Cleveland, July 5. A force of Nationa] Guardsmen, probably numbering 2,000, was expected to take over the Cleveland steel strike zone to-day in preparation for to-morrow's re-opening of four plants of the Republic Steel Ca.
Union leaders predicted that the plants would not open but the company claimed that the resumption of work by employees was continuing steadily. It was expected that the re-opening of the four Cleveland plants would return the Ohio steel-producing areas to virtually normal production levels—United Press "Seattle Star Picketted Seattle, July 5. The "Seattle Star." one of the Scripps League of Newspapers, to-did not attempt to publish, for the first time in its history, as 100 men and women members' of the American Newspaper Guild, augmented by members of the maritime unions, picketed the newspaper building in a strike.
The strike was called to protest the replacement of circulation staff members belonging to the Guild by teamsters holding membership in the American Federation fo Labour. The action followed the picketing of the building by the teamsters themselves, who demanded that the circulation men renounce their affiliation with the Committee for Industria} Organization The strike does not involve working hours or wages. The United Press moved its bureau, ordinarily located in the "Star" building, to the "Seattle Times."—United Press.
Washington, Jul; The United Mine Workers of America, of which Mr. John L. Lewis chairman of the Committee for Industrialization, is president, will summon Mr. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labour, to appear before the union's international executive board soon to face ejection proceedings. it was learned here to-night—United Press.
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