Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23
THEL0CAL STRIKE OFF
Employees Of Cahill Typewriter Com
pany Return to Work.
OTHER WASHINGF NFIRMSOIGN SCALE
The Situation Elsewhere as View
ed by Machinists' Leaders.
TROUBLE ON RAILW AVS

The rnachinfsts in the employ of the Ca
. hin Electric Typewriter Company who
struck Yesterday for the nne-hour work
day will go back to work tomorrow morn
ing, having gained their point. After the
strike went into effect at II o'clock yester-
day, a meeting of the directors of the COM
pany was held and Arthur Cahill. the gen
eral manager, was authorized to inform tIe
men that they would receive the same pay
for week of ffty-four hours as they had
received for fifty-tfve and one-half hours
the time prevailing before the strike.
committee of the workmen was sent for by
Mr.. Cahin this morning. This committee
was told of the decision of the company
garding hours and pay. but was told that
the demand of the men. made at the time
of the strike. that the shop should be
unonized and all differences which might
arise should be submitted to board of ar
bitra tion. could not be granted. The COM
mittee. which consisted of Messrs. Harris.
Libby and Hine, after discussing the mat
ter thoroughly with Mr.. Cahil left with
t>e understaudn that they would report
the matter to the local organization of ma
ChiniStS.
At / O'Clock Fred. Fletcher, president of
Washington Lodge No 1913 l. A. NJ told
reporter for The Star that the men had
decided to accept the concessions offered
by the company and go to work tomorrow
morning He SAID the men considered lnaI
they had gained their main point, and they
had no disposition to stand out on small
differences.
The nine-hour agreement was also signed
today by firms comprising all the employ
erS of maChiniStS in this city outside of
government works. These are the Hurley
Machine Company, the Strousburg & Muir
ray Machine Company, the southern Print
ers' Supply House and the Nicholas Model
Company.
The General situation.
The general strike situation of the coun-
try is regarded today by President O'Con-
nell of the International Association of
Machinists to be exceedingly bright. Thirty
to thirty-five thousand men are still out.
Reports of rlanv more firms having signed
yesterday and today have been received at
Headquarters. Among these are the works
of the Morgan Engineering Company at
Alliance Ohio. This firm has been consid-
cred for years very antagonistic TO
uniOniSm. and its concession TO the de-
mands of the association are regarded by
the national officers as a most promising
sign 1t Is believed it will also have very
good influence firms which are still
standing out.
, Full reports of the conference held last
night at the AstOr House in New York
have not vet reached President O'Conneil- /
He has been informed, however, that prop |
ositions We're submitted by both the en-
ployers' organization and the representa-
tiyes of the men, and that a recess was
taken until tonight In which to consider |
them. Mr.. O'Connel is still very hopeful
that this conference will result in the end
Ing of the strike. so far as the eastern |
- states are concerned.
The Pacific coast situation continues to
present somewhat ugly aspect. The three
large firms in San Francisco seem as de-
termined ever not to yield. The Cincin-
natl situation is also unchanged
Trouble Believed to BE Imminent.
While several railroads have adjusted
their difficulties. trouble with other roads
Is imminent Meantime President OConnell
of the International Association of Ma
chinists who Is directing the strike, holds
that the situation is getting brighter, and
stands by his prediction that next Monday
morning will witness the resumption of
work by the great majority of the men
who went out He said today that prob
ably few of the men would care to return
to work this week anyway.
President Muhoiland of the Allied Metal
Trades Association telegraphed from head
quarters of that organization in Toledo
today that he has issued orders to his men
at various points to join the strike in those
shops where the employers are still holding
out against the demands of the machinists.
This is liable to add materially TO the force
of the strikers. In several of the large
cities a break in the line of the employers
refusing to make the concessions is claim
ed by the strike leaders.
Mr.. O'COnnell said this afternoon that the
strike might extend to the Seaboard Air
Line To-Day. This would involve several
hundred in different shops. Confer
ences have been in progress for some time
at Portsmouth. Va, between the Seaboard
officials and the men, and disagreement
was reported last night Committees also
are en- route here from various lodges on
the Southern railroad to confer with Vice
President Cannon of the Southern over
wages. hours OF labor. overtime pay, ap-
premiership regulations and ether demands |
along the linz of the agreement which the
strike is sought to enforce On the BaItt- |
more and Ohio Southwestern railroad agree
ments have been signed at the WaShington
Indiana and Chillicotne Ohio shops re.
spectively, and 20o men have returned to
work. Trouble the Jersey Central road
has been settled. and at the request of the
strikers at the ST. Albans shops of the Cen
tral vermont railroad Organizer Fred Ro-
, berg has been ordered from Montreal to St
AlbaES to confer with the men.
The Reports Today.
The reports today show that 100 men
have struck at Thompsonvi1le Conn: fftv
AT Marquette, Mich. and 100 at Frankfort.
Ind. These figures approximate Ad-
ditienal firms which have signed the agree
menJs and whose men are now back at
work are: All firms at Quincy. Ill, involy-
Ing 2po men; Baltimore, one firm eighty
men: Beverly, Mass. one firm. fifty men;
Lynn Mass, All Of the twenty-eight firms
there; Athol Tool Company, AthOl. Mass,
BOO men; Morgan Engineering Works AL
Iance, Ohio, go men; Newcastle Pa two
firms; Rochester. n Y three firms: In
dtanapolis. two firms; Boston Mass three
hrns, involving 225 men. None Of the
iarse concerns in Cincinnati had yet given
In, though unofficial advices to headouar-
tefs mere report several firms as agreeing
TO sign. None OF the big concerns in san
Francisco has signed and no indcatior
OF yielding has been received from there
The headquarters of the strike will he
shifted Sunday to Toronto where the con-
vention OF the Machinists Association will
open June g.
Effect War Ships.
The Navy Department has received noti-
neation from three contractors now build
ing warships of the pendency of a strike.
viz, Moran Bros. of Seattle the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco and the MARYLAND
Steel Company of Sparrow's Point near
Baltimore The department will take no
ect1on until the strike is over. when a de-
cision will be made as to how many davs
shall be allowed the contractors on account
OF the delay caused by the strike.
Machinists Strike on s. A. L.