The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-15

INDUSTRIAL
Feb Indefinite closing OF collicries IN
western anthracite coal fields OF Pennsyl-
Nania makes 1900 mcn ana boys IDLE
Feb l7-Iarre clothing manufacturers IN
Chicago declared their independence or
labor union rule In their este bliShments.
Mar lt-Clothins cutters ana trlmners
strike I'm Chicago renuers 2a.tti IDLE.
Apr. 3-No. mill of Lawrence Manuiac,
turing co. at lowell. Mast closed .'Vo
Arr. 3i-In Indiana, 5000 miners IN ni-
luminous field struck for raise in wages
Nav 4-Milwaukee street car lines tied
up by strike OF employees for Increase In
June i7-sIddlesex wooden m III 1t Lowell.
Mass. closed indefinitely; 1000 t.rown out
June is-Prirrers' strike in Minneapolis
settled by agrfcnent 10 arpitrate
June 27-Braddock Ua) wine works
closed: 1000 men thrown out CT work
June 30-Pending settlement Of wage scale
every iron mill in Mahoning VALLEY IN ONO
closes $500 men affected.
July 2-One killed and many wounded IN
riot between strikers and police - Brown
Hosting & Conveying Co. in cieveiaAu'
JUN 2i~Brotherhood OF Tailors in New
York strike. involving 1900 workmen
Aug. 4-Rioting at Brown hosting works
in Cleveland drew fire OF militia.
Aug. 1a-Strike ordered in Ohio where
men work for less than scale rates. ana IN
all mines operated under contract lease
Aug. 25-Locked out men o. Drown Hoist,
ing & Conveying Co.'S. works at Cleveland
voted 10 return to work -, .oo
ployes OF Riverside iron works strike
against % per cent. wage Teaueto,oonnn; o,
,r Ten1 ont Of worl by lndefnitely closing
many departnents OF Cambria iron works
Sept 2i-Lawlessness at Coronado nine
in Leadvllie. Col. causes deaths and 49,
sent 2s-Nrartial law In I.eadville Col
Sent es-AIiners strike AT leaoyilie. Col.
| ended: work resumed az cld wares, .s
| sent 2S-Cievcland (OD rolling inili chosen
| down: 1900 thrown out OF work.
| Oct 2-At Boston 5000 men and women
employed in manufacture OF clo'hihs 20
oct ei-strfking miners IN many large
| mines in Hooking Valley. o., return 10
\ work MT reduced wages Of A. cents ton;
Nov. 5-Pork butchers in Chicago strike
Nov c4-DiTsrence between window
| glass workers and manufacturers settlel
AZ conference ir Pittsburgh. putting lo.ov
| men Cdie since May SO) TO work Dec. 10
Dec. 10-During months OF Nov. anu DEC
! amc>g others the following concerns. *,
tensive employers of labor. have resui Z. q,
operations: Fainter & Sons hoopiron mil
and Jones & Laughlin continuous mn;
PITTSBURGH: Illinois Steel Co steer aiu
billet departments. Joliet, Ill; Niagara
iron foundry. Ironton. y. ~ Arcade, : ne,
Encaustic Tile. American Wire > AZ aau
Ind. Dowagiae (Mich) Cos er.ll worf.
Whitaker iron works and Wheeling stee
and Iron Co. at Wheeling, Va ONO AZ al
works. Huntington. w. Va: Phoenix Eur
niture c.. Widdcomb Furniture CO., Nei
son Mater Co Grand Rapip1s l,rnsh b Ie
yards, Chesterton. Ind: lronton IRE nrlci
yards. and Parker fire brick yards. Goa
Norton NAH works. Ashland KY: Rookie
feller's Lake Superior mine: Corrusa.ai y
works. rolling mill, Snyder Bentw11o &C.
!. Moines Oa.l Packing Co Chambers, Bear
, ing q Quinian. F. b. TAFT < CO, DesS,atu
Furniture CO. and Wabashh r, ra'. s,s,
sh9Ip s Jd BssatgT Pa Pa vaie mills. Ma
hua, n H.; Falls Cotton Co. Norwici
| Conn: Pemberton mills. Lawrence, Mass
American sheet-iron mill; Carty & soud Leg
knitting establishment, Phillipshurg. ia
!. Rhodes, Riddle and Angora mills, Medil
taper mills: Consolidated Steel & Wire Go
: Braddock. Pa: Edgar Ihonse,n,, on, STE rs
works. Pittsburgh. Pa; Aetna ay, Sii f &C
SAWYER cotton mills, Colebrook Rive
y Conn; shop department. bushs cling ~ ~
naces and muck rolls OF Western uu9 9,s 80
n, land, o.: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
,; Dec 1o-Following concerns among othe
have during months aI na 81 N1 p,l a Manash
e, Wis: Peninsularcar works, Detroit: Mel
D: Probst Construction Co. Chicago; East
d. Sons Carpet Co.'S tapestry mill. Ionkei
a n T.: Ohio Iron Co.'S furnaces and rollil
ar | mills, GAINESVILLE: Crescent type fornuf
I. Chicago Meyer Bros. cloak manufacture
a. New York: Decker Bros. piano manufa
nd turers, New York: -four mills at Superi'
m, Wis: Rock City Falls On. Y) Paper G.
Willis A. Meyers. department store n
waukes, Wis: John M. No-es shoe e
Barrie, Mass; Union Dry Goods {
Sioux City, la. Heather & Co. dry goo
en New York: c. G. Adams. ,jewelry, n
York: Excelsior Machine end Boiler WoI
r. Co, Chicago White Howe Co. 81
dealers Sioux City. la; Louis Grnbow
IN dry goods. Marquette. Mich. Herm
17s Waterman, grain dealer, san Erancls
a. a. II. Grassel & Co, dry goods, Cincipns
Laconia Car Co. Laconia, ~. IL.