Philadelphia, Aug. 4.
'A state of emergency in this city was declared to-day by the Mayor, Mr. Davis, Wilson.
He ordered police to guard the tucks of 250 owners holding union. contracts, forbade: all gatherings on Street-corners or in halls. Nearly 1500 police cars patrolled the city, as union members. discussed agen: eral strike of 26,000 truck drivers.
Earlier, 4,000 members of the American Federation of Labour at 32. warehouses struck in sympathy with the truck-drivers, thereby blocking virtually all sources of supplies replenish dwindling "rosers spokesman for the warehouse men, explained that the walk-out was airike and fa measure of protest fairist the widespread. or-Bunization of company unions in the Brocery Industry, 'The trouble originated yesterday when 9,000 truck drivers struck in protest against the alleged use of thugs to halt the earlier' strike of truckers employed by the Great Ailantie and Pacific Tea Ca, a chain Brocery company.
'The truck drivers' strike ended Jater to-day with the exception of the Atlantic and Pacific workers. By evening, however, police had arrest ed 100'rank and file truck drivers fon charges of disorflerly conduct and Grunkenness, 'A number of the drlvers were demonstrating in protest against the leaders of the unions for negotiating the settlement, Many of the rank and file insisted that they would not resume work—United Press.
Railway Wage Offer Taken washington, Aug, 4.
Fourteen railway. brotherhoods, none of which are engaged in operat ing duties, to-day accepted an offer by the nation's railroads of a five cents fan hour increase in wages to take effect on August. 1. The unions accepting the offer aggregate 800,000 members, It was estimated that Increase would cost "the railroads {$98,000,000 annually. The unions had originally demanded an increase of ts per hour, MMcation of the agreement by membership of the unions is necessary before the new scale will become effective—United Pres
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