The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-02
INDusTRIAI..

western anthracite coal fields OF Pennsyl-
vania makes $1,000 men and boys idle.
Feb. 17-Large clothing manufacturers In
Chicago declared their independence OF
labor union rule In their establishments.
Mar. l6-Clothing cutters and trimmers'
strike I'm Chicago renders %. 600 idle.
Apr. 3-No. mill OF Lawrence Manufac-
turing co. at Lowell. Mass, closed; 1000
Apr. S1-In Indiana. 1000 miners In BIZ
luminous field struck for raise in wages.
May 4-Milwaukee street car lines tied
up by strike OF employees for increase in
June l7-Middlesex wooden mill at Lowell,
Mass. closed indefinitely; 1000 thrown out
June is-Printers' strike in Minneapolis
settled by agreement to arbitrate.
June TmBraddoek Pa.) wire works
closed; 1000 men thrown out OF work.
June 30-Pending 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 a Conveying Co. In Cleveland;
July 2i-Brotherhood of Taiiors In New
York strike. involving 1900 workmen.
Aug. 4-Rioting at Brown hoisting works
Aug. I2"Strike ordered M Ohio where
men work for less than scale rates, and In
all mines operated under contract lease
Aug 25-Loclked out men Of Brown Hoist
ing a Conveying Co.'S works at Cleveland
voted 10 return TO work.
Aug. I-At Wheeling. W. Va, 5000 en-
ployes OF Riverside Iron works strike
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 s26.
Sept. 23-Martial law in Leadville, Col.
Sept. 2G-Miners' strike at Leadville. Col.
ended; work resumed at old wages.
Sept. 2S-Cleveland (O) rolling mill closed
L. thrown
Oct. 2-At Boston 1900 men and women
employed In manufacture OF clothing so
oct. 2i--strlking miners in many large
mines in Hooking Valley, o., return TO
work at reduced wages Of l5 cents n ton:
Nov 5-Pork butchers In Chicago strike
Nov. Indifference between window
glass workers and manufacturers settled
at conference in Pittsburgh, putting $1,000
men Qdle since May 800 to work Dec rs.
Dec. 10-During months OF Nov. and Dec.
among others the following concerns, ex-
operations: Painter a Sons hoopiron mill
and Jones a Laughlin continuous mill
Pittsburgh; Illinois Steel Co.'S steel and
iron foundry, Ironton. n; u; Il; Arcade File,
Anderson Nut and Bolt Cos at
Whitaker iron works and Wheeling Steel
and Iron Co., at Wheeling, Va Ohio Falls
or works IND Gnsgp
niture Co. Widdcomb Furniture Co., Nell
son & Matter Co, Grand Rapids Brush Co..
yards, Chesterton. Ind; ironton fire brick
yards, and Parker IRE brick yards, Coal
Grove, KY; Ashland Steel Co; plant and
feller's Lake Superior mines; Corrugating
works and orr linseed mill, Plqua. o.: Des
Ing 4 ouinlan, F. 3. TAFT 4 Co, Decatur
Furniture Co and Wabash railway
shops DSscatTr H. Can cambria nr',. steel
hua. N. H.; Falls Cotton Co, Norwich.
Conn. Pemberton mills, Lawrence Mass. ;
Ss null S6Ty Ps
Rhodes, Riddle and Angora mills, Media
Pa; Bellefonte Pa) glass plant; Lima So)
Braddock. Pa; Edgar Thomson steel
works. Pittsburgh. Pa Aetna silk Co,
Norfolk. Conn; ore mines, orc HIill. Conn. !;
Conn: shop department buBheling fur
naces and muck rolls OF Western Tube Co.,
kIewanee, i'll Aetna a., rolling MIL, cieve-
Dec. 10-Following concerns among others
have during months OF Nov, and Dec.
closed shop: Paul paper mill, Menasha,
Probst Construction Co. Chicago East 81,
Louis Packing Co.. Alexander. Smith a.
N. Y; Ohio Iron Co s furnaces and rolling
mills. GAINESVILLE; Crescent type foundry
Chicago Meyer Bros. cloak manufacturers.
turers. New York; flour mills at Superior
Wis; Rock City Falls IN. - Paper Co;
Willis A. Meyers department store. Mil
waukee. Wis: John NJ. Noges Shoe CO.,
Barrie, Mass. Union Dry Goods Co.
Sioux City, Ia; Heather e. Co. dry goods.
New York: G. G, Adams. jewelry, New
York; Excelsior Machine and Boiler Works
Co.. Chicago; White e. Howe Co. shoe
dealers. Sioux City, Ia: Louis Grabower,
dry goods, Marquette. Mich: Herman
Waterman, grain dealer. San Francisco;
@. j.. Grassel a. Co. dry goods, Cincinnati;
Laconia Car Co. Laconia, ~. H.