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Show Order Maintained in Austrian Capital During Recent Strike VIENNA. Oct. 3. (By The Associat-j ed Press ) Order was maintained in1 the Austrian capital during the recent general rnilwa strike and suspension for eight days of .street car BervlCQ To t-avc electric light ml gag, apart- ment houfes, coffee houses and res taurants were required to close early I This increased the food shortage and; put ihe public to great inconvf-niences j as during ihe eight days the strike , lasted the doors of the apartment j houses were closed at 8 p. m. The only profiteers wer the porters' of apartment houses and the drivers of public carriages. The carrrace drivers charged exorbitantly There arp only S00 of these vehicles in the city and virtually no taxlcabs. Oik- physician i wrote to a newspaper that he was j compelled to pay 1,000 rrowns. to be 'driven a mile to a dying patient One anti-Jewish demonstration was checked by the police before it had reached the riot stage. As Ihe government now Is, with Ihe I Workmen and Soldiers Council play-ling play-ling such a strong part, there seems no attempt to regulate public irans portal Ion charges and the drhers exact ex-act whal they cam At i his writing the mpnace of another an-other coal famile still hangs over the City, The coal supply is most uncertain uncer-tain and affects transportation so di recily that the food supply Is scrious! lnvohcd. The peasants still refuse to let grain come to the city, and are 'hoarding potatoes and other standard r(i'i! The Vienna papers charge that in ihe agricultural districts there is ample food of all kinds. Returning travelers from country districts tell the hungry Viennese of milk and but-1 but-1 1 r and cheese in plenty, as well as sum r Th- farmers have made monej until the) are rich and. as the crown no longer has a purchasing value to -peak of. they do not want any more. Here laics are told of pianos, phono-rrnphs. phono-rrnphs. rugs and pictures filling peas onl farm houses where the city dweller.-' have eychan'ged them for food. The pt-asanis have been warned that if Vienna really begins to starve this winter they may look for civil war, as the city dwellers will organize ml arm and invade tho agricultural districts. Kggs have practically disappeared from the city and there is this week a bare two weeks' supply of grain and potatoes in reserve. |