The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-19
MACHINISTS
WILL STRIKE.
100000 Will Go Out Be-
fore Manufacturers
Will Not Grant
Their Requests.

| Chicago, March 1S.--After the confer
ence between representatives Of the 1ntor.
national Association Of Machinists and
the administrative council Of the National
| Metal Trades Association ended at 1880
o'clock this morning President James
o'ConnelT Of the union. declared that
strikes would be called Immediately In
all parts of the United States and Canada.
Such strikes would involve 100000 men
| anu cause :, DO shut dow n tor an indefl-
| mite period plants having m aggregate
capital of millions of dollars.
Chicago labor troubles are responsible
for tho disagreement, which is expected to
precipi ute tho general mnchinists' strike.
We're 1t not for the fact that leaders of the
machinis,s' union refused to call off the
strikes that now exist in Chicago, rolum-
bus. Ohio, and Patterson, N. j., the man
ufactu,ers and The leaders, 1t Is believed.
would have cove to lu nmicnble agree-
mcnt and arbitration would have been
permanently established betweons tho Ma.
tional Mental Trades Association aud tho
International Association OF Machini5ts.
The members of the executive board
and the macainists' union, however, TO.
fused to call of the Chicago strke, as
they declared that If they did the Chicago
local would secede from The International
association. When the refusal of the ma
chinists to end the strike was presented to
tho manufacturers they issued an ultima
tum to tho labor leaders, and on their re-
fusal to agree to its provisions all negotia-
lions were broken off.
Before leaving the looms in which tho
joint conference WINS hold President James
O'Connell of the lnterua ionnl Union, de-
cnrcd lhat the union would bs2in i'm
lnod!ately to call strikes in all paris of the
country. The first of these strikes will hs
called in Cleveland, Ohio. After all tho
Low ntt ioS bnv Iva 4 tod M, boa ,x,il
be called IN the machine shops of all tine
railroads in the country.
The joint conference, which commenced
at o'clock Saturday afternoon and did
not end until 100 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, was held at he Pacific Ho;el
After meeting in separate conferences
the manufactures and labor leaders began
II joint meeting. At this meeting the
mGEufacsurers submitted to the machin-
lists u proposal for arbitration Esubstan-
tin,ly as follows:
Ihat all strikes and lockouts should DO
called off and an arbitration committee DO
appointed consisting OF tho pr0sidcn of
the organizations and two members from
ench association. who should arbitrate all
present and lutnro d !licullies, and whose
decision should DO accepted al tinaliby
both parties to the agreement On the ar
btraIion proposition tho two associations
WCro united.
The labor leaders a't1r holding meet.
Ing, refused TO ngree to the proposition to
teciaro strikes off and submitted de-
mand for immediate and second arbitra-
ton of the Chicago difficulties. This tho
manufacturers refused to ratify aud the
conference broke mp, both sides making
what amounted to II formal declaration of
war. The declaration OF the machinists
took tho form of threat Of an internu.
tional strike, made by President OCon-
nell and Organizer Reed.
The manufacturers declared that the
proposition submitted was tho best they
wuIld make.