The evening times., 1901-05-20
FAVoRs THE MAcHINIsTs.
News of the Strike rs Received by
President O7Conncu.

Messenger boys We're frequent visitors at
( the Office Of James O-ConneH. President
/ Of the international Association of Ma
/ chinists, in the Corcoran Building. this
( morning, bringing information regarding
/ the strike Of machinists which today ex-
/ tends throughout the United States At
! present the outlook is favorable for the
I machinists. The officers here are conf
/ dent that their demands VIII ultimately
{ be granted
| In number Of cities where the ma
/ chinists have gone out the firms claim
1 that they were not given sufficient notice
: Of this movement to be able to prepare
! themselves to meet or to consider the
wishes Of the men Frequent intelligence
! Is received, however. that large firms have
! signed the nine-hour agreement.
Mr. O'ConneH does not expect that there
viii be many serious disputes between the
firms and their employees in any part Of
/ the country, although in several places the
firms have made the fiat-fO0ted statement
that they would not comply with the de-
mands of the men who struck In the
! latter class is San Francisco wiere
! there IS more danger Of a protracted
I strike than anywhere else. IN addition
/ there are ether Western factories which
/ do not appear at all inclined to yield
| At Scranton, Pa, there are idle about
! $500 nachinists- At Buffalo probably half
/ that number apDroximates the total Of
/ those who have refused to work until
! their respective firms recognize their
/ claims. At Hartford, Conn, there are 100
! strikers and about 800 at AnsOnia in that
| State. All through the New England
! States maCniniSJs are idle save where
/ the nine-hOuT rule has gone into effect
I Laast night in Baltimore the machinisls
/ held a largely attended mass meeting and
made a bold stand. The result was that
| this morning fifteen firms In the Monu-
( mental City signed 7he agreement Last
| Saturday il was practically assured that
there would be no serious strike in St.
Louis and Up to the present time forty
FIVE firms have granted the demands of
their employees. Sentiment in the 8Iissou-
RI metropolis is decidedly averse to strikes
owing to the disastrous result of the
streets car employees disturbance there
last year
Not muca has been heard at headquar-
ters his morning regarding the situation
/ in Chicago and several other large East
eFn, as well as Western cities. It is ex-
| pCCJed that Information regarding the
/ strike at those points viii be received to-
| day In many places committees repre-
SeQtIDE the employees VIII have confer
ences with the employers this afternoon
9
Butte, Mont. have decided 10 adopt the
nine-hour scale Youngstown, Ohio, firms
and twenty-five Philadelphia firms are
among those who have yielded to the
wishes Of the machinists-
1t is estimated that there are nearly
- CJJ machiEists in the United States,
Canada and Mexico affected by the
strike. The local organizations have all
had the authority to order strikes or not
according 70 the actions Of their employ
CTS. in nearly every place where no ac-
GuiesceUce has been made 10 the uacnin-
lists demands the strikes have been or
Gered.
In Washington nearly all machinists
are working under The niue-hour rule or
/ its equivalent and 50 have no reason -
strike. That they are deeply inter
ested in the fight being made by their
fellow Craftsmen is evidenced by the fact
that President . C0uueu has received a
! check for Sl.GJJ from the machiuists en-
pIoycd at the navy yard. This money will
be used TO ueGray the expenses Of carry
ing on the strike. 1t Is expected that the
situation will be sufficiently cleared to see
the probable result Of the movement to-
night.