Show Protest Strike Paralyzes City Cily in N. N NY r Y i i ROCHESTER N. N OY Y May 28 I INS INS Work Work stoppage by Rochester Roches Roches- ter A F L Land and CI CIO 0 un unions ons Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day brought the commercial and industrial life of or this city of persons to a virtual stand stand- still Shortly after 10 a. a m. m EDT EDT EDT- six hours after the walkout began the the joint strategy committee announced announced announced an an- that an estimated workers already are participating in the protest against the city governments government's refusal to permit Its ifs to Join an A F L municIpal municipal municipal workers union The statement said the walkout would become come more effective during during during dur dur- ing the day and would continue until the city recognizes the state constitutional right of all aU work workers rs to join a union and eng engage ge in collective collective collective col col- col- col bargaining The largest single group of at workers to join the the- walkout the statement added is some 13 members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America CIO do Picket lines were established around most unionized plants by workers called off their own jobs Downtown streets were jammed with automobiles pressed into emergency service when some transit workers quit their jobs First effects of the stoppage were reaching far-reaching yet there was no violence The city's entire transportation system system buses buses trolleys taxicabs and an open subway subway broke broke down completely when operators rs and drivers failed to report for work |