The age-herald., 1901-05-21
GREAT STRIKE
 IF MACH|N|STS
 IN FULL SWAY Fifty Thousand Men Have Laid Down Their Tools Under
 Official Orders NINE-HOUR DAY DEMANDED From Reports Throughout the Country the General Order Being obeyed. Labor Leaders Are Conf
 dent of Victory.
N|NE-HOUR DAY DEMANDED

Washington, May 2O.--Approximately 50,- struck today for nine-hour day, a scale of wages equal to the present ten-hour per day scale and other demands. This Is the rough estimate of President O'Con- nell of the International Association of Machinists, based on the telegraphic ad- vices that have reached him today from the machinists' headquarters in the vari- ous cities.
 The strike thus far has not extended to the allied trades save in one or two in- stances, as at Scranton, Pa, where men in a part of the allied trades went out. No machinists engaged in government work are affected. This Is due to the fact that on such work an eight-hour-a- day scale already prevails. Railroad ma- chinists as rule are not involved in the strike, though the men on several roads are out. The Central Vermont shop ma chinists at St. Albans, numbering prob ably 200, have struck. The Lehigh Valley Railroad machinists at Buffalo, Sayre, Wilkesbarre and Elmira are out, aggre- gating about 300 all told. The Delaware. Lackawanna and Western men at Buff falo, Scranton, Wilkesbarre and interme- diate points are out. The Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe men are also out. The strike order, however, does not apply to the railroads generally.
 o,Connell's Statement.
 The situation this afternoon was sum- marked by President OConnell in the following statement to the Associated Press:
 We are demanding a nine-hour day universally throughout the trade, with an increase of wages sufficient to over- come the loss of the hour in time; regu- lation of the apprenticeship system and the number that shall be employed In &C., cordance with the number of journeymen machinists employed; agreements as to arbitration of all disputs that may arise in the future: the right of the machinists to be represented by a committee; and agreements that there shall be absolutely no discrimination against machiniSts be- cause of their membership in the union.
 From the present indications and the statements issued from headquarters at the various points the orders are being generally obeyed and in larger numbers than was anticipated. In certain cases where only few hundred were expected to be involved the indications are that the number will be increased fifty per cent. The number of firms signing indi- cate that In localities where the agree ments are being made the strike will not last over few days In other localities where a larger number of men are being involved, look forward to an adjustment being reached within the present week" Number of Men Out.
 Following Is a statement of the number of men out at important points: Hart ford, Conn.,, 1000; Ansonia and Derby, Conn, 500; Hamilton, O., 1000; Buffalo. 1900: Scranton, 2500; Cincinnati completely tied up and 5000 men out; Connorsville, Ind, 200; Palestine, Tex, 200; York, Pa, 300; East Orange, 300; Oswego. N. r., 300; Norfolk, Va., all shops out, 800 men. Word from other large cities Is tardy in reaching here. Telegraph reports to Mir OConnell show the following as the number of firms which signed the agree ment today:
 Kenoshaw, Wis, all; Milwaukee, five; Wilmington, Del, two; Toledo, one; Au- burn, N. Y, all; Anaconda, all Denver, all St. Louis. all; New Orleans, all Danbury, Conn.,, all; Pittsburg. Pa, 90 per cent; Franklin, Pa, all; Youngstown, O., all; Rochester, 90 per cent: Buffalo, 50 per cent; Niagara Falls, all; Sleveland. fifteen; Tonawanda, all; Thenton. N J., 50 cent; Baltimore, eleven, Philadelphia, twenty-five; New Haven, eight. These establishments having conceded the de- mands their men are at work as usual.