Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-01

long as strike lasts.
 Oct. 1-7Pres. Roosevelt invites operators t1s { white house means of ending strike, 8-At white house conSrence Mltcnelrs Roosevelt rejected by operators who de. mand troops to enable reopenins or s--Gov. Stone (Pa.) orders out. entire mili- tary force for service in anthracite coal 9--ATitchell refuses Pres Roosevelt's re- quest to end strike on promise that a national commission would investigate aoMAt conference in New York .betyeen Gov. Odell, U. s. Senators Platt, quay and Penrose, operators refuse to con- cede cents a ton advance and recog- ls-J. P. Morgan proposes to Pres. Roose- welt on behalf of operators to submit differences to arbitration commission to be named by president.
 IN-StriISe ends. Prealdent RooGe- velt names arbitration commits sion. Brig. Gem John M. Wilson, Judgc Geo. Gray, E. E. Clark, Rt. Rev. John l.. SPalding, Thoe. HI. Watkins and Carroll ID. Wright. M-Miners convention at Wilkesbarre' Pa, unanimously voted to end strike. N-Strike commission organizes with Judge Gray, chairman.
 mines, having exanined of them. u-Coal operators file anBwer to demands be no recognition of United Mine Work CTS of America. 25-Attempt to reach agreement outside of arbitration commission blocked by inde- Dec. S-Commission resumes investigation after 10 days recess to allow disputants to get together.
 20-Commissdon adjourns until Jan. 6.
 Osher InduSfriof EVsnss. Jan. 24-Pres. Mitchell, of United Mine Workers of America reelected. t1 a,.S :0hio case that right of employer to employ or discharge men cannot be questioned. and that his motives cannot be eonS1d- Feb. 7.-Miners' delegates at Indianapolis adopted wage-scale already in force in hiturninous fields. :. 14-Big combine of transatlantic steam ship lines formed.
 folk. Va, to suppress, rioting in connec- proceedings at St Paul to declare iiiee gal northwestern railroad merger and to dissolve Northern Securities Co. Apr. 2-At Dubois, Pa, 10000 bituminous coal miners strike s-Strike in wooden mills in Mass. and other states paralyzes wool market. E3-Flremen and dockhands of tugs on great lakes strike. sion at Wheeling, ", Va, reelects The o1ore shaffer president. Ind. supreme court decides .3-cent-fare law invalid. 2O@Temporary Injunction against packers granted byg U, S.. court in Chicago eERe- Venting operations under alleged trust June 4~strike of Chicago packing house and department store drivers compro- TniSed after several serious riots. Chi cago packers enjoined from doing busi- ness in New York state in violation of s1Istrike of AlIis- Chalmers employees, which had lasted a year, settled. 1, eo-Troops guard silk mills at Paterson, JuI i-Internationai Order of Nachinists serve notice on western railroads to 12-In Chicago g. 900 teamsters sympathiz-t quit work
 Alig. 1-several funerals turned back from Chicago cemetery on account of strike of grave dtggers for more pay z :...1; ;2oO Chicago boilermakers strike t3-Internat tional Typographical union in session at Cincinnati makes naximum working hours per week 54. Golden ju-, bilee of union celebrated. Sep. 1--Labor day generally observed in American cities. New River fields, W. Va. Involving i5,- O0o men. which began June [ ended
 Sreg Hooseyetf b a5bteaas e SfonxSSntiop S of ga and is made an honorary member R9-Union girl clerks at St. Paul pledge labor unions. Lead manufacturers combine at New York; capital. S6O000,- Oct 1-Ship combine files incorporation papers at Trenton, N. J., for $12O0 oO,00O capital.
 t2-New Orleans street railway strikers accept ultimatum Of 20 cents an hour with 10 hours maximum work 93-Minneapo1ts flour mills change from I7-U. s. Packing Go. Understood to be the beef combine) incorporated at Tren-t NOV. 2o-Pres, Gompers. at New Orleans convention of Am. Federation of Labor, exonerated of charges of infdeMty to Dec. B-Notice i5t ' served sar1 by 5000, Pullman nll.) car shop employees of refusal to work Sundays hereafter.