Show Transit Strike Strands Million in m L L n A. A Workers Quit Tying Up Bus Trolley Service LOS ANGELES May 3 UP UP- UP The L. L L A. A Transit Lines operating a mile miJe transportation network for riders daily dally was struck at 4 a a. a m. m PST Friday by operating workers in a demand for pay raises and shorter hours Virtually all trolley and bus traffic with the exception of interurban interurban interurban in- in lines in this sprawling city of more than population population population lation was paralyzed by the walk walk- out Service ceased when operators of owl trolleys and buses completed completed completed com com- their runs and returned equipment to the barns The A F L Transportation union division 1277 said no pickets would be posted since the company had announced announced announced an an- no attempt would be made to opera operate te Industrial concerns p pIa planned 1 a nn e d makeshift transportation for their Walkout Spreads Opera Operators tors and mechanics of ot the Lang Transportation Co operating operating operating ing buses in m Long Beach and cities also scheduled a strike for 5 a a. a m m. m Friday A conference called by Mayor Fletcher Fetcher Bowron in a minute last-minute attempt to halt the Los Angeles walkout of A F L transportation unionists proved fruitless Bowron said the only tangible result was agreement of company and union to resume negotiations Friday The last meeting was held Monday An offer to arbitrate the wage- wage hour dispute from Federal Labor Conciliator F F. H. H Fitzgerald was rejected by both parties We Ve oppose arbitration L. L A A. A Reeves company official said because we feel that all the possibilities possibilities pos pos- in negotiations on wages and other conditions were not exhausted ex ex- hausted Union Demand The union demanded an hour for a hour 40 week instead of the current for a hour 41 week D D. D D. D McClurg union head said the company's best offer was wasa a an hour boost and a hour 48 week Reeves said the company would make no effort to operate during the strike which unionists approved approved approved ap ap- proved to 31 at an election Wednesday In view of the company's company's company's com com- pany's decision McClurg said no pickets would be posted Substitute means were employed by industrial concerns to get their personnel to work ork The telephone company sought Y Yellow Cab assistance as asand as- as and Douglas Aircraft Corp arranged for buses to transport transport trans trans- port workers from downtown Los Angeles Tho rho Veterans' Veterans Taxicab which is conducting a free ree ride campaign to illustrate its transportation transportation trans trans- importance in an effort to obtain a franchise offered to haul as many as possible |