The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-29
GENERAL LABOR NEWS.

The striking machinists report that TWEEN
ty-two shops In San Francisco have signed
the union agreement.
The Iroquois iron works, at Buffalo, has
acceded to the demands of it's striking en-
ployes, who returned TO work yesterday.
A strike of machinists at the Billings &
Spencer shop, at Hartford, Conn.,, was or
dered yesterday. The strike is with the OBJ
ject of enforcing recognition of the union.
About $500 machlnists are now out in Hart
ford.
The United Switchmen of North America
last night elected the following officers at
buffalo, n. Y; grand secretary-treasurer,
NJ. r. Welch, Omaha, Neb.: editor of Jour-
raj, Thomas Meaney, Toledo.
Several hundred New York machinists
who have been on strike, having reached
an agreement with the fifteen companies
which employed them. will return to work
to-day. According 10 the men they have
won a victory, and their demand for nine
hours work with ten hours pay will be
complied with.
Chief Contractor Mcdonald announced
late yesterday that work may be resumed
all along the New York rapid transit tun-
mel this morning. The conditions on which
the men will go back 10 work, according
TO Mr.. Mcdonald, will be practically the
same, with possibly one or two exceptions,
as those obtaining before the men went
out.
Union hotels everywhere" is the battle
cry of the United Hotel and Restaurant
Employees Association, whose natlOnal con-
vention is now being held in Denver. TIL
organization is at present confined TO Colo
RADIO. but the intention Is to organize hotel
and restaurant employees in all parts of the
country. Il. A. Crosby. of Cripple Creek,
is president of the association.
The striking machinists of Cincinnati are
still hopeful OF success. although no sign
of yielding has been given by the large
manufacturing concerns forming the Metal
Trades Association. The strikers head
quarters has a list of twenty firms that
have acceded to their terms and whose
men are at work. These are all firms out
side of the Metal Trades Association, and
they employ about 700 men.
Ninety-seven per cent. of the machinists
in the employ of the Southern Railway
have voted to strike for the nine-hour day
and are now waiting for the order from
James O'Connell. president OF the Interna-
tional Machinists. before going out. This
was the announcement made yesterday by
the spokesman OF a delegation of machin-
lists representing the shops of the system
which called on the vice president and
General Manager Cannon at Washington.
The wage of the ~Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers. in its report will recommend that there
be no change in the scale of the sheet steel
bands. and If the report Is adopted there
will be no advance asked for In the wages
of this division of worker who are mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association. The
report Is expected to be ready for submis-
sion to-day. There is no increase recon-
mended in the wages of the tin workers
except on large uges The only general
demand for an advance. II was stated. will
be on the iron scale based on the pudding
price. This increase is said to be from 10
to Is per cent. and affects all classes of
iron workers.