Machinists Strike Set To Start Across Nation At 7 A M
Washington reports the executive board of the International Order of Machinists orders a 7 AM start. About 50 000 will suspend work where nine hour notices are absent. Some firms in St Louis and New Orleans already agreed to demands. Officials hope for quick settlements, especially on the East Coast, with Pacific coast likely longer.
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Washington
International Order of Machinists
O'Connell
St. Louis
New Orleans
Pacific
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Washington Navy Yard
New York Machinists Consider Wage and Hours Accord
In New York on May 19 the outlook for a general machinists strike drifted toward settlement. Labor leaders and employers discussed avoiding a citywide walkout. It was suggested J Pierpont Morgan might help persuade peace across major firms. Meetings across the metropolitan area showed about half of shops ready to concede a nine hour day and a 12 44 percent wage rise, with at most 4000 workers likely to strike. Large shops cited include Garvan Machine, Hoe Works, and General Incandescent Arc Light in New York City, with Worthington Pump in Brooklyn among possibilities.
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New York
England
Todiy
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York City
Garvan Machine Company
Hoe Works
General Incandescent Arc Light Company
Brooklyn
Worthington Pump
Scranton Machinists Set to Strike Over Nine Hour Day
About 3,000 machinists in Scranton and nearby areas plan to strike tomorrow except 100 workers at the Dunmore Iron and Steel shop, Erie Railroad's Scranton branch. Dickson Manufacturing workers reject a nine hour day and wage arbitration offer and will strike in the morning.
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Scranton
Dunmore Iron & Steel Company
Erie Railroad Company
Erie
Wilkysbarre
Dickson Manufacturing and Machine Shops
Machinists Prepare Philadelphia Strike Weighs 1500 Jobs
About 2000 machinists in Philadelphia plan a strike beginning tomorrow led by John J. Keegan of the International Association of Machinists. Committees will visit Baldwin locomotive works Cramps Shipbuilding Midvale Steelworks Pennsylvania Iron Works and Southwark Iron Foundry to press union demands. If talks fail, workers at these plants will be laid off.
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Philadelphia
John J. Keegan
International Association of Machinists
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Cramps Shipbuilding Company
Midvale Steelworks
Pennsylvania Iron Works Company
Southwark Iron Foundry
Chicago Machinists Strike Set by Labor Federation
The Chicago Federation of Labor endorsed the machinists demands and pledged support as a general strike begins tomorrow. District No. 8 of the International Association of Machinists says workers in a dozen shops will refuse to work until employers meet terms, including a 33 1/3 cent hourly wage demand by pattern makers at Gates Iron Works and Fraser & Chalmers.
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Chicago
Chicago Federtion of Labor
International Association of Machinists
Gates Ironworks
Fraser & Chalmers Machinery Manufacturing
Local machinists vote to strike in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis 174 of 862 machinists and 20 of 62 roller makers will strike tomorrow. The Big Four has settled with its workers at 26 1/2 cents per hour for a nine hour day, and the Indiana Decatur & Western railroad will settle on the same terms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Big Four
Indiana, Decatur & Western Railroad
St Paul Machinists Reject Order During Strike
In St Paul on May 19 the machinists city wide show no intent to obey the strike call. Except for workers in the large railroad shops most machinists do not belong to the International union and shop men had already decided not to follow the order.
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St. Paul, Minn
Wage committee braces to present report soon
Milwaukee May 19. The wage committee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers expects to have its report formulated in time for presentation to the association.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Associa
Mrs McKinley Improves as Crisis Lifts in San Francisco
May 19 news reports Mrs McKinley able to sit up briefly amid reports of improved condition. President McKinley visited the sick room after General Shafter's call. Cortelyou said she passed a comfortable night and a very good day followed. Secretaries Cortelyou and Long gave updates as dignitaries sent cablegrams of concern. Calvin Titus, Pekin veteran, returned on the Sheridan and visited the president.
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Mrs. McKinley
General Shafter
McKinley
Cortelyou
Scott
England
Loubet
France
Calvin
Titus
Walls
Pekin
Sheridan
Labor union seeks wage increases at convention
The convention in this city on Tuesday plans strong effort to unionize works under the trust. Wage demands are for a sharp advance with sub-lodges seeking 10 to 20 percent increases to the sheet scale and puddlers pressing base pay from 4.15 to 5.50.
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Tion
No Agreement Reached in Cincinnati Labor Dispute
In Cincinnati Ohio May 19 no agreement has been reached between the machinists union and the National Metal Trades association. A major strike is planned for tomorrow with labor leaders expected to arrive to mediate. Leader figures include President Gompert of the AFL and Thomas J Kidd and Jona Tennon. About 4000 of 6000 machinists are expected to strike.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Machinists’ Union
National Metal Trades Association
Gompert
American Federation of Labor
Thomas J. Kidd
Amalgamated Wood Workers’ Union
Jona Tennon
American Federation
Union and Risdon Strike Threat Looms in San Francisco
May 19 report warns of a possible walkout tomorrow by machinists at Union Ironworks and Risdon Ironworks. The San Francisco Labor Council sent a lengthy memorial to President McKinley urging continued enforcement of exclusion laws and expansion of outlying lands to keep Asians out.
