The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-22
.OCONNELL
 CONFIDENT His Summary Ofthe StIikc Situation. |so.o 900 MEN ARE NOW our Claimed That 1000 Flrnls
 Have Signed Agreement. war and Navy Departmsnt omsasis are Apprshensive as to Effect the Trouble win Have on oov- ernment Work.

Washington, May 21.-The storm centers of the general strike of u1e-E chinists throughout the country tod4y are in the vicinity of Cincinnati ana on the Pacific coast.
 The number of firms that have signeo agreements was augmented today hy about a hundred, which brings the a1- gregate of the establishments maNnG the concessions to 1000 In round num- bers during the past three or four days.
 Save in one or two instances ag at Scranton. Pa.. the allied trades have not yet been affected. It is claimed at the general headquarters 1.-the mas chinists. however, that where agre6- ments are not effected by this after~ noon or tomorrow, many of the men m the allied trades will go out in the irt~ dividual shops where the machiniete already are out.
 The estimate of President o'Connelis of the National Association of Ma chinists, as to the number of strikers today remains at 5O,000 approximately, the same figures as given yesterday. The Executive Board of the maehini6rz Is in session here watching the prog ress of the strike.
 President O'Connell said this morn ing: "The reports from all sections are very favorable, The indications are that the great majority of firms will have reached agreements with the men today or tomorrow. The dispatches coming in from various cities Indicate that conferences will be held today with a large number of firms. Many men who were working yesterday went out today. The additions made last night and today to the list of strikers and the number that will return to work this morning with their demands granted will about balance each other
 Today's reports show that only three railroads in the United States are now affected by the strike. namely, the Central Vermont. Lehigh Valley and the Delaware. Lackawa1na and West
 The situation according to reports re-. ceived at headquarters today ts sum- marized as follows:
 Practically all the trouble between Kansas City and the Pacific Coast has been adjusted At Kansas City about 600 are out. but a few small firms have signed the agreement. San EranciscQ reports an almost complete tie-up. About 5000 men have struck. Agree T1ia7its nave been 5Ii reached tiI5TS, sss,7 ever. with eleven firms outside of tha. Union and Dresden Iron Plants and the Fulton ship Company.
 At Seattle TOO men have struck. There are 500 strikers at Tacoma, Wash. The trouble has been adjusted at most of the other Pacific Coast points.
 At New York about 2.60o men have struck. A settlement has been reached with the balance which involves about 50 per cent. of the firms.
 In Chicago all but few of the small shops have adjusted matters. About 2, 900 men are out in Boston.
 Many men are out in the Ohio cities of Cincinnati. Hamilton, Dayton ana Alliance. In Cincinnati a dozen firms have made the concession since Sat- urday and about 5000 men are out. Alliance reports & complete tie-up with 800 men striking. Only a few men are out in Cleveland, practically a general having been effected there. All the firms in Columbus, Ohio. and Chicago Heights, dn., have made agree ments.
 Favorable reports come from the South. All the establishments employ- ing machinists in Norfolk, Va, have signed agreements. Of the establish ments in Wilmington. Del, four of the largest ones have signed agreements leaving about half of the original strik- CTS out.
 There is a complete tie-up reported at Newburg, N. Y., all of the 300 ma chinists being out while all of the men at the Brooks Locomotive Works at Dunkirk. N. Y. have struck.
 Naguautack Valley in Connecticut Is generally affected. All men are out at Bridgeport. Derby, Ansonia. Water bury, Stamford and New Britain. but all the firms in Danbury have signed agreements. In New Haven ele zen firms signed yesterday, but 6Oe men still are out. About 5OO are out at Springfield, Mass.
 In Philadelphia about half of the firms have reported agreements ieav- ing 2,500 men approximately still out. All are striking at Elgin. III.
 At Syracuse, N. Y.- twelve estab- lishments have conceded to the de- mands.
 Beth the Navy and We: neEa .t- ments are apprehensive as to the ef- fects of the machinists' strike on gov- ernment work now in progress. The Navy Department received word that the strike had spread to large private yards on the Pacific coast where a nun1DSE OL wal chAC WAT struction and 1t Is expected that East- ern yards having naval ships to build also will be affected. The War De- partment was informed that the strike was likely to stop work on the two naval transports Egbert and Rose crans. now repairing on the Pacific coast.
 Secretary Root asked the Navy De- partment to assist in forwarding the work pending the tie-up and acting Secretary Hackett of the Navy order ed that the two army transports be taken to the navy yard at Bremmer1 ton Puget Sound for the compietion of their repairs.
 Situation at Cincinnati.
 Cincinnati. May H.-The strike sit- uation here remains favorable to the strikers. six more firms having signed agreements with the union today and as a result. about 100 more men will be at work Wednesday morning.