The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
STRIKE SITUATION.
Storm Center Around Cincinnati and
on Pacific Coast.
ONE HUNDRED MORE FIRMS
Sign the Agreement, Making Fully
One thousand Up to Date.
SAME NUMBER OUT AS YESTERDAY
President 0'Conaell Says Reports form
All Sections Are Favorable.
ONLY THREE RAILROADS ARE AFFECTED
Adviees Received Indicated an Early
Settlement--Alled Trades Are
Not Yet involved.
SAME NUMBER OUT AS YESTERDAY
President 0'Conaell Says Reports form
All Sections Are Favorable.
ONLY THREE RAILROADS ARE AFFECTED
Adviees Received Indicated an Early
Settlement--AIlied Trades Are
Not Yet involved.

Washington, MAY 2l-The storm con.
tiers OF the general strike Of mochinists
throughout the country today wero In tho
vicinity Of Cincinnati ohm nnd nm ma
Pacific coast The number of Arms th,t
have signed agreements was augmented "a
day by about n hundred which hrlrgs nc.
.ieuat,. OF tho establishments m,kfn, no
concessions 10 Ipvp I'm round npr,hcrs d,,r
Ing the three or -four dnys MAST In opc
or TWO Instances at scranton. Pa. be'
allied trades nave not vet been affected
II Is claimed NJ fhs gener,l baad,,,,,o,.
of the machinists however thar vber,
the agreements are mot Effected hv tonor.
row ntcht the mon in no ouic1 trodos
W" 20 Vut III rue lhulNiuual where the
inachlnists are out. The estimate of Presi.
dent o'Connell OF the machinsts MS 10 the
u'''intr Oh sN1RerS To-Day fcmalnen AT o.
GOO approximately the same figure as given
Yesterday. The executive board Of the
ASSOCIATION Is IN session here watching
the progress OF the strike.
prestdnnt o,Connoig e,ts ..-rh ...
~ C'i'i'e'' Sal'l' ihe reports
lIom All SECTIONS nre very favorable, The
indications arc that the great majority
no e,.n, IN, 49, -, -,
o. %, "'lpS Wl,i nave reach'd agreements with
'pe men tonaS or tomorrow The dis
patches coming In from various cities indi-
,atn 4
~ ''"t 'onlerenceF "''t pe nelu WIN
largo huihber OF hrn's Many men who
we're working yesterday went ont today
The additions made last niyht and mis-
morning 10 the strikers nnd mat number
VIII return to work tomorrow. their de.
rands being granted viii about balance
'"rh Jay
Today returns show that only three
railroads arc affected nv the strike name.
az '''N"n'' i'"'s" '"'os
and the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western.
nv S.tuu'ioh' "cp"rli's 10 reporN re-
celVed today AT headquarters, Is sum
married. as follows:
sas city and the PaclGc coast has been
! adjusted. At Kansas City about 500 men
a,e out, bnt few, smqll firms have signed
The agreements. san Francisco reports an
almost complete tie-up. About 5000 men
nave struck Agreements nave been re-
ported there. however, with eleven firms
outside 0,n OF me Snion and and Dresden iron
Seattle 700 men have struck. There are
~ slrikerS az lhcoua, WASH me trnu
n rlr iihh been adlnSted Vt most OF the othei
RACING co9st points. o-oo
settlement h9s been reached with lh'
bnlnnce, Which involves about 30 per cen
OF the hrms IN Chlcaso all but severN
! or the small SHOPS nave adjusted matters
/ Ap9ut @VVV men are out IN BOSTON.
MaN men are out IN the ohl9 cities o.
| cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton ana Alliance
| In Cincinnati dozen firms have made
| the concession since saturday ana ahou
! 1910 men are our, Alliance reports
| complete tle-up with ONO men striking
| Only rev men are out IN tieyelanh
| practically n general settlement hMin'
ucch erected thrrc' All HrnlS IN ,oiu'h
bus, Ohio, and Chicago Heights, H., huv'
made agreements.
Favorable reports come from the south
! All the establishments employing nachll
! lists IN Norfolk have signed agreements
! or the establishments in Wilmington
| Del, four OF the largest ones nave signc'
| agreements. leaving about half of IN
| original strikers out; There ~ complct
! tieup reported at Newburg, ~ T., all o
tho 200 machlGists being out. while nj