The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-24
MANY ARE BACK IN OHIO
ALSO in Pennsylvania. In These Places
Employers Yield
BATTLE STILL ON IN SAN FRANCISCO
Many Employers Say They Are Ready TO Grant
the Mems Demands While Refusing 10
Sign the Agreement. Si;ua-
ton on the Seaboard.
ton on the Seaboard
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, May 23.-Presidens
OConnell, of the Machinists Associa-
ton in summarizing the situation to-
night said:
1.-THE situation now shows that we
are largely the gamer in the number
of settlements made. The adjust
ments reported during the day show a
gain in New England of 1,500 in the
number of men returned to work with
the demands granted; of 500 or 800 in
Ohio; and probably 1000 in Penrsyl-
vania. About 1000 men struck today.
There are some additions in Philadel-
phia and some in the Seaboard Air Line
shops at Americas, Ga. Our policy is to
discourage bringing out any more men
than is absolutely necessary to effect
the success of the movement"
Mr. O'Connell said a strike of the
machinsts on the Seaboard Air Line
would occur tomorrow morning. He
said the strikers would number between
500 or 6O0 Advices to headquarters
here indicate that at San Francisco
many of the smaller concerns are ready
to grant the demands, but are not
ready to sign the agreement. At In
pany is reported as agreeing to the de-
mands but refusing to sign the agree
ment The same condition exists at
several other points and the matter is
being left to the local organizers to set
tie. Mr.. O'Connell said tonight that
he could not understand such a policy
on, the part of the employers, but was
not disposed to haggle over a Elinor
issue. and if necessary, he would not
insist upon the men staying out on ac-
count Of that technicality. He said
the organization of the men is stiff
cient to enforce their demands, and
that the question of signature was
comparatively trifiing.
In this city every establishment en-
ploying machinists signed agreements
today, one of them, the Cahill Type
writer Company, however, refusing to
unionize the shops. There are about
100 machinists in Washington outside
of Government shops. In Boston 80
firms, employing 1850 men, have sign
ed the agreement thus far, leaving loo
men still engaged in the strike. The
men are out in the American Bicycle
Company shops at Springfield, Mass,
Westerly, r. l., and Thompsonyille,
Conn. The local combination of en-
ployers at Bridgeport Conn, has been
broken by the agreement of the Cap
sule Machine Company there.
Several of the representatives of
Southern Railroad lodges arrived today
and others are expected by tomorrow
morning. when a conference with Vice
President Cannon is expected.
On the Baltimore and Ohio South
western Railroad agreements have been
signed at the Washington, Indiana, and
Chillicothe, Ohio, shops and 200 men
have returned to work. Trouble OH the
Jersey Central road has been settled.
None of the large concerns in CinCin
natl have yet given in, though moffi-
cial advices to headquarters here report
several firms as agreeing to sign. None
of the big concerns in San Francisco
have signed, and no indication Of
yielding has been received from there.
The headquarters of the strike will
be shifted Sunday to Toronto, where
the convention of the machinists Will
open June 18th.
President Mulholland of the Allied
Trades Association, telegraphed from
headquarters of that organization in
Toledo today that he has issued orders
to his men at various points to Join the
strike in those shops where the en-
ployers are still holding out against
the demands of the machinists. This
is liable to add materially to the force
of strikers. In several of the large
cities a break in the line of the employ
erS refusing to make the concessions is
Gained by the strike leaders