Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-30
CENTRAL @HOPNEN
DECIDE DO STRIKE
One Hundred and Fifty Men in
Big Shops Walk Out This
Afternoon.
Efforts to Settle the Trouble
Have Been Pending
All DAY.
Will Be Decided Tonight Whether
They Will Accept the New
Proposition.
Machinists, Boi!ermakers ant
Their Helpers and Black
smiths Involved.

The wage situation at the Iowa Gem
trail shops, which has been under dis
cussion by the various labor organ
izations of the different branches OF
employees and the management for sew
eral weeks, reached crisis at 80
o'clock this afternoon, when in the
neighborhood of $50 men, including all
machinists and helpers, all boiler
makers and helpers. and all black
smiths helpers walked out, pending
the decision of the union as to whether
or not new proposition made by the
company at noon today, will be ac-
cepted. With the other men went the
blacksmiths, who, OF course, could not
continue their work without their help
ers.
The demand of the machinists and
boilermakers is practically ten hours
pay for nine hours work. The helpers
want an increase of 25 cents per day
The proposition for the new wage
schedule was made to the management
two months ago, and the men have
patiently been waiting a decision OF
some sort or another. 1t was an
nounced Saturday night that if the
demands of the men were not forth
coming by IL o'clock this morning
they would walk out. When II o'clock
came, however, it was decided to re-
| main at work until this afternoon, OF
until another proposition, made by the
management, could be considered. II
was pending this decision, at meet
ling to be held this evening, that tbs
| men decided to quit.
General Superintendent M. Sweeney
and Superintendent j. A. Davis arrived
| in the city this morning, and, together
with Master Mechanic Brooke, who on
Fly returned this morning after a few
Gays spent at Minneapolis in consulta-
ton with Vice President and General
| Manager L. +. Day, concerning the sit
uation, held conference with the COM
mittee of the shopmen. 1t was at this
conference that the company's new pro
| position was made.
| Mr. Sweeney was seen after the con-
| ference and while he would not state
the exact nature of the mems demands
he did say that they were asking the
maximum wage in the different depart.
ments, and that the Iowa Central wa:
at this time in no position to gran
1 their demands, and would not. He fur
/ Their said, that while unable to accede t.
! their demands he had made them pro
position that would not only better the
machipists but also all of the men EN-
/ ployed in the company's shops. He salf
! that the scale, as offered by the com
/ pany, was an increase over the presen
wages and would enlarge the pay rol
of the shops in the neighborhood o
/ $4,000 $4,000 year.
Both the shopmen and the manage
ment are desirious of avoiding strike
but the management is of the opinion
that it is an utter impossibility to ac
| oept the demands of the men, and tina
ii has made the man offer that is con
sidered very fair one, as compare'
with wages as paid by other shop
turnout the country.
1t is to be sincerely hoped, by Mar
shalltown people in general, that tn
differences may be decided without al
extended strike, and that after tn
meeting of the union this evening a
the Odd Fellows hall, satisfactory ar
rangements of some kind can be nlade