Show Face Facer Cold Meals r In Gas Gas' Strike MILWAUKEE July 26 UP UP- UP Many lany eans and residents of f 38 near nearby by cities towns and villages vil- vil lages Inges ages awoke Friday morning to tocol col old cold coir coffee e no toast and cold shaves shave as a n strike of ot approximately approximate- approximate ly y production and maintenance workers at nt the tho Milwaukee G Gas GasLight GasLight 3 Light Co went into Its second da day The company and the union joined in asking consumers ers rs including industrial and commercial firms in the area I served by the firm to turn off oft their gas jas meters and conserve existing pressure n in the IT mains maina so that hospitals hospitals hos- hos and convalescent homes might ht have gas Order Sh Shutoffs Through radio and newspaper I announcements the company detailed de- de tailed ailed instructions for or turning off the he meters and asked people to leave cave them off olt until receiving new Instructions instruction from tho the utility The company sai said reduced pressure could result in an explosion if air pockets formed in the tho mains One explosion and fire iro was Na reported Thursday night at t a a. combination tavern bowling alley and apartment house in near nearby nearby neary by y Menomonee Falls Wis 20 miles northwest of here Donald Hobson an occupant of the he building building- told authorities he turned off oft his gas meter as instructed in- in in intruded and a short time lat later r his ils wife wite smelled gas Investigating ing ng ho he said he found gas flowing lowing from rom a pipe behind th the tho shutout hut ut valve Hobson snatched his two- two year old son from a a crib and with his ils wife fled the tho building just be before Core the explosion Three p persons in the tho first floor loor tavern escaped injury Gordon Held building operator estimated the damage at The gas company said it had been informed by policemen and firemen that a a. apparently was loosened inadvertently when the meter was turned off olt A company spokesman said mid the firm irm was continuing its i ion tion Meanwhile company officials and representatives of the strikIng striking Ing ng United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers Workers' union unton C CIO 1 10 0 failed to reach each an agreement and the union withdrew skeleton crews which had lad been maintaining limited service ice cc Chief Issue in the dispute is a union demand for a cent 10 hourly wage increase The Tho company said It t had offered a cent I an hour boost |