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San Francisco
Union Ironworks
Risdon Ironworks
San Francisco Labor Council
McKinley
Jersey City Shops Face Possible Strike Over Wages
In Jersey City 500 workers across 24 machine shops near danger of a strike as most earn max wages. The locomotive works, largest shop, is expected to grant nine hour days and a minimum $2.50 daily rate after talks with company officers.
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New York
Jersey City
Locomotive Works
Roll Turners Union Possible Pact With Republic Iron
In Youngstown on May 19 the Roll Turners union and Republic Iron and Steel may settle their dispute as the latter is willing to recognize the union and sign the scale with changes already agreed. Steel Hoop Co. will pay more than the scale but refuses to recognize the union.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Roll Turners’ Union
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Republic Company
Steel Hoop Company
Cleveland Machinists Strike Paralyzes 25 Factories
In Cleveland on May 19 a large group of union machinists walked out starting Saturday until wage and hour demands are met. About 25 factories will be affected and 1,200 workers idle. Eleven small firms agreed to pay union scale and reduced hours, so their workers will not strike.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Victoria
B. C
Albion Iron Works Company
Garonne
Seattle
International Union
Valley railroad strike affects 1490 machinists in Wilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania May 19 The Lehigh Valley railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey refused demands of local machinists and the shop workforce will strike tomorrow. About 1490 men are affected.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Forty four St Louis shops sign nine hour agreement
In St Louis on May 19 forty four of the city’s largest machine shops have signed the nine hour workday pact. Four big shops remain unsigned and three of them chose to keep employees at work while pursuing a compromise.
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St. Louis
Five Hundred Idle in Louisville as Demands Unmet
In Louisville Kentucky on May 19 indications show 500 machinists will be idle tonight as only one employer has granted the men's demands. The stalled talks threaten further work stoppages across the region.
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Louisville
Machinists Union Demands in Southern Railway Shops
Knoxville May 19 The demands of the Machinists union in the shops on the Southern railway have not been met as talks continue with management. Local representatives say progress is slow and issues remain unsettled amid ongoing negotiations.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Southern Railway
Railway officials clash over steamer Garonne contract dispute
General Manager Gannon will confer with representatives from Vancouver Island and British Columbia amid a Seattle strike affecting the Albion Iron Works. Machinists in the Rapid Transit tunnel threaten to strike for higher pay and an eight hour day as unions organize. Lehigh Valley rail machinists in Buffalo, about 1,200 workers, plan a large strike tomorrow.
Connecticut machinists strike nears onset in Hartford area
New Haven May 19 on the eve of the enforcement day the situation in Connecticut is serious. The strike tomorrow will be confined to a portion of cities yet will be general where it occurs and will tie up machinists screw workers and metal workers industries. Hartford Ansonia and Derby are the storm centers with an estimated 6000 men idle at opening time tomorrow morning.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Hartford
Ansonia
Derby
Buffalo
N. Y
Rainbow City
Exposition City
Kansas City Machinists Strike Progress In 9 Hour Demand
About 200 of 400 union machinists who struck a week ago will stay out tomorrow to press nine hours' work. The other 200 have already returned to work and are expected not to strike further.
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Kansas City
Machinists Union announces broader Wilmington strike
Officials say a city wide strike will be ordered with two exceptions, potentially involving at least 500 workers across Wilmington shops. The walkout is planned after negotiations.
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Wilmington
Pel
Machinists’ Union
Engineers union ends by backing nine hour day move
New York May 19 Isaac Cowen of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers reports to the International Machinists union that about 20 000 members in the country have decided to assist machinists in their push for a nine hour day. Three thousand rock drillers engi-
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New York
Isaac Cowen
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
International Machinists’ Union
Eminent Divines Suicide Revealed in Naples Case
Naples reports confirm the American clergyman Rev Matth ie Davenport Babcock of New York ended his life by cutting his wrist and taking corrosive sublimate at the International hospital. W D Barbour of Brick Presbyterian learned of the death by telegram and later received Naples dispatches. Babcock, pastor of the Grick church since 1899, had been a Syracuse graduate and noted orator.
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Babcock
New York
Naples
International Hospital
Mattie
Matthie Davenport Babcock
Pan-American Exposition Opens After Rain Breaks
Buffalo on May 19 reports a lull in rain as the Pan-American Exposition nears dedication. 3,000 workers scrub buildings while carpenters and painters rush to finish exhibits. Vice President Roosevelt and senators Hanna and Lodge attend events as 150,000 expected for tomorrow's ceremony.
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Roosevelt
Hanna
Henry Cabot Lodge
Fatal double murder and suicide shocks Indiana town
Everett Conway shot and killed C. W. Garrison and his wife in Evansville and fatally wounded Patrolman Benjamin Wallis before turning the gun on himself. The families hadRecent conflicts and a note to a local newspaper explains Conway’s motive. Two bystanders injured. police contained the scene.
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Evansville
Ind
Everett Conway
C. W. Garrison
Benjamin Wallis
Conway
Garrison
Wallis
Kentucky
Edward Davidson
Adam Crawford
Murder in Prison at Folsom Lights Death
In Sacramento on May 19 a quarrel between two convicts at Folsom prison ended in murder. Louis Kline struck fellow inmate Lazy Miller with a gas pipe, fracturing his skull. Miller later died after medical staff confirmed the injury and prepared for surgery. Both men had recent burglary terms.
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Cal
Folsom Prison
Louis Kline
Miller
Kline
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