The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-14
INDUSTRIAL.


western anthracite coal fields of Pennsyl-
vania makes 1900 men and boys idle.
Feb. 17-Large clothing manufacturers in
Chicago declared their independence of
labor union rule in their establishments.
Mar. 1G-Clothing cutters and trimmers'
strike IN Chicago renders 25,OOO idle.
turing Co. at Lowell, Mass, closed; 1000
Operatives tt4fff eeF evriiif- elltt OF, work.
Apr. 31-In Indiana, 1000 miners-iR sbi-
luminous field struck for raise in wages.
May 4-Milwaukee street car lines tied
up by strike of employees for increase in
wages
June 17-Nnddlesex wooden mill at Lowell,
Mass, closed indefinitely: LOCO thrown out
of work
June iS-Printers' strike In Minneapolis
settled by agreement to arbitrate
June 2-Braddock Pa) wire works
closed: 1000 men thrown.out of work.
June offending settlement Of wage scale
every iron mill in Mahoning valley in Ohio
closes; $500 men affected.
July 2-One killed and many wounded in
riot between strikers and police at Brown
Hosting & Conveying Co. in Cleveland;
July 21-Brotherhood Of Tailors In New
York strike, involving 1900 workmen.
Aug. 4-Rioting at Brown hosting works
in Cleveland drew fire of militia.
Aug 12-Strike ordered in Ohio where
men work for less than scale rates, and in
all mines operated under contract lease
Aug. 25-Locked out men Of Brown Hoist
ing & Conveying Cos. works at Cleveland
voted to return to work.
Aug; Sl,At Wheeling, W. Va; 5000 EN-.
against 20 per cent. wage reduction.
Sept. Sat Johnstown. Pa. 1000 men
thrown out Of work by indefinitely closing
many departments Of Cambria iron works.
Sept. 21-Lawlessness at Coronado mine
in Leadville, Col, causes deaths and $685.
900 property loss.
Sept. 26-Miners' strike at Leadville, Col,
ended; work resumed at old wages.
Sept. 2S-Cleveland (O) rolling mill closed
down; 1900 thrown out of work.
Oct. PAT Boston 1900 men and women
employed in manufacture Of clothing go
on strike.
Oct. 2l-Striking miners In many large
mines in Hooking Valley, O., return to
work al reduced wages of As cents a ton.
Nov. 5-Pork butchers in Chicago strike
for wage advance.
Nov. Indifference between window
glass workers and manufacturers settled
at conference in Pittsburgh, putting 1900
men Qdle since May 800 to work Dec. i,
Dec. 10-During months of Nov. and Dec.
among others the following concerns, eX-
tensive employers of labor, have resumed
operations: Painter & Sons hoopiron mill
and Jones e Laughlin continuous mill,
Pittsburgh: Illinois Steel Co steel and
billet departments, Joliet, Ill; Niagara
iron foundry, , Ironton. n VI Il; Arcade I'D File
Anderson Nut and Bolt Cos. at Anderson,
Ind; Dowagiae (Mich) Co drill works;
Whitaker iron works and Wheeling Steel
and Iron Co, at Wheeling. Va; Ohio Falls
car works, Jeffersonville, Ind. Ensign car
works. Huntington, w. Va; Phoenix Fur
son & Matter Co. Grand Rapids Brush CO,
at Grand Rapids, Mich; Porter brick
yards, Chesterton, Ind; Ironton fire brick
yards, and Parker FIRE rtd brick OK yards. Coal
Norton nail works, Ashland, Ky; Rookie
feller's Lake Superior mines; Corrugating
works works and rSH 4T @ Shyd Pioua 8e
Moines Oa.l Packing Co, Chambers. Bear
ing & Quinlan. F. b.. TAFT & Co, Decatur
Furniture F. &C Co and wabash railway
mills, Johnstown, Pa; Vale mills. Mas
hua, N. H: Falls Cotton Co, Norwich.
Conn; Pemberten mills, Lawrence, Mass. !;
American sheet-iron MILL Carly & Souders'
knitting establishment, Phillipsburg. Pa. /:
Rhodes, Riddle and Angora mills, Media.
Pa; Beilefonte tPal glass plant; Lima 90
works, Pittsburgh, Pa: Aetna silk Co.
S0Tf0ik Conn ore mines Ore Hill
Conn: shop department, busheling fur
naces and muck rolls of Western Tube Co,
h Key n H.; Aetna ,d rolling mil Cleve
Dec. 10-Following concerns among others
have during months of Nov: and Dec.
closed shop: Paul paper mill. Menasha,
Wis; Peninsular car works. Detroit. Mich. !;
Probst Construction Co.. Chicago; East St.
Louis Packing Co; Alexander Smith n
Sons Carpet Co. tapestry mill. Yonkers.
N. Y: Ohio Iron Cos furnaces and rolling
mills, GAINESVILLE; Crescent type foundry,
Chicago Meyer Bros, cloak manufacturers,
New York: Decker Bros. piano manufac-
turers. New York; -four mills at Superior
Wis; Rock City Falls IN. " Paper Co. /;
Willis A Meyers department store. Mil
waukee. Wis. John NJ. NoyAs Shoe Co.
| Barrie, Mass; Union Dry Goods Co,
Sioux City, Ia; Heather & Co, dry goods,
| New York; G. c. Adams, jewelry, New
| York: Excelsior Machine and Boiler Works
| Co, Chicago: White & Howe Co, shoe
| dealers, Sioux City, Ia; Louis Grabower.
| Waterman. grain dealer. San Francisco:
| G. F.. Grassel & Co, dry goods, Cincinnati;
acania Car CO 1 nnaInin N IL