Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 812.504/135

Consul Dawson to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Consulate,
Tampico, October 1, 1917—5 p.m.

Strike developed to-day at Aguila Oil Company’s plant, one threatened at Pierce Oil Corporation. Increased wage demands averaging over fifty per cent are considered inadmissible.

Dawson