Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-24 | Page 1 | Strike Ties up Interurban Lines in L. A.

1 S. S I k S 'S Ii 4 k S S S. S S S S S S S i S S S S H S S k S t S S S 5 5 S 3 S j S i i iH H S 5 4 I 5 S S 5 5 S. S 5 5 Associated Press Shipyard Workers Stranded These men who normally travel from Los Angeles to the harbor in special trains were strande d Friday morning by the strike of 2600 em em- of the Pacific Electric railway in a d dispute over wages Strike Ties lies Up Interurban Lines in L. L A. A Major Malor Railroad Crews Refuse to Handle Freight From System I W WASHINGTON Sept 24 UP WI I IThe The Tue The White hIte House announced an appointment of an emergency bo board rd to consider the wage dispute dispute dis behind a strike of Pacific Electric company which has tied up Los Angeles interurban transportation but said the board would not consIder consider consider con con- I sider the case rose as long as the strike continues es LOS ANGELES Sept 24 UP Crews of major railroads connecting connecting con con- fleeting with the Pacific Electric railway Friday refused to deliver or transfer freight from the strikebound strikebound strikebound strike strike- bound P. P E. E line portending a freeze of freight hauling for the war busy Los Angeles area Crews estimated by company President O. O A. A Smith at two- two thirds of normal moved freight after 2500 Brotherhood of Railway Railway Railway Rail Rail- way Trainmen struck at 2 a. a m. m but most had begun their long runs before the deadline Strikers spurned I Pre President sid en t Roosevelt's appointment of a new committee to consider their demands demands demands de de- de- de mands for 13 cents an hour more pay and a White House warning that the committee e would not meet while the men remained on strike Only eight or 10 crews out of the entire freight personnel are on the job reported H. H W. W Jenkins of the unions union's general genera grievance committee All AU perishable goods wee cleared before the start of the the strike but a. a a considerable quantity y was reported at the e jarf ri bor bar serving military bases in the Pacific theater Wage scales for freight men are not involved in the wage dispute te but Jenkins pointed out they enjoy enjoy en en- n- n joy passenger operators' operators seni seniority rity rights ts The strike already had forced regular riders to hunt other tr transportation ns California Shipbuilding corpor corporation tion with 1800 using Ising P. P E E. trains to the harbor reported a 2 or 3 per cent jump in absenteeism among its workers With lines running to Santa Monica home of the Douglas Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Air Air- craft plant the harbor area site of numerous shipyards Burbank location of df f the If and Vega plane plants and Inglewood and El EI Segundo sites of the North American Aviation company and another Douglas plant the Pacific Electric carried a huge volume of war workers and Met freight Other lines extended into Orange Orange Orange Or Or- ange San Bernardino and Riverside Riverside Riverside River River- side counties More than 2000 cars daily dally of freight were handled in the service area