Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — RAIL STRIKE IN FRANCE [ARTICLE]

RAIL STRIKE IN FRANCE

Troops on Guard at Stations of the Northern Railroad. All the employes in France of the Northern railroad struck and the tieup of the systeip is practically complete/ Trains for Calais and Cologne only are moving. Several acts of violence occurred before daylight At St. Quentin the tracks were torn up. Two locomotives collided at Terginer and obstructed the main track. During the forenoon aR stations on the Northern road were taken possession of by troops and police. Most of the men who continued working werl from the provinces and simply took opportunity to return home on the.l trains before joining the strike. The strike developed in the nig! I and took the company and the public by surprise. The demands for better pay and conditions originated with the under-trainmen, the baggage handlers and ticket takers, but they were supported by the complete personnel, as every branch of the service has some grievance. The strikers threaten to draw to their support the employes of the state railroad lines. It is said the total number involved in the strike may reach 300.009. .