The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-23
THOUSANDS
ON STRIKE.
AACHlNlSTS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY LAY DOWN
THEIR TOOLS
AND WAIT.
foa A uoax pAY o. u,se sesss.

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burdens b-,~r-n fnrty thoa-.nd
aud my Thousand u.s-hinI-as. A is
estimated, went on . strik. In dII.
i-r-ni parts of ih. country last Moa-
day ~ r,-ult of the r-fli-aI oi cm-
pioycrs To grant their denan.i- Tor
nile hour working day with t-n
hour lay Reports frum eli over
the country -hos that m~n h.x.
quilt work, although there hav. l.~n
many conversions gu the Iar, of In
dividaal employer.
In New York and vlciniiy te-
tween 1900 aud 5000 men ~-r,
called oui last Monday. Among
the shop where the demand- OF the
machinists we're refused aud ia.
men quit are the larger manufArtur-
Ing concerns In all line. OF mrchsn-
ism.
The Hoe Printing Pr-- Company
Wa willing 10 conorde the dsmsnd-
Of the men for 4 nine hour day, bot
wished To abfogst. an old Agreement
which was made thrcc years ago,
whereby the company bound it-clr
To employ only union men. The
men would not Agree 10 this and
went on a strike this morning.
Among the big firms that have
conceded the mems demaud-, ar
which mad already granted the men
the nine hour day, are the Western
Electric Company aud the wr-ting-
house Electric Company. The
General Electric Company OF sche-
neciady, has conceded IL. men "a
hours work with sixty hours tay
per week. This has bcen Agr,~-d to
for the present and until . finsl
agreement Is reached. The number
of men out on the strike I'm various
cities is given: At San Francisco
$500, Philadelphia 800, Cincin-
natl $500, Kansas City Mo-. ChIca-
60, Milwaukee, indianapolis, Dun
kirk, n. y, Schenectady, baltimore,
Detroit, Richmond 1000 each.
Cleveland 1900, York, Pa, 1000,
Wilkesbarre, Pa, 1900, scranton.
Pa, 5000, Toledo, Ohio, 600, Hart
ford, Conn, 100, New Haven, 100,
Wilmington, Del, $40, Pittsburg,
Pa, 100, Trenton, ~. J., 100, Hay
City, Mich, 900, Norfolk, Va, 300.
Atlanta and Macon, Ga, 100, Peters
burg, Va, $50.
This j. a strike of fmachini,ts only,
and involves about one third OF all
there are In the country. The other
two thirds mainly have secured the
concessions they wanted in the mat
ter Of nine hours q day.
Other labor unions are watching
the strike with sympathy, and will
probably aid the machinists, if nsce-
sary,
A movement II ON foot under
which the carpenter unions all over
the country will strike for . nine
hour day ON May both, just ~ the
machinists did On May 10Th
President O'Connell, On behalf of
the strikers made this statement:
ave are demanding q nine hour
day universally throughout the
trade, with an increase Of wages
sufficient 10 overcome the los of tl,e
hour in time; regulation OF the ap-
premiership system In sroordabcs
with the number Of jourbeymeu
machinists employed, and the mum.
Der that shall be employed; agree
ments As To srbitrztioa Of all dis.
! putes that may arise In the future
: the right Of the machinists 10 b.
Z represented by . COMMITTEES; and
e agreements that there shall he ab
E solutely no Discrimination agains
, machinists because Of their member
I ship In the union.