Asheville, Sept. 25 (AP)—Asheville was in the throes of an unexpected street car strike today. Union men including all conductors and motormen of the Carolina Power & Light Company here failed to report for work this morning.
Sixty men walked out leaving 20 street cars and seven large buses with no one to operate them.
The walkout, according to C. F. Walters, vice president and manager of the power company, came as a complete surprise to the company. New crews are being organized to man the cars, he said, and service will be restored as early as possible.
For several days the street car operatives who are members of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Workers, have been making demands on the company for higher wages, company officials said. Negotiations had been in progress between employes and officials of the company.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Sept. 25, 1926
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