wu shipping at a complete standstill on the Pacific Coast, New York, Oct. 31.
owing to the strike of 57,000 maritime workers, sympathetic "sit down" strikes broke out sporadically in New York, Baltimore; Providence, Boston and other Atlantic harbours to-day. As yet, however, there has been no official strike call, A complete paralysis is'threatened by a decision taken to-day at a meeting of members) of the International Seamen's Unio ion, favouring an immediate strike] in sympathy with the Pacific Cos 'Miss Frances Perkins, Secret: ary of Labour, has left Washington for New York: in an attempt to prevent the strike from spread-Ing to the East-coast, More than' 190° vessels are now tied up on the Pacific. coast—Reuter.
San. Francisco, Oct. 31.
With the: cancellation of sailing orders for more than' 200 ships, which to-day threatened to cause acute food shortages in Hawaii and Alaska as well as' American West Coast cities, the Mayor of 'San Francisco, Mr. Angelo' J.: Rossi, to-day used his charter. powers in declaring this city in-a state of emergency.
Besides the 200'ships tied up here 87 steamers were idle at San Pedro, 22 at Seattle, 24 at Portland, 90, at U.S. Steel Worke: San Diego aid two at Honoluty, In Seattle more than 1,400 men walked Demands Rejected Out today and took up picket post-lonia without disturbance. The West Pittsburgh, Oct, 31, Coast Lumberman's Association an-'Trouble brewed Im the steel nounced that 20,000 saw mill and dustry to-day when the Carnegie Jogging camp workers from Bellingitinols Steel Corporation rejected ham to Co's Bay would, be idle in the demands of 2,500 workers for 'a few days it the waterfront strike Improved "conditions.—United continues.
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