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Show COf IPLETE TiE-UP I ON GREATV LAKES Probably 20,000 Hen on Strike With long-shoremen' long-shoremen' and Others , DETROIT, May 2. Dispatches ; from Lake Michigan and Lake Erie ports indicate in-dicate that there has been an almost unanimous response among the local unions to the order of President Keefe of - the Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers' association ' to strike- It is impossible,' however, to get from the officials of the union evert an estimate of the number of men out. Unofficial estimates Set the figure at 20.000. . ' It is estimated that about forty vessels ves-sels are tied up In Milwaukee today, and that 800 men are idle. The marine strike has -thus far had no effect in Duluth beyond the tying of the tugs of the Great Lakes company. AH unions affiliated with the longshoremen long-shoremen of Buffalo either ' quit . or made preparations to quit work. There are about 6000 men idle. . That number will be vastly Increased when industries dependent upon lake commerce for supplies sup-plies are compelled to cease operations. One thousand longshoremen are out in Toledo as a result of the general strike. Coal and ore wharves are idle. Tug men are still working, but there are few boats in port. - |