The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . THE MONTH IN common parlance, New Yorkshould worry. Following the longgarment strike with its relief prob-lem for thousands of families, the citywas plagued all summer with infantileparalysis. It faced at one time the pos-sibility of a real food shortage, had thegeneral railroad strike come off. Therailroad brotherhoods placated by Presi-dent Wilsons eight-hour law, the cityfound itself without trolley settled, that dispute broke forthanew. And there was grave questionwhether the subway and elevated menwould not follow the surface car menand, i
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . THE MONTH IN common parlance, New Yorkshould worry. Following the longgarment strike with its relief prob-lem for thousands of families, the citywas plagued all summer with infantileparalysis. It faced at one time the pos-sibility of a real food shortage, had thegeneral railroad strike come off. Therailroad brotherhoods placated by Presi-dent Wilsons eight-hour law, the cityfound itself without trolley settled, that dispute broke forthanew. And there was grave questionwhether the subway and elevated menwould not follow the surface car menand, in fact, all organized labor join asympathetic movement which wouldhave given us the first general strike inthe Americas. At the time of going topress that calamity seems to have beenavoided by the unwillingness of men andwomen in other trades to strike in sym-pathy with the Interborough men whoare not themselves on strike in any num-bers. One of the statements of the street-car mens leaders—that in the event ofa general strike, mi
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