Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-26 | Page 1 | Paris Fearful of May Day Troubles

Many Unions Vote to Join vt Labor Demonstration on .H SOME STRIKES MAY BECOME LONG DRAWN . s 1 Government's Plan Call for "LB Strenuous Action to Pre-vent Pre-vent Tieups PARIS, April 26. This city faces an almost complete palaysis of busl-ness busl-ness on Saturday, May 1, as the result of a large number of unions voting to join tho labor demonstration by call-Ing call-Ing a general strike. Public utilities employes and all unionized workers on the pay rolls of the municipality, wiiu ino exception oi neaun ociicers, and a large number of, less Important branches of labor will participate In the striko. Work in most lines will bo resumed after 24 hours, but the walk- jH out of telephone and telegraph, era.- ployes will Interrupt - communication-. Decision of the congress of French railway workers to call a strike to en-force en-force demands threatens a new dan-dor, dan-dor, if the men lay down their tools JJ before Saturday. jl The government's policy, as regards tho May day demonstrations, would lncludo an immediate mobilization of the railroad men to break the strike, '1 as was the caso in February. As to ;jH the May day demonstrations, it is un-derstood un-derstood that the government's plans lll call for ovon more vigorous action Tl than last year. At that tlmo effort? to clear the streets ended with tho troops charging on the crowd and fir- il ing on tho strikers.