The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-21
STRIKE GOES ON.
Number of the Strikers Is Esti-
mated at $4,000.
Machinists in Brooks LOcOmo-
tive Works Go Out.
May Result in Closing the En-
tire Establishment.
EMPLOYERS GIVE IN
Only Two Firms in New York
Refuse Nine Hour Day.
Strikers Returning TO Work
Satisfied in Cincinnati.

Washington, May 21.-The storm CEN
ters of the general strike of machinists
throughout the country today are in the
vicinity Of Cincinnati. o.. and on the
Pacific coast. The number of firms that
have signed agreements was augmented
today by about a 100. which brings the
aggregate of the establishments making
the concessions to one thousand in
round numbers during the past three
or four days. Save in one or two in
stances, as at Scranton, the allied trades
have not yet been affected.
It is claimed at general headquarters
of the machinists, however, that where
agreements are not effected by this at
ternoon or tomorrow many Of the men
in the allied trades will go out in the
Individual shops where the machinists
already are out. The estimate of Pres
ident O'Connell of the National Associ-
alton of Nachinists as to the number Of
strikers today remains at $4,000 approx
imately, the same figure as given yes
terday. The executive board of the as
sociation is in session here watching the
progress of the strike.
President O'Connen this morning
said:
.The reports from all sections are
very favorable. The indications are
that the great majority Of firms will
have reached agreements with the men
today or tomorrow. The dispatches
coming in from various cities indicate
that conferences will be held today with
a large number of firms. Many men
who were working yesterday went out
today The additions made last night
and this morning to the list of strikers
and the number that will return to WORK
this morning with their demands grant
ed will about balance each other"
Today's reports show that only three
railroads in the United States are now
affected by the strike, namely the Cen
tral Vermont Lehigh Valley and Della
ware. Lackawanna & Western The sit
uation, according to reports received to-
day at headquarters is summarized as
follows:
Practically all the trouble between
Kansas City and the Pacific coast has
been adjusted. At Kansas City about
600 men are out but a few small firms
have signed the agreements. San Fran
cisco reports an almost complete tie uD.
About 5000 men have struck. Agree
mentS have been reached there, how
ever, with eleven firms outside of the
Union and Dresden Iron plants and the
Fulton Ship company At Seattle, iv0
men have struck There are 500 strikers
at Tacoma The trouble has been ad-
justed at most of the other Pacific coast
points.
At New York about $500 men have
struck. A settlement has been reached
with the balance, which involves about
but several of the small shops have ad-
justed matters. About 1000 men are out
in Boston. Many men are out in the
Ohio cities of Cincinnati. Hamilton, Day
ton and Alliance. In Cincinnati a dOz-
firms have made the concession since
Saturday and about 5000 men are out.
Alliance reports a complete tie UP with
500 men striking Only a few men are
out in Cleveland, practically a general
settlement having been effected here.
A he in { 70 ,
cago Heights. ILL.,, have made agree
ments-
Favorable reports come from the
south All the establishments employing
machiniSts in Norfolk, Va, have signed
agreements. q OF the establishments in
Wilmington, Del, four of the largest
have signed agreements, leaving about
half Of the original strikers out There
is a complete tie up reported at New
burg, N. Y. all of the 800 machinists be-
ing out while all of the men at the
Brooks Locomotive Works at Dunklrk,
n. Y, have struck. The Naugatuc Val
ley in Connecticut is generally affected.
All are out at Bridgeport. Derby, An
sonia, Waterbury, Stamford and New
Britain, but all the firms in Danbury
have signed agreements. In New Haven
eleven firms signed yesterday, but 600
men still are out About 500 are out at
Springfield. Mass In Philadelphia about
half Of the firms have reached agree
ments. leaving $500 men approximately
still out. All are striking at Elgin. Ill
At Syracuse, N. y, l. establishments
have conceded the demands.
San Francisco Cal, May 21.-The
strike situation in this city is unchanged.
Both sides remain firm. The number of
strikers is not officially known, but at
labor headquarters it is said that nearly
1000 men are out.
Dunkirk. N. Y, May 21--Seven hun
dred n achinists employed in the Brooks
locomotive works struck today for
nine hour day and 121a per cent advance
in pay. All other departments of the
shop are running, but the strike of the
machinists viii close the works if an
agreement is not soon reached.
New York. May H--At the headquar-
ters of district No. Is, International
Association of Machinists, it was said
today that only two firms of any i'm
portance in this city have refused to
grant the request of the machinists for
a nine-hour day. The two firms are
the R. Hoe Printing Press company,
employing 700 machinists. and the Gar
vim Machine company. where 500 men
went on strike yesterday.
Cincinnati O., May 21--A bout 200 ma
chinists who left their shops yesterday
have returned to work today in the
smaller shops, which have agreed to the
demands of the men. In a few of the
shops which signed the agreement the
men are still out because the en- plOyers
insisted on conditions not recognized
by the machinists- There are now ff-
teen or sixteen shops where machinists
are at work and two more shops signed
the agreement today. The machinists
who have struck are rapidly organizing
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