Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-21
Locomotive Works Men With
Other Machin-
lists.
The EXISTING SITUATION.
Another Estimate of the
Number That Are
Out.

Dunkirk. n. Y, May 21.-Seven
hundred machinists, employees in the
Brookes Locomotive works. struck to-
day. All other departments of the
shop are running.
Washington, May 21.-The storm
centers of the general strike of the
machinists throughout the country
today are in the vicinity of Cincinnati
and on the Pacific coast. The number
of firms that signed agreements was
augmented today by about 100. which
brings the aggregate making con-
cessions to 1000 during the past
three or four days. Save in two in
stances the allied trades are not yet
affected. President O'Connell. Of the
International Association of Machin-
lists, this morning said: Additions
to be made to the list of strikers
today and the number returning to
work with terms granted about bal
ance-each other"
Washington. May 21-Appro1imate-
Iy $1,000 machinists throughout the
country struck yesterday for a nine
IOuE udN. Il VI NlhdA ~
the present ten-hour per day scale,
regulation of the apprenticeship sys-
TEN and the number that shall be EN-
pIoyed in accordance with the number
OF journeymen machinists employed;
agreements as to arbitration Of all dis
putes that may arise in the future; the
right of the machinists to be repre-
sented by a committee, and agree
sal,a fealN
discrimination against machinists be-
causeOf heirmembership in the union.
Fifty thousand is the estimate OF
President O'ConneIl. OF the National
Association of Machinists, based on
the telegraphic advices that have
reached him from the machinists
headquarters in the various cities
Railroad machinists, as n rule. are not
involved in the strike, though the men
on several roads are out.
Statement of the Number Striking.
Following is a statement of the num-
Der of men out at important points. as
reported ut this writing: Hartford.
Conn, LOCO; AnsOnia and Derby,
Conn, 800: Hamilton. o.. 1000: Buff
faIO. 100; Scranton, 200; Cincin-
natl. completely tied up and 5000 men
out: Connersville, Ind. 200; Palestine,
Tex. 200; York, Pa, 300; East Orange,
y. j., 200; Oswego, y. Y. 300; Nor
folk. Va, all shops out, 500 men; San
Francisco, 6.50O-
Where the Employers Have Surrendered
Telegraphic reports to O'Connell
show the following as the number of
firms which have signed the agree
ments: KenOsha. Wis, all; Milwau-
kee, Wis, .; Wilmington. Del. =; To-
Iedo. o., /; Auburn, y. Y, all firms;
Anaconda, Mont, all; Denver, Colo,
all: St Louis all: New Orleans, all;
Danbury. Conn, all; Pittsburg, Pa, 80
per cent; Franklin, Pa, all; 1oungs-
town. o., all; Cleveland, o., 10; ROch
ester. y. Y. 80 per cent; Buffalo, 30
per cent; Niagara Falls, all; TOna-
wanda. all; Trenton. n. J., % per cent;
Baltimore, IL; Philadelphia %; New
Haven, 8.
GomPers on the Contract.
President Gompers says the outlook
presages ultimate victory He added:
THE statement made by some of the
manufacturers that the machinists
have broken the New York agreement
with the National Metal Trades asso-
ciation not TO strike cannot be substan
tiated. The agreement called for
nine-hour day, ana it said nothing
about wages. That does not neceS-
sarily imply that when they reduce
the hours from nine and One-half TO
nine Il day there shall be a correspond
ing reduction i'm wages. The machin-
lists are not asking an increase in
wages except that the diminutiOn of
hours is practically an increase