The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-20

There are about 200 nllchiniStS there and
about 500 employees in the aggregate.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Wilkcsharrc. Pa, May 19.-The Off
cials of the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey have refused The demands of the
maclinists employed in their car shops
nt Ashley for II nine-hour day. The en-
ployes. 700 in pumbcr held Il meeting yes
tcrdhy to discuss the situation. Unless
| lthcstcmand Of the strikers be granted
there will be strike.
LElIIGH VALLEY MEN OUT.
| Pittston. Pa, May 19.--The machin-
lists of the Ichigh Valley Railroad Mt the
Coxton yards joined the national strike
movement 1T noon Saturday. About 200
men are affected. The employees at the
| Vulcan Exeter AMI Riverside works in
this city will 90 ont tomorrow.
MAY STRIKE At S.AYRE.
machiniSts of the Lrhigh shops here for
In nine hour day with ten hours pay.
Il 10 per cent. increase in wages, and
timc and half time for overtime work.
has been determined by bulletins posted
by thc I4ehigh Valley Company.
The bulletins were not favorahy m.
Iccivrd and the younger element openly
fayors Il strike.
MORE COAL MINERS STRIKE.
Scranton. Pa. May ia strike de
vplOpcd at Nos ! and collieries of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company, in Dun
lmorc. and between 400 and 500 men ar'
4 b., ~, mi mt hlAI "a
,he foreman refused to discharge a non
upion Italian miner.
NEW JERSEY
Newark. y. j., NY 19.-Thcre is un
certainty here as to how many of thu
machinsts employed in the Newark
extensive manufacturing industries vii
respond to the general order for strik'
OH Monday. \ number of manufactur
rrs in this city already have granted th'
demand for II nine-hour day without de
crease in wages. hut many of the larges
: factories have refused to make the con
crssions demanded and will be tied up ol
: Monday. About half Of the machinist
in Newark are union men.
EI.IZABETH MACHlNlSTS QUIT
Elizabeth. N. j., May 19.-A1l the ma
chinists and all the employees in the othe
shops of the Central Railroad of Ney
/. Jersey are out on strike. The machinist
number $50. The strike is for a nine-hOu
working day at the same rate of pay tina
has been given for ten hours.
ELECTRIC CO.'S CONCESSIONS.
Ampcrc. y. j.. May 19.-The Crocker
Wheeler Electric Company yesterda
: uuStrd notices throughout its plant tina
il would allow its 500 employees Il min
nnd onc-half hour day, beginning Mon
/ day, and Saturday half holidays durin
! June. July and August. The machinist
there demanded nine-hour day.
NEW YORK.
New York. May 19.-lt is eXpecte
that 1000 machinists in this city will qu
work on Monday.
About one hundred and fifty employer
ont Of nine hundred in the district hav
: conceded the conditions demanded. br
these one hundred and fifty are the large
firms and employ nearly half the M;
chinists in the district, it is sai'
Many of the others miy yield befm
tins morning, ana tho number of striker
may thus br materially reduced.
=. CONNECTICUT.
| New Haven. Conn. May 19-Strikt
of machinists in large shops in Har
/ ford. bridgeport, Derby. .hnsonia. No
: walk, Waterbury. New Britain and po
!. Silly other cities in Connecticut are g,
/, pectcd Monday. Several thousand mi
: cliniStS in this State are organize,
Q and. except in Danbury. mannfacturel
4 have Afuscl to grant their demands.
. In bridgeport the 500 members of Il
T. union voted late last night to come o,
{ ON Monday after a letter was read fro
Y the local association Of manufacturer
:. saying tho demand would not he granite
: The Whitclock Machine Company M
\ the briggs Seabury Gun and Ammur
i ton Company will close their plants t
night for an indefinite period, and Il
[ men look upon the situation there
: practically alockout. At Hartford ov
= 5000 men will he affected.
J. Hartford Conn, May 19.-The ma