| Show Workers Quit Glass Plants By United Press Fifteen thousand glass workers struck Monday as a weekend weekend weekend week week- end work back movement in other industries cut the total number of strike idle workers almost in half The number r of idle workers dropped from O. O Sunday to approximately Monday with the the return return to work v rk of Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan gan gart utility utility workers miners in soft coal mines in five states and In i a xi ur of small stoppages The glass workers workers' strike was the second wide industry-wide walkout called since June 1 b by the Federation Federation Federation Federa Federa- tion of Glass Ceran Ceramic c and Silica Workers C CIO I O. O The strike was called after a a. breakdown in negotiations for tor a anew anew anew new contract with six plants of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass So and four plants of ot the Owens Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Co The struck plants are arc in Ford City and Creighton Pa Ottawa Ill Rossford and Toledo Ohio Charleston W. W VEU Va Shreveport La and Crystal City Mo Steel Strike A strike of 1700 C CI CIO I 0 steel steelworkers workers closed the West Vet Leechburg Leechburg Leech- Leech i burg jurg Pa plant of Lud Allegheny I lum um Steel Corp The company charged the walkout was in violation violation viola- viola tion lon of ot its agreement with the union and that negotiations for bonus jonus pay would be suspended until un un- til tul work was resumed Miners in all but two strikebound strikebound strikebound strike strike- bound pits pita went back to work on orders of United Mine Workers' Workers President John I. I L. L Lewis after a week of fruitless negotiations with government officials and soft Boft coal operators The strike had cost the nation an estimated tons of ot coal a day Only mines still idle were four Jones Jone'S and Laughlin mines In Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania where men were out In a dispute over the discharge o of a driller helper last Sept 12 2 and the Duquesne Light Co mine at HarwIck Harvick Pa where miners were vere out in a local dispute Paves Pave Way Y for Others The return o of other miners paved aved the way for a similar back backo to o work movement by steel steelworkers workers who were laid of off when mills were forced to reduce operations opera opera- lone b because cause of ot the fuel shortage Violence flared in the Hollywood Holly motion p picture strike Thirty non non- non non- strikers charged a pIck picket t line Une at Paramount Cas as the picket lines line setup set setup up by striking stalking film workers were extended c to Paramount and R-K-O R for the first time Fighting Fighting Fight Fight- ing broke out at Paramount where workers fought with strike sympathizers Peace efforts in the deadlocked movie lovle jurisdictional dispute moved to o Cincinnati Monday Film czar E Eric c Johnston flew Jew to the ilie Ohio city to o appear before the A F L ex executive cu Uve tive Ive council in session there after talking with A F F E L President Willam ViI Wil- Ham lam Green by telephone Following a long day-long Sunday meetinG with rival rhal A F L strike mUte leaders leaden Johnston said he felt ho he holad had lad accomplished a great deal although he had been unsuccessful In n getting the strikers b back ck to work Utility workers voted during the week end end to to end their three-day three strike against the Michigan 1 Consumer Consumer Con- Con sumer umer Power Co and accept a compromise settlement of a wage See Page 2 Column 4 STRIKE DLEe DLE e Continued from Page One i dispute The wor work stoppage J Ind d endangered g gds S and electric service leG ice to some users Union and management officials is sa saw sat hope for a an end early end to the scattered walkouts in ot other erf Industries Indus indUs- tries notably tries notably the the- mo seven month th Hollywood d film strike and arid n a walk walk- t Q of Los Angeles ship jre- jre e pat pair workers c Continue Co continued cont with little Of or settlement among Texas Texa dock workers Pacific Greyhound bus drivers Canton Ohio Tim keh Roller Bearing Bearing- Co emp oyei and nd Buffalo Buffal tug tugboat oat workers A major strike e threat thren loomed in n tho the automotive industry as halt half halfa a Po million C CIO I 0 workers prepared to force a showdown In their her de for a a. t 30 O general pay in In crease The Tha militant auto fLUto work era ere union declared its intention of striking if It necessary to back backup backup backup up its wage demands The national labor relations board oard meanwhile went ahead d with plans plan to conduct votes vote jle Jn jl inthe the e industry industry's 1 bl big 11 three three companies companies Ford Ford Chry Chrysler ler and General Mo tors The job jobIn in itself was the largest ever undertaken In the theN N NLRB's L R Bl history Another important N It L R n B ld task tank was wan set sat for tor Tuesday when the tho board ha has scheduled a hearing In a a. di dispute over unionization of ot fore foree foremen men In the mines of ot the Jones Laughlin Steel Corp The case wa was brought by the tha powerful United Mine Yorkers Workers and ana is the basin bash at of the recent month long stoppage C in the tha soft Boft co coal l fields Docks Tied Up In Texas Texa longshoremen refused to cross picket lines thrown up by striking warehousemen clerks clerk aril and net checkers checker The Tho dispute tied up dock operations in Houston the country's country coun coun- try try's largest inland port and Gal Gal- veston GO CO miles mile further south Tugboat service in Buffalo har liar harbor harbor bor was halted for the tha sixth consecutive con week because le of ot ft a walkout walkout walkout walk walk- out of ot tugboat tug workers who walked out in a dispute over overtime overtime over over- time pay Pt Santa Claus Glaus already harried byan by byan byan an acute wartime shortage of toys got bot a big boost when ers era voted to go back to work at atthe atthe the Louis Louts Marx toy factory in Moundsville W. W Va A work stoppage among 2700 Pacific Greyhound bus drivers continued continued continued con con- and A F L lumber workers stayed away from their jobs job in the northwest lumber in in- |
