Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-10
INDUSTRIAL,

| Jan. 16-Thousands Of coal miners In vicinit,
OF Mercer, Pa. struck. wages being reduced L
Jan 23-In Ohio 10000 miners refused to &C
cept reduction in wages.
field Pa.) coal region. Bloodshed. arson nan; ant
| destruction OF property followed. Discharge
OF all foreign miners demanded.
near Asheyiile. n G. ~ '''0''
Mar: sNear Bridgeport. O.. 1000 miners re-
iaborers wages to arb arb ration. 'A' u 's'0'
Mar. 25-Coxeys good-roads army left Mas
si1lon. O.. for Washington.
Apr. 4-Nine men killed as result Of trouble
near Connellsville. Pa.
| Apr 5-Judge Caldwells decision in Union
Pacific wage conference at Omaha favored en-
Apr 10 Judge Dundy ordered Union Pacific
receivers to restore former wages OF employees
at Omaha
Apr. le-Cokers' strike in Connellsville Pa-)
region practically ended.
Apr 1sM,Striking laborers near Detroit
the former killed. some IS others wounded.
Apr. 20-Strikers at st. Cloud, Mimi, arrest
ed for interfering with mails.
Apr. 2l-NearIy 10000 miners east of the
Mississippi obeyed order OF United Mine Work
Apr 23-Mines in Hooking 20, valley fired
by coal strikers. :. Two laborers killed near
Detroit Mich, in fight between strikers and
Apr 25-Hogans industrial army. 300 strong
moving east on a stolen train. captured by fed
eral troops at Forsyth. Mont
Apr. H-Great Northern road tied up by
strike from st: Paul to the coast
Apr 2s-U. S. Marshal Cronan given CON-
mand of 200 regular soldiers to effect arrest OF
Great Northern strikers In North Dakota.
Apr. s9-Coxey's commonweal army arrived
in Br1ghtwood park in Washington. District
Of Columbia police prevented Coxey from max
ing speech from the capitol steps. and ar
rested Chief Marshal Browne and Capt Jones.
Great Northern railway strike settled at
employed men paraded streets of Cleveland.
O.. several riots occurring in which street cars
were wrecked and persons injured
May 2-Gen. Coxev arrested in Washington.
May 3-Coke strike resulted in bloody riot at
me Nav den heaI sbotat Yama
in battle between deputies and commonwealers.
May 1.-Two Coxeyites shot. 100 captured in
fight with officers at North Yakima. Wash -.
AT Pullman car works in Chicago $500 opera
May 21-Cincinnati carpenters and mill
hands all ordered out on strike having been
refused $3.50 for eight hours or 50 for nine.
Coxey. Browne and Jones, commonwealers,
sentenced to 70 days in Jail
May 24-Five strikers killed in encounter
with deputy sheriffs at Sickle Hollow. Pa.
May sS-Strikers at kangley, III; drove e out
80 Strikers wreck mine and burn tools near
Ottawa. Ill -. Strikers blew up gold mine at
Cripple Creek, Col. killing II men.
June 4-Strikers firing upon PowelIton CIV.
Val miners killed four -. Colorado mine own
by GOV Waite w In battle with strikers who
were burning railroad bridges to prevent NOV
ing coal trains four were killed by militia near
June 6-Ohio militia ordered out to scene of
coal miners strike Mckeesport (Pa) tube
works strikers forced men at Duquesne to quit
work and destroyed several coal tipples....
Strikers attacked the Little mine near Peoria.
Ill: four defenders were wounded and one
striker killed. Strikers stoned q train near
Brazil. Ind. killing engineer, and injuring con-
ductor and brakeman.
June Seven lives lost In battle between
strikers and militia at Mineral Siding. Col
June S-Striking miners at Cripple Creek
Tune 10-1'hraa striking miners
battle at Lemont Pa
June thinning strike declared settled by
agreement as to wages. to last one year, being
reached by the conference at Columbus. O.
June 12-Miners In Ohio refused to accept tho
strike settlement.
June Is-Alnance formed In Chicago between
Knights of Labor and American Railway union
for offensive and defensive warfare
June I7-Indiana miners in convention at
Terre Haute rejected Columbus compromise
and deposed President Dunkerly for agreeing
to it.
June is-work resumed in mines IL Hooking
valley -. Coal oper tors in the Springfield
Cll) district refused t, pay scale agreed upon
by miners. Alabama miners decloeo TO con-
tirue strike.
June l9-American Railway union voted Q12-
1000 to exclude cOlored men from membership
opened in Chicago :. Indiana mine operators
increased pay OF their men and resumed work.
June gas result OF Pullman boycott by
service was paralyzed and strikes reported on
IS other lines. End OF coal miners strike an
July Railway strike has crippled evcry
abandoned all service. 70. s troops sent to
Trinidad. Col. where mail trains were held BY
strikers.
q. S. court in Chicago. issued order forbidding
Interference with roads enQa2ed in interstate
commerce.