Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-02
STRIKES OF THE YEAR.
Record Of 1905 Struggles Between Labor
and Capital.

and Capital.
JANUARY
II. Workmen locked out at Haverhil Mass, by 0
shoe manufacturers lockout ended Jan H.
20. Strike Of several hundred lumber yard labor
ers at Apalachicola, Fla; troops called out,
and man killed during the riots following.
81. Cloakmakers struck in New York; won
March 12
81. Strike against reduothn in wages of 500 New
York cigarmakers; won Feb. G.
FEBRUARY.
.. Strike OF 500 miners near Birmingham Ala;
strike won by the men Feb TO-
Strike Of 1900 cotton mill weavers against a re-
duction in wages Mt Nashua n H.; ended
March z.
o. Boston freestone cutters strike for higher
wages
10 $50 rolling mill hands struck at Pittsburg, Pa
H. Strike of 1000 employees of the Lorrie iron
mine at Ashland, Wis compromised later
49, Strike of 5000 miners at Nottingham, Eng
land; won March 20.
% Glasgow dockmen's strike collapsed.
"a 14,0J0 workmen strike in Barcelona, Spain.
APRIL
l. 1000 plumbers struck in Chicago; arbitrated
later.
T. Nearly 1000 carpenters struck in Chicago;
building trades paralyzed this strike was fol
lowed by similar movements all over the coun-
try, many of which lasted several months and
in most of which the men gained their point
q.
land; won Sept. 10.
25. Strikes spread in Austria and throughout Eu-
rope extraordinary precautions taken by the
governments against outbreaks on May /.
MAY.
1. Enormous parade of workng1nen formed the
May day labor demonstrations in Chicago,
New York, Boston and other American cities,
and marked the beginning of hundreds Of
strikes; in Europe the demonstration was gen
eral and accompanied by disturbances and
some bloodshed in Paris and Pesth.
Stonecutters struck throughout New England
with varying success.
Briclilayers and masons struck in OTTAWA:
compromised
4. New York carpenters practically gained their
ends and generally returned TO work; in Chi.
cago next day Chicago carpenters strike set
tied by arbt-aton bosses won the sash and
blind factory strike and the iron molders
strike
0. Northern Illinois miners strike ended: 49,
men returned to work
Il. $500 men struck at the National Tube works
McKeesport, Pa. ended May %.
10. Coal miners in the Peoria and Canton sub
districts, Ills, struck; lost June IL
JUNE.
10. Street car strike at Columbus O.; colnpro-
missed
5000 cloakmakers locked out in New York city
% 400 gassmakeIs struck at jeanette Pa
% 1900 cigarmakers struck at Binghamton
ended Oct G.
"a. l,lC0 men struck on the Illinois Central T. R. /;
compromised three days later.
25 500 railroad FIR light handlers struck at East
st. Louis, Ills.
30 500 men struck at the Fshback Rolling mills
at Pottsville, Pa.
JULY
r. Lockout of 400 men at National Tube works
McKeesport, Pa. compromised Aug. l.
%. 1900 journeymen bakers struck at Chicago
a. 500 employees of the Carbon iron company
struck at Pittsburg.
g. Knights of Labor in the employ of the n. Y
G. and II. Il K. struck: declared OF Sept. II.
Is Strike of switchmen the Wabash r. R., at
Chicago, begun.
% Manufacturers lockout caused a brick famine
in New York
25 Switchmen struck in the Chicago stock yards
lost Aug. 20
90 Great strikes reported in the Australian and
New Zealand shipping trade
SEPTEMBER
l. 5000 union carpenters struck in Chicago:
lost Sept g.
II. End of a strike of l,CO men at the II. c Frick
Co. 5 Coke works, Pittsbulg.
Denver switchmen struck
H. Dockers won their strikes in ngand and Ire
land.
NOVEMBER
l. All the coal mines in the Morris, Ills, district
closed by strikes.
g. 10000 hatters locked out at Dlnbury, Conn.
90 Strike of 2.COO men in the block coal mines at
Brazil, Ind.
30 1900 employees locked out by Rochester MY
shoe manufacturers
DECEMBER
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