The broad ax., 1902-12-27

aid to miners as
.ons Roosevelt invites operators
M D. IS Mitchell to discuss at the
hit use means of ending strike.
A. a. r.. house conference MltchelIS
oEer q, accept arbitration by Pres
R0oSeH, rejected oy operators, VINO oe-
T4nE troops to enable reopening Of
LEoys stone PaD orders out entire mill
-g-v force for service in anthracite coal
WHEEL refuses Pres. RoosevelTs re-
gresr % end strike on promise that
--rsanaI commission would investigate
miners. grievances Immediately.
NAT conference IN New 1oTk between
GOV ulpll L. s. Senators Platt, Quay
and Peurose. operators refuse to con-
code cents a ton advance and recog-
-itiar Of union.
"a = Morgan proposes 10 Pres. Hoose-
raIr n. behalf OF operators TO submit
7frgrs-raS to arbitration commission to
3. named by president.
rs-Strike ends. President ROOae-
welt names arbitration commits
sion: Brig. Gen. John VI. Wilson.
Judge Geo. Cray, f. +. Clark, Rt.
Rev. John l.. SpaIdinE, ThOs. n.
Watkins and Carroll ID. Wright.
E-M.nrrS' convention at Wilkesbarre,
Pa. unanimously voted TO end strike.
.4-Str.ke commission organizes with
N1v Commission ends inspection Of
mines. having examined OF them.
--t'ral operators file answer to demands
OF miners and reiterate that there VIII
be no recognition Of United Mine Work
erS OF America.
Attempt 10 reach agreement outside Of
arbitration commission blocked by indie
reIdent operators.
H.. Commission resumes investigation
after ]" days recess to allow disputants
10 &c; together
3-Comml>sion adjourns until Jan. 6
Ofbsr InduTfriaI EOsnEJ.
Jan. 24-Pres. Mitchell, Of United Mine
Workers of America reelected. Ohio
supreme court decided in blacklist
case that right of employer to employ
or discharge men cannot be questioned,
and that his motives cannot be consid-
cred.
Feb Miners delegates at Indianapolis
adopted wage-scale already in force in
biJumnOus fields.
lEBig combine Of transatlantic steam
ship lines formed.
Mar Martial law proclaimed in Nor
.0.k. Va, to suppress riOting in cOnneC-
Lon with street railway strike.
General Knox Institutes
proceedings at St Paul 10 decl;Ge ille-
gal northwestern railroad merger and
10 dissolve Northern Securities Co.
Apr. AT Dubois, Pa, 10000 bituminous
coal miners strike.
-Strike in wooden mills in Mass. and
other states paralyZeS wool market.
S-Fremen and dOckhands Of tugs on
great lakes strike.
May I-Amalgamated association in ses-
son at Wheeling, W. Va, reflects The
hi0re Shaffer president....Ind. supreme
court decides 3-cent-fare law Invalid.
.-TempoTary injunction against packers
granted by L. s. court in Chicago PIE
venting operations under alleged trust
June 4-Strike Of Chicago packing house
.H..r nj drivers
mise after several serious riOtS..-.Chi-
Cagn Ifa a-Ts enjOined from doing bust
r"~- Nrw York state in violation Of
antitrust law.
L Strike OF AIlis-Chalmers employees,
which had lasted a year, settled.
a-TrOopS guard silk mills at Paterson,
y J.. 20 prevent riots by strikers.
Jul. international Order Of Machinists
serve notice on $ western railroads to
pay union scale and observe 9-hOur day.
Fin Chicago 500 teamsters sympathiz-
.ng with 5000 striking freight handlers
g-.t work
Aug Several funerals turned back
from Chicago cemetery on account
o. strike Of grave diggers for more pay
.-Le" Chicago bOilermakers strike
~ higher wages.
E-IHternati Typographical union in
SESSION at Cincinnati makes maximum
working hours per week 81. Golden ju-
bilee Of union celebrated
Sep Labor day generally observed in
Coal miners strike in Kanawha and
New River fields, W. Va, involving Is,
tfD men, which began June z. ended
Pres. Roosevelt attends convention Of
Fremen's Brotherhood at Chattanoo-
"a and is made an honorary member.
Union girl clerks at ST. Paul pledge
n smselves to marry only members Of
abOr unions. Lead manufacturers
&C nbine at New York; capital. $4,000,
o."
oS, Ship combine files Incorporation
p...ers at Trenton. n. J.. for $3.50. 0o0 900
% ital.
2-New Orleans street railway strikers
a. apt ultimatum OF % cents an hour
" % 10 hours maximum work.
~ uneapolis -four mills change from
" I2-hOur shifts to S-hOUr schedule.
- s Packing Co. understood TO be
g.. heef cOmbine) incorporated at Tren-
q" Y J.
NJ N-Pres. Gompers. at New Orleans
co ntion Of Am. Federation Of Labor,
~ rated Of charges OF infideEty 10
union principles.
De Notice served by $500 Pullman
ar shop employees OF refusal to work
=. vs. hereafter