New-York tribune., 1901-05-22
MANY EMPLOYERS YIELD.
AN EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE MA
CHINIsTS' STRIKE EXPECTED.

Washington Nav 21-Presdent OConnell said
tonight that the advices received at headquarters
here indicated that an early settlement Of the
trouble between the machinists and their employ
ers will be effected. Information at hand showed
that to-day over hundred and twenty firms had
granted the nine hour day Mr.. OConnell said that
so far as he knew about six thousand men are out
in San Francisco and shout three thousand in Gin
cinnau n Chicago nearly all the important shops
have settled with the men, The reports from the
South show that all through that section settle
rrents are being effected. Half the firms in Phia
delphia have TO terms. and the others are eN-
pected to follow suit. There has been news Of
a clash anywhere.
neighborhood of Cincinnati and on the Pacific
Coast The number Of firms that have signed
agreements is said to be about one thousand. Ex-
cept in one two instances, at Scranton. Penn.
the allied trades have not yet been affected II is
said al the general headquarters of the machnists
however that where agreements are not signed
soon many of the men in the allied trades will go
out The estimate Of President o'Connell of the
National Association of Machinists of the number
Of strikers to-day remains approximately at fifty
thousand the figures given yesterday. The execu-
tive board Of the association is in session here
watching the progress Of the strike
Only three railroads in the United States now
affected by the strike-the Central Vermont, Lehigh
Valley and Delaware. Lackawanna and Western.
According to reports received to-day at head
quarters practically all the trouble between Kansas
City and the Pacific Coast has been adjusted. At
Kansas City about six hundred men are out. but
a few small firms have signed the agreements: San
Francisco reports an almost complete ueup. agree
ments have been reached there, however. with
eleven firms. At Seattle seven hundred men nave
struck There five hundred strikers at Tacoma:
Wash The trouble has been adjusted at most or
the other Pacific Coast points In Chicago all but
a few of the small shops have adjusted matters.
About two thousand out in Boston. Many
men out in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton ana
Alliance. Ohio In Cincinnati a dozen nrms nave
made the concessions. Alliance reports a complete
tieup. with five hundred men striking. Only few
men are in Cleveland, practically a general set
tlement having been effected there.
All the establishments employing machinists in
Norfolk Va. have signed agreements. -Four or the
largest establishments in Wilmington Del, have
signed agreements leaving about half Of the origt-
nal strikers out There is complete tieup reported
at Newburg N Y. all of the three hundred ma
chnists being out, while all the men al the Brooks
locomotive works Dunkirk, y. Z, have struck
The Naugatuck Valley, in Connecticut. is generally
affected All are out at Bridgeport, Derby, An
sonia Waterbury Stamford and New-Britain, but
an the firms in Danbury have signed agreements
In New-Haven eleven firms have signed. but six
hundred men still out. About five hundred are
out at Springfield, Mass. All striking at Elgin,
Ill At Syracuse twelve establishments have con-
ceded the demands.