The age-herald., 1901-05-24
Shops of the SeabOard Air Line Are Affected, Several Hun-
 drGd Men Going Out
FIRMS SIGNING AGREEMENT
President o'ConneII of the Machinists' Association Issues a Statement In Which He Claims the Ma
 chinists Have Made Gains.

Washington, May 2s-President o'Con- nell of the Machinists' Assocjation. fin summarizing the situation tonight. said.
 The situation now shows that we are largely the gainer in the number of set tlements made. The adjustments today show gain in New England of 15oo in the number of men returned to work with the demand granted, of 300 or 600 in Ohio and probably 1000 in Pennsylvania. About one thousand men struck today They are some additions in Philadelphia and some of the Seaboard Air Line shops at Americus, Ga
 MT. OConnell said that between 5Oo and 600 machinists on the seaboard Air Line would strike tomorrow
 In this city every establishment em- ploying machinists signed agreements today, one of them, the Cahill Typewriter Company, however, refusing to unionize the shop. There are about one hundred machinists in Washington outside of gov ernment shops In Boston thirty-nine firms, employing 1850 men, have signed the agreement, leaving 1200 men still en- gagged in the strike. Reports up to 5 o'clock this afternoon showed the fol- lowing additional agreements:
 Indianapolis, two shops: Grand Ripids, two; Erie, Pa, the Erie City Iron Works and the Cleveland and Hendricks Ma chine Company; Pittsburg, half dozen oil well supply concerns; Meadeville, Pa, the Phoenix Iron Works.
 Several of the representatives of South ern Railway lodges arrived today and others are expected tomorrow morning, when the conference with yice-President Cannon will probably be held. Yesterdays AccessIons. The reports today show that 100 men ! have struck at Thomasville, Conn.,, fifty l at Marquette. Mich. and 100 at Frank fort. Ind. These figures are approximate Additional firms which have signed the agreements and whose men are now back at work are: All firms at Quincy H., involving 200 men; Baltimore, one firm, 80 men; Beverly, Mass, one firm, 50 men; Lynn, Mass, all of the twenty eight firms there; Athol Tool Company, Athol, Mass, 300 men: Morgan Engineering Works, AL liance, O., 200 men: New Castle, Pa, two firms Rochester. N. Y, three firms; In- dianapolis, two firms; Boston, Mass, three firms, involving 225 men. None of the large concerns in Cincinnati have yet given 1t, though unofficial advices to head quarters report esveral firms as agreeing to sign. None of the big concerns in San Francisco have signed and no indica- tion of yielding has been received from there.
 The headquarters of the strike will be shifted Sunday to Toronto, where the convention of the Machinists Association will open June 8.
 Officials Statement
 Portsmouth, Va., May 23-An official of the Seaboard Air Line said today in com menting upon the strike of the machinists of the road that the officers of the line were willing to treat with the employees frankly and give them such consideration as they were entitled to. The following message was sent today by F. IL McGee superintendent of motive power to sll master mechanics of the Seaboard Air Line, discloses the situation, so far as the company is concerned.
 Demand was made upon us yesterday afternoon by machinsts for a nine hour day, 12R per cent increase in wages and changes in shop regulations. Demand for -'ra hour day was declined. Wages paid by us are already as high and in some cases higher than are commonly paid by other roads in our territory and so admitted by the committee. We stated we were willing to pay same wages and apply same conditions of service as were commonly in effect on other roads in our territory and that we would meet existing conditions in this respect what ever they might be. A strike was after ward ordered by the union without notice to us. Please have facts understood by all concerned"