The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-01-08
INDUSTRIAL


Jan. 1e-At Pittsburgh. 600 women en-
ployes Of Westinghouse Electric Co. struck
against wage reduction.
Feb. 1-Indefinite closing Of collieries in
sss sEss sea an sf boS Sf s
Feb. 17-Large clothing manufacturers in
Chicago declared their Independence of
labor union rule in their establishments.
Mar. 1sSLClothing cutters. and trimmers'
strike in Chicago renders 5000 idle
Apr: sNo. S mill Of Lawrence Manufa &C.
operatives thrown out of work.
Apr. Sim Indiana. 1000 miners In BIZ
May FMiiwaukee street car lines tied
up by strike Of employees for increase in
June 17-Middlesex wooden mill at Lowell,
Mass. closed indefinitely; 1000 thrown out
June 1s-Printers' strike in Minneapolis
June N-Braddock Pa.) wire works
closed; 1000 men thrown out of work.
every iron mill in Mahoning valley in Ohio
closes; $500 men affected.
July Zone killed and many wounded in
riot between strikers and police at Brown
Hosting & Conveying Co. in Cleveland:
troops called out.
July 2-Brotherhood Of Tailors in New
York strike. involving 1900 workmen.
Aug. 3-Rolling mills at Niles. Mich. re-
sumo. employing 1000 men
Aug. +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. Blocked out men of Brown Hoist
voted to return to work.
n, avg s 3, H,v wheeling W. Val 5000 en-
Sept. 5At .Johnstown, Pa. 1000 men
thrown out Of work by Indefinitely closing
Sept. .2i.-Lawlessness at Coronado mine
in Leadville, Col, causes deaths and $685.
oOo property loss;
Sept. 26-Miners' strike at Leadville. Col.
ended: work resumed at old wages:
Sept. 2s 60 90 rolling mill closed
Oct. PAT Boston 5000 men and women
employed in manufacture of clothing go
Oct. 21-striking miners in many large
mines in Hooking Valley, O., return to
work at reduced wages of As cents ton;
for wage advance.
Nov. 24,,Difference between window
at conference in Pittsburgh, putting 5000
men idle since May aW to work Dec. IS;
DEG, Dec 2FactGo tories controlled by Pitts
after long idleness.
Dec. 10-During months of Nov. and Dec.
Of haTe
operations: Painter & Sons hoopiron mill
and Jones & Laushlin continuous mill:
billet. departments. Joliet, iii: Niagara
iron foundry Ironton. N VI ;,; Arcade File;
Nut and so Cos at
Ind: Dowagiae (Mich.) Co.'S drill works:
Whitaker iron works and Wheeling Steel
car works. JeffersonXille. 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
Grove, KY; Ashland Steel CO. IS plant and
Merton nail works. Ashland. Ky: Rookie
works. reIiins u mill. Snyder o BenfWoodd
works and Orr linseed mill. Piqua. O.: Des
Meiaes Ma Packing Co. b Bear
Furniture Co and Wabash railway
shops. Rbseatur; H.; cambria ;a. steel
hma, N: H: Falls Cotton Co. Norwich.
Conn; Pemberton mills. Lawrence, Mass;
American sheet-iron mill, Carly & Souders'
Rhodes, Riddle and Angora mills Media.
Pa: Bellefonte Pa) glass plant; Lima co.
BraddocK, Pa: Edgar Tho Thomson mfe steel si
works. Pittsburgh. Pa: Aetna Silk Co,
Norfolk Conn; ore mines Ore Hill. Conn;
naces and muck rolls of Western Tube Co.
lard, O.; Pittsburgh Plate Class $50 CO. e'
Dec. 1o-Following concerns among others
have during months of Nov. and Dec.
WISE Peninsulare RRopEs Detroit. Mich
Probst Construction Co., Chicago; East ST.
Louis Packing Co.: Alexander Smith 4
Sons Carpet Co.'S tapestry mill. Yonkers,
N. Y; Ohio Iron Co. s furnaces and rolling
mills, GAINESVILLE; Crescent type. foundry,
Chicago: Meyer Bros. cloak manufacturers.
New York: Decker Bros, piano manufac-
turers. New York; flour mills at Superior.
Wis: Rock City Falls IN. V Paper Co.;
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, ieWelry, New
York: Excelsior Machine and Boiler Works
Co.. Chicago: White & Howe Co. shoe
dry goods. Marquette, Mich; Herman
Waterman. grain dealer, San Francisco:
G. F. Grassel & Co, dry goods, Cincinnati:
Laconia Car Co.. Laconia, n. H.