Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-05
INDUSTRIAL.

Jan l2-Chewingg gum manufacturers of U. s.
combine at New York; capital, $l5,000,000.
l7-John Mitchell elected pres. United
Mine Workers in convention at Pittsburgh.
23-Bridge building companies combine;
capital, S50,000,000.
Feb. l-Leading pottery interests organize;
capital, SI0,000,O00.
3-Soap manufacturers combine; capital,
S50,000,000.
6-American Car & Foundry combining s
big car concerns) incorporated tor $780,
100000.
Mar. American Steel and Wire Co., at
Joliet, ILL.,, raises wages OF 5000 employees
from 3 TO 10 per cent. Various whisky
and dlstllllng companies form trust, capi-
tai, Sl2S, 900.
16-Wages of 5000 stove molders raised.
3O-The Republic Iron & Steel Co. capital,
S5O,O0O,OO0), controlling 80 mills west OF
Pittsburgh, incorporated.
3l-During month of Mar. l3i corporations
organized in New Jersey; aggregate cap
ital stock, 81, III, 100000.
Apr. l-lncrease in wages in cotton mills
of New England goes into effect, the resto-
ration benetiting 10000 operatives
4-Andrew Carnegie advanced wages of TO-
900 employees in Pittsburgh and vicinity 10
per cent.
29-Trouble between union and nonunion
miners at Wardner, Idaho, eliminated in
blowing up Bunker Hill aad Sullivan mine
and mil, causing loss OF S25O,000 and one
man killed. H. c. Frick Coke Co., in
Pittsburgh, Pa, employing $1,000 men,
raises wages from 6 to l24 per cent.
May Troops occupy Wardner, Idaho, and
martial law prevails on account OF rioting.
i0-Edotous strikers at Duluth, Mimi, blow
up street car with dynamite; 10 passengers
injured.
ll-lndustrial commission in Washington
begins inquiry into operations of trusts.
l7-Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, in
session at New Orleans, reflects Grand
Master Morrissey and adopts resolutions
opposing Sunday trains.
Jun. Limited States court of appeals, in
session at Milwaukee, says alien labor law
applies solely to common laborers, ex-
empting clerks and all kinds OF skilled ar
tisans.
lO-Wages of $4,000 employees in iron and
steel manufacturing industries raised %
per cent, Big Consolidated Co.'S IA
street railway lines in Cleveland, o., tied
up by strike for increased wages.
l2-Rioting in Cleveland resulted in de-
struction OF 10 cars and injury OF scores of
persons, including many policemen.
2l-As result of settlement of coal miners
strike, 22,0O0 OF the 10000 strikers return
TO work in Missouri, Kansas, Indian Ter.
ritory and Arkansas.
24-Street railway strike in Cleveland ended
practically victory for railway concerns,
though at money loss OF nearly 500, 600.
il-blstIIeIy 70. OI amer,
rated at Trenton, n. j.; cap. $l25, 900 600.
l2-Consolidation of wrought steel, iron and
tube industries effected in New York;
$S0,000,C00.
l3-Wage increase of Is per cent. for &c, 900
tin mil employees announced.
Sep. l2-Trust conference (35 states repre-
sented) opened in Chicago.
l6-M. L. Lockwood (Pa.) elected pres. anti
trust organization formed as result of con-
ference in Chicago.
20--Anti.trust conference begun in st. Louis,
Gov. Sayers Tex presiding.
Oct. l0-Pana (Ill.) coal miners strike set
tied after lockout of over Is mos, during
which many lives were sacrificed.
20-Pullman Palace Car Co. of Chicago alb
serbs Wagner Palace Car Co. of n. Y.
Nov. 22-Commercial Industrial congress or
ganized in Chicago, composed of leading
shipping interests; L. Z. Bacon, OF Mil
waukee, pres.
Dec. lO.-Wages of SOC, 900 New England tex
tile mill employees advanced, increase be-
ing Sl0,000,0O year.
l3-lndependent telephone companies Of
Mich, Ind, and D. refuse to sell out to
telephone combine. international Farm
ers' union organized at Binghamton, N.
Y, to maintain produce prices.
2l-At Springfield, H., street car blown up
by dynamite for Sd time since strike began.