Show SPREAD FEARED IN COAST TIE UP SAN FRANCISCO Aug 30 ff The warehouse industry up tie-up j which virtually has halted the outflow outward out- out ward ard flow of San Francisco's com com- to ln in- in merce was expected today Volve X olve five more distributing plants t This would bring to the the total number er shut down In the current hot cargo dispute Nearly early 2500 t C 0 CIO I 0 warehousemen have been discharged in the tho shutdown shutdown 4 Other labor controversies moved toward a crisis In the most threatening threatening threat- threat ening ind industrial storm San Fran Fran- Fran cisco has has' experienced since the days that that preceded the 1936 waterfront strike Clerks at 27 large department res threatened to walk out OpI Op- Op Aerators of mens men's furnishing stores and shoe stores and their clerks I broke off contract negotiations c Chain grocery store operators and their clerks called crucial t a t meeting today todar t A stalemate in negotiations between beit between be be- t i tween waterfront employers and C CI Ci i f I I 0 O longshoremen over renewal of contracts that expire one month y from today also brought a threat of industrial upheaval The closing of the various San Francisco warehouses has blocked the outward movement of merchant merchandise merchandise t dise disc stored store in San Francisco warehouses warehouses ware- ware 1 houses Hawaii Hawaii Ha Ha- including shipments to wail and Al Alaska Inbound goods still move without interference if they are consigned directly to retailers without being routed through the warehouses i Most l warehouses were closed by bya a visit from a hot bot box car containing containing con con- cargo the union contends was Vas loaded b by strikebreakers at atthe the struck F. F W. W V. V Woolworth company company company com com- pany distributing plant Other warehouses s were closed in smpat sympathy sympathy sym sym- pat pathy y with the locked plants S. S A meeting of employers and union t leaders leader was called this morning to fallow allow employers to express their the 5 views There was no indication that tha wit nit it might develop into a pea peace e meet meet- ring US Distributors said five warehouses warehouse 3 In the dry goods group would close clos today without a visit from the l ot car They are without spur spurT T railroad tracks but operators took the attitude that continuation o of business would constitute unfair trade practice because other depots in the dry goods industry already have closed |