Evening star., 1901-05-20
Bic STRIKE IS ON
Machinists Quit Work
Pretty Generally.
FEW CONCESSIONS MADE
Strike More General in West
Than East.
ruInAnn u0WrUpp AM IVnIpTI0N
CHICAGO, HOWEVER: An EXCEPTION
Prospect That Allied Trades viii
Join in Places.
WHAT MR.. O'CONNELL SAYS

WHAT MIR. O'CONN ELL SAYS
NEW YORK, May 20.-At the local head
quarters of the central executive board of
the international Association of Machinsts
it was said today that not more than 1900
out of 12.oOO machiEsts in the New York
district were on strike. Many of the en-
Iloyers in New York agreed to the work
mems request for nine-hOur day.
In Jersey City the only men strike
were about forty men employed in the
small repair shops of the Central railroad
of New Jersey.
At PlainfieId. y. j.. fully LOCO machnists
and helpers have struck. They We're
pIoyed in the shops of the Scott Printing
Press Company. the Potter press works
rhe Campbell press works and the alumni
mum plant and press works. The employees
of the Pond Tool Company have the prom
Use of the superintendent that their demand
will be considered at the annual meeting
of the company on June g.
Al Elizabeth 800 machnists employed in
the shops of the Central railroad of New
Jersey are out. Strikes are also on at the
shops of S. l.. Morses Sons and Bell, Wood
X 90
>At noon the executive committee of the
International Association of Machinists for
the New York district reported that of the
12ouo enrolled members in the fifteenth dis
trict. 1000 were reported on strike. 5000 as
having struck, effected an agreement and
gone back to work again and 5000 yet to be
heard from.
The fifteenth district includes Manhattan.
Long Island. Staten Island. all the Hudson
- river towns below Newburgh. and Jersey
city. Paterson. Planfield, New. Brunswick.
EIizabethport, Newark and the Amboys,
n. J.
About 400 machinists employed by the
Worthington Hydraulic Pump Company, in
Brooklyn. went on strike, but returned to
work on a promise by the superintendent
of the works to submit their requests to the
CJmpany 5 board of directors.
BALTIMORE, May 20.-Eight hundred
machinists walked out this morning in this
city as a result of the general strike order.
OF these 40 were employed by the Mary
land Steel Company and 200 by Dietrich &
Harvey. Firms employing about 900 men
acceded to the demands Of their employees.
Half the Men Out in Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, Del. May 20.-About $50
of the 100 machinists in Wilmington went
on strike this morning and about fifty other
artisans are affected. Two three estab
lishments practically idle a result,
while half dozen are badly Handicapped in
some departments and, if the strike con-
tinues a week. may shut down. The Hiles
& Jones Company and American Die and
Tool Company have granted the demands
- OF the men and all Is serene at both places,
about 40 men being at work. About half
a dozen union men are al work at places
where a strike was ordered. The machin-
lists say they believe they will win most of
the shops before the end of the week.
TRENTON. n. J.. May 20.-In accordance
with the decision of Saturday night, the
machinists of this city, with the exception
of those employed in four places went on
strike this morning. 155 men Being out.
The four places are the j. A RoebIing Sons
Company. the New Jersey Wire Cloth Com
pany and the Reeves Machine Company
which acceded to the. mems demands. ard
the CrossIey machine works. which is rot
a union shop. The bosses have not had a
conference since Friday night, when they
: agreed To give the men ffty-fire hour
week. They will probably confer tonight
and In the meantime matters are at Q stand
sJIl. although some OF the bosses claim
their shops are partly running. The men
insist that the strike is general
sixty Per Cent Out in Boston.
fOSTON May 2v.-About to per cent of
the machinists employed in Boston struck
hour day with ten hours pay. The number
of men involved is placed at about 1900.
Shops employing about go men have grant
"a the new scale. and the firms at which
TIE remaining men in the trade work have
been given until noon 10 decide the ques-
tion.
HARTFORD Conn. May 2o.-A canvass
Of the machine shops here today shows S-t
men on strike. 4cO locked out and 1,45O
working. The shops affected by the strike
are the Pratt x Whitney works, the Pope
plant of the American Bicycle Company
and the Electric Vehicle Company's fac
toy. The Hartford Machine Screw Com
pauy has closed its plant and lockout
exists there.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. May 81 Only
about 100 maChinists. divided among several
nine-hour day demand. The Sargent ma
chine works. where fifty are out, is
the only large plant affected.
NEW BRITAIN. Conn. May 20.-Sever
Stops here are affected by the strike. Is,
. r'achinistS out Of a total of 2l5 having
quit work
SHARON. Pa May -, 19O1-The strike
tnaugurated by the machinists at the South
Sharon works last week has spread to all
other works in Sharon Almost every ma
cn-nist is now out and there is no indica-
tion of settlement being reached at pres
ent- Both the strikers and the companies
are firm The machinists at SharpsVile
end West MiddleSeX are also out. At Oil
City the machintsts are all at work the diff.
ferent establishments having practically
conceded all the demands of the Interna-
tioual Union.
THE STRIKE IN PENNsYLvANIA.
The Walkout is Most Effective nj
Scranton.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.-It is esti