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Show Strike of Engineers May Cause Great Struggle and Loss in Business. MELBOURNE, Australia. Juno 13. Englnemen in the electric power stations, to the number of S00. have struck. It is estimated that the. light-j ing and cooking arrangements of 200,-j U00 families are affected. Many fac-, lories are idle. Tho streets and mil-1 way stations are lighted, but the suburbs sub-urbs are in darkness. Efforts are being, made to maintain a limited supply of electric power for hospitals and other Institutions. The tram service will ceaso this evening i to conserve the power supply. j j Tho englnemen employed in the j j government cold storage 'plant have i also struck, leaving thousands of carcasses car-casses to spoil. The government officials offi-cials are doing their utmost to cope with the situation. Indications seem to forecast a worse upheaval than that in 1917, as it is ; feared virtually all the trade organizations organiza-tions will eventually be involved in the present movement. oo |