The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-05-24
NOW $4,000 STRIKERS.
Majority Of Men Will Return on
Monday.
President O'Connell Still Holds That
the Situation is Growing
Brighter.

Washington, May 23.-Several hundred
additions to the ranks of the strikers,
two-score or more firms signing the
agreement with the men, leaving approx
mately 10000 or $4,000 men still out, and
possible material accessions to the roll of
strikers in the course of the day is in Il
nutshell the machinists' strike situation
throughout the country today. While
several railroads have adjusted their
difficulties, trouble with other roads is
imminent.
Meantime President O'Connell of the
International Association of Machinists,
who is directing the strike, hold that the
situation is getting brighter, and stands
by his prediction that next Monday morn
ing well witness the resumption of work
by the great majority of the men who
went out. lie said today that probably
few of the men would care to return to
work this week anyway.
President Mulholland. of the Allied
Metal Trades Association, telegraphed
from the headquarters of that association
in Toledo today that he had 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 Il break in the line of the
employers refusing to make the conces-
sions is claimed by the strike leaders.
STRIKE ON SEABOARD LIKELY.
Mr.. O'Connell said this afternoon that
the strike might extend to the Seaboard
Air Line today. This would involve sew
eral hundred men in different shops.
Conferences 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 Nice-President Cannon,
of the Southern, over wages, hours of
labor, overtime pay, apprenticeship regr-
lations, and other demands along the line
OF the agreement which the strike is
sought to enforce.
On the Baltimore 4 Ohio Southwestern
Railroad, agreements have been signed ut
the Washington, Ind, and Chillicothe.
o., shops, and 200 men have returned to
work Trouble on the Jersey Central
Road has been settled. and at the request
of the strikers at the St. Adams shops
of the Central Of Vermont Railroad,
Organizer Fred Roberg has been ordered
from >Alontreal to s.. Adams to confer
with the men.
MORE FIRMS HAVE SIGNED.
The reports today show that 100 men
have struck at Tompsonville. Conn., so
at Marquette, Mich. and 100 at Frank
fort, Ind. These figures are approyi-
mate. Additional firms which have
signed the agreements and whose men
are now back at work are:
All firms at Quincy, ILL.,. involving 200
men: Baltimore one firm. 80 men: Bever-
ly. Mass, one firm, so men; Lynn, Mass,
all of the twcnty-eight firms there;
Athol Tool Company, Athol. Mass. 300
men; Morgan Engineering Works, ALI
ance, o., 200 men: New Castle, Pa, two
firms; hochester, n. Y, three firms;
indianapolis, two firms; Boston, Mass,
three firms, involving 225 men. None of
the large concerns in Cincinnati have yet
given in, though unofficial advices to
headquarters here report several firms
as agreeing to sign None of the biz
concerns in San Francisco have signed,
and no indication of yielding has been
received from there.
The headquarters of the strike will be
shifted on Sunday to Toledo, where the
convention of the .uachinists' Associa-
tiOu will Onrn Juna q