Show 1 A II ailway Walkout Prevention arley Breaks Up Upi o i Representatives of Unions Walk Out Coal Strike Brings New Shutdowns y j By United Press ti J Negotiations to prevent a threatened wide nation-wide railroad rike ke broke down Thursday as the United Mine Workers strike ted reed ed additional addition l shutdowns and curtailments cul in industries rung run- run ag ig g short of coal 1 I In m another important labor development the Briggs Manu- Manu turing Co closed a Detroit auto body plant in a dispute with I United Automobile Workers Workers' ion on C CIO dO 10 Chrysler corporation spokes- spokes n a said the Briggs shutdown Id torce orce closing of the Plym- Plym Ii h divisions division's final assembly line Une I its sheet metal and paint ps idling 2500 workers Violence occurred in two t Calinia Call Call- nia sia la strikes Two aircraft ma- ma lodge pickets were ined ined ined in- in ed during a brief skirmish been been be- be een en strikers and plant police I Consolidated Aircraft rp p San Diego Fist fighting ike ke out at the Libby McNeil libby ibby plant at Sacramento when 0 o pickets repulsed an attempt A F F L workers to break through i Ir r picket line uman man uman Declares Coal rike ike Alarming WASHINGTON May 18 2 resident Truman said Thursday i viewed len the the- soft coal shutdown th alarm but that he did nott not t consider it a strike against te e 0 government go He told a news s conference that strike against the government uld not be permitted Asked wh when n the coal strike Ig Ight t become serious enough fori for i government to seize mines e president said the iton Ilon would face that situation 1 ten ii n- n nIt it ar arose 5 e he railroad negotiations ati at i cago go were terminated when rep- rep of the Brotherhoods Trainmen and Engine- Engine walked 7 out of a conference railway management heads t Strike Set May 18 he e two brotherhoods have a strike for May 18 un- un they are granted wage Ints in- in ISM t-s t and rules changes The were the last effort reach reach an agreement short of intervention i. i F. F Wh Whitney president of the of Railroad Trainmen I. I I the brotherhoods would nott not st t with management again unI un I L the railroads make an offer come to us II n t the Detroit dispute Briggs Brigga its Mack avenue body nt t laying off men in a quota dispute with withy W y w local 1 company spokesman said the ute resulted from the failure few i-few workers to meet i. i standards set jointly by the pany and union at the request i U AW chief steward Quit in Protest he e company laid off oft four tour men he said Men In the theng ding ng department and the press m left their jobs in protest he 1 I forcing closure of the entire nt t. t soft coal operators ved ed to enlist public support in r old month mine walkout asa as fen n a L L. Lewis hinted at a possible ge in strike strategy by suming sum- sum ining ing his man policy corn corn- tee to meet in Washington he e industry placed Its case be bethe bethe be- be the public in a wide nation-wide to io broadcast b by Charles ONeill O'Neill spokesman who laid entire blame on mine chieftain chieftains chieftain's ris s 's and termed the strike the oat t costly in American hIs history tor he e strike has ha directly affected A F P I L United Mine Work Work- and Sand indirectly idled an esti estl- ped ed workers in con coal Ing fling Industries curtailed the use of Thursday and state and andI I officials across the country similar measures as asSee asSee 1 See Page Pago 4 Column 1 Rail Strike Prevention Conference ce Breaks Up lip i j Continued from Page Pare One coal eo oal supplies dwindled and the hortage grew grew in intensity The shortage caused by the month long soft sott coal walkout ale al- al already already ready had resulted in the loss Iou of ot tons according to the solid oUd fuels administration An estimated es e- ell ell- workers were idle in consuming coal industries Ind tries In Illinois a out brown more drastic than th the wartime curlew curfew went into effect darkening movies and display signs signa and limiting electrical power t to industrial and commercial users usera I Similar regulations were anticipated anticipated antici anUCI- in major cities clUes throughout t th Via the and midwest where officials of of- reported coal stockpiles approaching ap ape preaching the th danger point Bans Many laDy ties Ues The Illinois commerce commission commission commission commis commis- sion imposed the restrictions on Chicago and northern and central Illinois ls The order also alJo banned the use ule of ot electricity for air condItionIng conditioning conditioning condition condItion- ing and limited industrial users user to 24 2 hours a a. week Commercial users WIer were permitted to operate with electricity from 2 to 6 p p. p m m. m only six days day a week The Indiana public service commission commission com com- mission was scheduled to hear a request for similar restrictions in Indiana today The northern Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana Public Service Co said laid it would oud be forced to cut off power to customers if it the strike docs does not end by A total of or of or the Illinois Carnegie-Illinois Corp were sent home in the Pittsburgh area Pittsburgh area alone and company spokesmen said sald production production production pro pro- was down to 20 of at capa capa- city The Baltimore and Ohio railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road said it had been forced to tOt lay layoff layoff off ott and other roads reported t the e cancellation of passenger passenger pas pas- runs as a result of ot rapidly decre decreasing supplies Thirty four engines engine of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad stood idle in the Columbus 0 O. O freight yards New York City authorities re reported reported re re- ported that out dim-out and other eme emergency regulations would be reinstated unless the strike ended soon Public transportation fast W was approaching a crisis and some som e ott officials predicted a a. shutdown o othe of i th the city's vast subway system i if It the miners still were out May 15 In the tho nations nation's major labor developments developments de de- 1 Atlanta transit workers worker s I struck for the tho second day in support support sup sup- port of at wage and pension demands and street t car and bus operators in Los tOil Angeles voted to leave their jobs job at 4 a. a m. m Friday 2 Wisconsin's Governor Walter Vatter S. S Goodland dispatched a representative representative representative to investigate company reports report of or a of ot anarchy among C I 0 strikers at the Allis- Allis Chalmers corporations corporation's West Allis AlUs plant 3 The bureau of ot labor statistics statistics statis statis- tics reported that strikes in the first quarter of ot 1946 resulted in more man-days man of ot idleness idleness- than during all an of ot last year 4 The Exercise Exorcise Riders and I Grooms Grooms' AlIm at New York race racetracks racetracks tracks voted to strike agal against t stable owners and trainers at Jamaica in protest against the discontinuance of ot cash bonus awards to handlers of ot winning horses hore I Arouses Speculation Lewis' Lewis action in calling together the unions union's policy committee aroused much speculation among industry and g government officials participating in the prolonged coal negotiations Such calls often have foreshadowed important develop develop- ments Lewis' Lewis announcement toll followed owed an unsuccessful two-hour two bargaining bargain bargain- ing conference and came as major industries and p public utilities began began began be be- gan curta curtailing fling operations to conserve conservo con con- servo serve dwindling coal supplies At Madison Wis Gov Goodland told newsmen he had instructed the attorney general to investigate re reports reports reports re- re ports of disorders at the strikebound strikebound strikebound strike strike- bound Chalmers AUls-Chalmers plant He said however that government observers observer had not confirmed com company corn com pany any reports of violence Walter Geist company president president president dent charged th that t a state tate of ot anarchy existed Geist said two company executives had been ejected forcibly from the he plant and others refused admission The charge was WM denied by spokesmen for tor the union |