The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-20
on strike, So locked out and 400 work..

ing.
Wilkesbarre, May 18.-The laborery
employed at the shops of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, the Lehigh
Valley railroad and the Dickson Manu-
featuring company went on strike to-
day. Fifteen hundred men and boys a..
idle
Philadelphia, May 20.-It is estimated
that not more than 1000 machinists have
quit work in this city. Neither the Ball.
win Locomotive works nor the Cramp
company anticipate any trouble. They
do not knowingly employ union work.
men. VIVA
Pittsburg, May 2O-About 500 machin-
lists at the 4slcKee Rock plant Of the
Pressed Steel Car company struck t!,:s
morning for nine-hour day. The places
Of the strikers have been filled by labo->
ers employed about the mill. Less than
100 machinists are idle today in the city,
all but four firms having signed the
scale.
Detroit, May 20.-Up to 10 O'Clock, II
machine shops, employing $50 men,
had granted the demands of the Inter
national Association OF Machinists, AMI
their employees were at work. Five hun
dred and fifty machinists are on strike.
Cleveland May 20.-About 1900 M
chinists employed in this city are on
strike today.
Milwaukee, May 20-About 1900 ma
chinists went on strike today and were
Joined by several hundred helpers. The
number Of plants affected is rs out of
total of e in the city.
Reading. May 20.-The only members
of the machinists' union in this city are
orr hv ho
company and they are out with the
striking tube workers. Sixteen hundred
| men quit work two weeks ago and were
afterward locked out by order of tho
president Of the company.
Boston. May 20-About 60 per cent
of the machinists employed in Boston
struck to-day. The number of men in
volved is about $500. Shops employing
about $50 men have granted the new
scale.
Cincinnati, May 2O.-Mach:nists' pro-
cessions were formed as early as 1880
and marched to the larger manufacture
| ing concerns and called the men out. The
response was quite general, even among
employees not members of the machinists'
association. who had given no intima-
ton that they were in sympathy with
the strike. At several of the large man.
ufacturies the men are at work, even
where no increase Of wages has been
arranged for.
Scranton, May 2O.-Every machine
shop in Scranton is idle today in consa-
quence of the strike for nine hour day
and liz per cent increase in wages
This, together with the Lackawanna
machinists and carmen, who have been
out about a week, makes nearly 5000
men on strike.
Portland. Ore, May 20.-An the ma
chinists of this city except those en-
plOyed in the Willamette Iron works
struck today. In all about $50 men went
out.
Toledo, May 20.-Machinsts to the
number of 600 are idle here to-day, their
employers having failed to comply with
the demands of the International Asso-
citation.
San Francisco. May 2O.-The employees
| of the Union Iron Works have Joined
the ranks of the strikers and it is now
estimated that $500 men have left their
work benches. The employers associa-
ton seemd determined not to meet the
demands of the men, and the strikers
are equally determined not to give up
| the fight. The strikers remain orderly
! and no trouble is feared. The Union Iron
Works contracts all provide for loss of
time caused by labor troubles and the
SCOTS say they will hold out indefin-
| itely.