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Show LANDLORDS IN VIENNA STRIKE Austrian Rail Workers May Walk Out in Retaliation Re-taliation VIENNA, Oct 4 (By the Associated Associ-ated Press) Tho landlord's strike began be-gan Tuesday in modified form They demand modification of the rent restriction re-striction law enabling them to advance rates 10 per cent on prewar rates. Proclamations issued by tho authorities authorit-ies that the stoppage of water and cer-tal cer-tal other threats made by the landlords land-lords are Illegal, making them liable to damages, together with the rofusal of the Socialist Janitors to enforce the. landlord's measures. have tended to limit the movement. The railway men have taken a hand j and threaten to strike If the landlords persist. The latter, howevr-r say that gj they are only beginning and will carry 1 their activities much further. In many of the apartments the ten- d ants have organized for thi purpose of i protection, and have appointed acting tj Janitors to guard the water, electric 1 1 and gas connections. |