The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-01-04
INDUSTRIAL.

Jan. l-Indiana glass factories start up
after 6 mos. idleness Carnegie iron
works I'M Pittsburgh resume operations,
advancing wages 81 l0,cx men. Increasing
pay roll over 81 100000 yearly. Pennsyl-
vania railroad pensions $50 old employes.
l5-Ifnitcd Mine Workers In national gath
erng al Indianapolis; John Mitchell re-
elected pre- sidert on 18th.
l7-chicago drainage canal Costing $4,000
C opened Large briege ID hu Gae Ing con
Feb. BIN Chicago l.5W men DEFY contrac-
tors new rules and walk out; during sub
scquent week number Of strikers In
IA Sheet steel mills of country combine at
Pittsburgh capital. $52.oV0.o0o
Mar. C-Over 5000 men Idle IN Chicago.
16-Actual work on $a6UN.uD Underground
rapid transit tunnel IN New York begun.
3p-Striko of 900 Chicago ma hinists settled.
Apr. Fin Chicago. 200 union picksts at
tackled % nonunion workers; II men in
iur.d during riot.
13-Spring Valley Ill.) Co.'S .0cC coal min
crs ordered to strike.
a6-f.stimated l5nwu men and So. 600. 600 cap
ital made idle IN Chicago by strikes.
May 3-Standard Oil Go. raises wages OF
1000 men ~ per cent. and reduces working
hours.
I'm Chicago Judge Tuthill declares con-
tract for county work invalid because or
clause requiring exclusively union labor.
LIN St Louis 5000 stree car men strike.
l5-Three strike sympathizcrs shot In 81.
Louis IN night with men who mpted la
run street cars.
..-ilurlng - Gays oil ~. Louis street car
strike persons killed and Is wounded.
&-S -. Louis street car wrecked with dyna-
mite.
Jun. Boy killed and woman stripped ana
beaten for riding on St Louis street car
H-Trafiic successfully resumed on all 81
Louis street railway lines.
Jul. 2-St. Louis street car strike settled
both sides claiming victory....W Wall pape r
trust dissolved
Interstate CONNIE rec commission report :
railroad mileage Of sS2, 3s4 and number %
employees at sa5.924. Provision export Z
for nscal year reach sls0. ec0,oc0. breaking
record
&c Schooner Pretoria. largest wooden boa I
ever built $3.50 IT, long, launched at Bay
city. Mich.
Aug. i6-International Typographical union
IN session ~ Milwaukee, declares agains I
inciscrir mate boycotts
II kentueA ys manufacture OF whisky
REACHES u .sg,s22 gal. for fiscal year.
Sep: lt-Strike OF Pennsylvania anthracite
miners ordered.
1.-Two killed and 10 wounded in strike riots
az Shenandoah. Pa; governor orders out
troops r.. Glass chimney manufacturers
corcede wage advance Of per cent. end :
Ing strike OF 1890 employees.
Oct. lo-One man killed and several injure Il
during attempt OF strikers to close col
liery AT Oneida. Pa.
lS.Anthracite miners in convention at
wage increase offered by operators pro-
viding same rate hold till April. 1901: Slid :
ing scale abolished; other questions to be
arbitrated.
o5--Coal strike declared or. operators hay-
ing agreed to 10 per cent. advance. Strike
lasted 80 das. with 10000 men out, entail
ing total loss of 100000 600; 80 per cent. OF
anthracite mines had been tied up.
Nov. 7-Nine months strike OF 800 New
York cigar makers ended by men resum-
Ing at old rates.
13-Indiana coal field idle on account OF
hosting engineers strike.
Dec. S-Achison, Topeka u GAnta Fe r. II
telegraphers strike.