategically it it came camo during the luncheon period and lobbies of ot buildings building were crowd crowded d with men inca and women returning from their meals Vainly they pressed buzzers for lor elevators to carry them aloft to their offices and shops Making strenuous efforts to end the strike Mayor LaGuardia called union representatives into his chambers cham chain bers then announced he had bad called Continued on Page Two Column Two N. N NY Y PARALYZED BY BIG STRIKE Continued from Pate Page One a meeting in his offices late today of union officials and the realty adla advIsory ad- ad la ory board Hotel Strike Averted A threatened strike of hotel em- em oyes was temporarily averted Plans Jans had been made to call caU out workers in the Pennsylvania McAlpin Mc Me- AlpIn and A Astor tor hotels hut but James iames S. S Bambrick head of at the Building ServIce Empl Empi yes yes' union announced that lat certain key men essential to tole the le move were unavailable The hotel workers worker would be called out ut tomorrow he added Extraordinary police precautions were ere taken to prevent disorders Deputy Chief Inspector David McAuliffe Mc- Mc c Auliffe borough commander of Manhattan said policemen were wen on n duty at apartment buildings and business business' places and that if It necessary necessary sary ary the size of the details would boo bo o increased Mayors Mayor's Proclamation a The mayors mayor's proclamation was acc ac- ac c led by a statement which read cad in part Tho rho he life liCe and health of th tho people ot of this city will be fully pr protected Emergency elevator service will be provided in every very apartment dwellIng dwell- dwell tag Ing ng over six Ix stories in height The emergency measures taken by y the city are for the protection of offe life fe and p public health The Tho rights righta of f all concerned are fully protected ut the pr protection of life of the tho men women and children of this city is la paramount In contrast to the estimates given by y police and representatives of building owners Bambrick said that by y noon bull buildings dings had been tied up p by the walkout and that buildIng had heeded the strike call calI Police Pollee announced that by early afternoon 23 persons person had been arrested arrested ar- ar rested for disorders