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Waterloo factory strike quiets to watchful waiting
Waterloo labor scene shifts to patient pause as eight local manufacturers and striking workers await next moves. Union leaders report potential new offers as stockholders press for settlement. Illinois Central shopmen seek pay gains and urge workers to stay on job until ballots decide a general strike. Community funds support locals amid tense stalemate.
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Waterloo
A. G. Abbey
International Association of Machinists
Labor Temple
H. C. Bernbrook
Sibert Laundries
Illinois Central
Eagle’s Hall
H. J. Molloy
Chicago
Ilinoi Gentral
Consolidated Shop Committee
Washington, D. C
Molloy
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Committee
Grand Lodge
Executive Council of Railway
Thomas E. Dolan
Boilermakers’union
Executive Council
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
Central Carmen
T. N. Stufflebeam
Central Labor Union
Utmist
Mr. Stufflebeam