Osaka and' Kobe Workers Make Demands Tokyo, Apr. 23.
Rejecting the city fathers" offer to increase their wages by six per cent, the employees of the Tokyo Munlcipa! Slreet ear and. bus, services "this morning declared a "go-slow" strike fond less than a half of the city's Street cars and omnibuses appeared fon the streets to-day.
"the workers demand twenty per cent. increase. in. wages, Informed (quarters expected" the "go-slow" Srtke to develop into a general wal The unrest has spread from Tokyo to Osaka and Kobe, Osaka transport union leaders this afternoon adopted resolution demanding an increase bu {in "wages, The Kobe employees Already have demanded ten per cent increase and are threatening to strike, Osaka workers to-day "announced Slang for a march to the City Hall Munleipat Offer elected Tokyo, Apr, 24, the "go-slow" strike' st employees of the municipality's streetcar and Shug services entered ite second day {ovday" with no. signs of an early faillement. Cars in operation have fow been reduced to halt the normal for wha buss Reve been ovine 'Tensport Workers' Union to-twenty per en
day rejected the offer of the Tokyo Sfunicipality to increase. wages by Slant per cent. Tt demands twenty for cent, increase, "The "muntlpal Euthoritics hope for pelisse interven: ile but, the ater have. taken "no Sctlon yet. "Altogether 2800 men are Tokyo, Apr. 28, Detying their own leaders, wi this morning agreed to terminate the "go-ow" sise in Ue municipal street Exe' and omnibus services the stele fag workers continued. the walk-out ata tate hour to-night.
The three leaders of the strike who this morning signed an agreement with the "city fathers" made desperefforts to-night to persuade their fetuwsvorkers to abide by the {Sema of the accord." Other leaders St tee "gossiow" movement were also reported to be stongly opposed. 10 ie terme of the' agreement.
Police ficial, whose " mediation xesulicd in this" morning's evened, colined to be perturbed by the new development inthe situation. The Xviee, they declared, will come to an fud not Tater Dhan tormorrow morn ing.
"Fis morning's compromise provided (or the workers acceptance of & ten Der cent increase in their wages, plus filowances, The strikers were agltat: ing for 2 20 pur cent. pay hike.
fine "go-slow" tactics of the srtkers hat cut in half the number of street tars. in operation. and had reduced 30 to 40. per cent the number of bees on the srects war originally expected that full service "would be resumed by four else this afternoon The workers Feluctance to accept the terms of the Eccord became cleat at seven Clock {his evening, as mo street ears were taken out of the depots into' the
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