The Irish standard., 1901-05-25
Summary of Situation.
The situation, according to repo1

The situation, according to reports
received at headquarters, is summar-
lied as follows:
Practically all the trouble between
Kansas City and the Pacific coast has
been adjusted. At Kansas City about 600
men are out but a few small firms have
signed the agreements. San Francisco re-
ports an almost complete tie-up About
5000 men have struck. Agreements have
been reached there, however, with II firms
outside of the Union and Dresden iron
plants and the Fulton Ship company. At
Seattle 100 men have struck. There are
500 strikers at Tacomah, Wash. The trouble
has been adjusted at most of the other
Pacific coast points.
At New York about $500 men have
struck. A settlement has been reached
with the balance, which involves about
SO per cent. of the firms. In Chicago all but
several of the small shops have adjusted
matters. About 1000 men are out in Bos-
ton. Many men are out in the Ohio cities
of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton and AL
lance. Alliance reports a complete tie-up
with $50 men striking. Only few men are
out in Cleveland, practically general set
tlement having been effected there. All the
firms in Columbus, O., and Chicago
Heights, ILL.,. have made agreements
Favorable reports come from the south.
All the establishments employing machin-
lists in Norfolk, Va, have signed agree
ments. OF the establishments in Whining
ton, Del, four of the largest ones have
signed agreements, leaving about half of
the original strikers out. There is COM
plete tie-up reported at Newburg, N. "
all of the 300 machinists being out, while
all OF the men at the Brooks locomotive
works at Dunkrk N. Y, have struck. The
Naugatuck valley, in Connecticut, is gen.
orally affected. All are out at Bridgeport,
Derby, Ansonia, Waterbury, Stamford and
New Britain, but all the firms in Danbury
nave signed agreements In New Haven II
firms signed Monday, but 600 men are still
out. About 800 are out Ell Springfield, Mass.
In Philadelphia about half of the firms
nave reached agreements, leaving $500 men
approximately still out. At Syracuse, N.
Y, II establishments have conceded the de-
mands.
Seeks n Conference.
New York, May 22.-Henry f. De-
VEINS, agent of the Metal Trades asso-
citation, went to the headquarters of
the strikers Immediately after the
meeting at the Astor house had ad-
journed. His mission was to pave the
way for joint conference in which
the strikers could explain their posi-
ton and their demands, SO that the
employers could find out what the
men wanted. Mr.. Devens said that
he got little satisfaction. The men
said they would have to telegraph to
the national headquarters at Wash
ington before they could do such a
thing. He hoped they would decide
to meet the employers. Later it was
announced that President O'Connell
had sent word that the machinists
could appoint conference commit
In
E purpose of the Metal Trades asso-
citation in asking. for the conference
is to gain an opportunity to lay be-
fore the machinists fairly the situa-
ton. Mr.. Devens says there is no
question but the machinists under
existing agreements are entitled to
nine-hour day. This the employers
are willing to concede. But the ques.
tion at the bottom of the present
difficulty is whether or not ten hours
pay for nine hours work is to follow
the introduction of the nine-hour sys-
TEN. The members of the Metal
Trades association say that there is
not word about the wage question
in the agreement, and that under an
other clause of that document all
such questions when difficult to set.
tie are to be decided by arbitration.
the men remaining at work pending
solution.
At the conference the committee
of the Metal Trades association will
demand that the men return to work
and refer the wage question to the
board of arbitration. Business Agent
Constant Booth, of the machinists,
said Monday night: "There will be
no arbitration. This matter has gone
too far for arbitration
Dropped Dead.
. West Superior, Wis.,, May 22.-Capt.
Barker, government contractor on
Lake Sinner ior and Taka Nioh;rop