Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-02
COULD MOI AGREE.
Illinois Central Mrclirists in Conference
Witt! Company Reject I'roDostti,n

Illinois Central Mrchinists in Conference
With Company Reject Proposition.
CnicaSo May ..Ni!icialS of the Illi-
nois Central RAILROAD and the lnterna-
tolial Association of Maclinists failed
To reach am agreement as To wages and
hours AT Il joint conference last night.
In answer To the proposition OF The
machinists counter proposition was
sumitted by the railway, which was i'll
the nature of Il COMPROMISE through
out The road offered {; !, per cent in
crease To all machinists; an increase of
2}a per cent To helpers. and II general
raise of 2l2 per cent to blacksmiths,
boilerIaakerS, painters and others enn-
pioaed in the shops. The road an
nounced that it would allow time and
hall for all overtime, hat insisted on
the retention of thc ten hour 4 day
rule. The offer of the Central is equiv
alent 10 a ninim,m scale of % cents,
which is the basis on which the Great
Western road recently settled with its
ma chinists.
The mel, in their proposition TO the
railway officials asked for 80 cents an
hour, nine hours To constitute a day,
with time and a half for overtime for
the first six hours and double time for
all work over that and for sundays
and holidays.
~ ~ illctlllB VI me llldtllllllStS late
last night it Was decided To reject the
proposition made by the road ana TO
hold out for the terms presented by the
organization To the company
kilograms were sent To all the shops
along the lire of the Illinois Central
notifying the men al Tho result of the
conference, and telling them to be IN
readiness for final action. which would
be taken inside of thirty six hours
Otiier strike Matters.
Chicago, May 2.-l'lle abolition of the
sympathetic strike by All central la,or
bodies in the building trades through-
out the country was promised to
representatives of the newly organized
president Smyth and Secretary Stein
bliss, of the National Building Trades
council
The promise was held out to the
league representatives as an induce
mcnt to get them to favor the scheme
OF Stcinbiss and Smyth for IA merger
of the old building trades council of
Chicago and the Chicago Building
Trades league the new central body
organized by several of the leading
trades unions in the local building in
dustries.
Louisville colo. May 1.-The miners
I
a mass meeting yesterday voted To re-
turn to work NJ the terms offered by
tn Northern Coal company, which has
agreed to an increase in wages of 10
per cent and reduce the price of powd-
ell This ends the strike of lockout
which began on January l.
Grand Rapids, Mich. May /. 500
1"urneymcn plumbers of this city will
strike. the employers refusing to ac-
cede to the demands OF the men To sign
u new scale including recognition of
the union. The strike will seriously
Interfere with contracts of employers
upon new buildings being erected.
Wheeling, W. Va. May l.At Il con-
ference of the miners and operators
of the Fifth Ohio subdistrict composed
of Belmont jefferson and Harrison
counties yesterday. the strike was set
tied, each side making concessions. The
men We're ordered to resume work to-
lav