The Grenada sentinel., 1903-01-10


Oct i-Pres Roosevelt invites operators
White % eSi house means means of f ending strike.
Sat white house conference Mltchelis
to p% % who de-
! mand troops to enable reopening OF
s-Gov. Stone (Pa.) orders out entire mill;
tary force for service in anthracite coal
fields
7-Mitchel refuses Pres. Roosevelt's re-
quest to end strike on promise that
national commission would IN. Investigate
lo-At conference in New York between
Gov. Odell. u. S. Senators Platt. quay
and fenrose operators d,a refuse snd 10 1eco con
milton Of union.
:s-J. p. Morgan proposes to Pres Roose.
welt on behalf of operators to submit
differences to arbitration commission to
be named by president.
p5-Strike ends. President Roose-
welt names arbitration cOmmis-
sion: Brig. Gen. John NJ. WILSON,.
Judge Geo. Gray. E. E. Clark. Rt.
Rev. John l.. spaldinE. Tho~. II.
watlin~ and Carroll ID. Wright.
21-Mners' convention at Wilkesbarre.
Pa. unanimously voted to end strike.
HEStrke comm!ssion organizes with
Judge Gray. chairman,
Nov. 5-CommissiOn ends inspection OF
mines. having examined 7 OF them.
u-Ccal operators file answer to demands
be recognition OF United Mine Work
ers Of America.
arbitration commlss ion blocked by inde-
pendent operators.
DEC: s-Ho5E MISSION resumes
to get together.
WCommission adjourns until Jan. s.
Other Industrial Events.
Jan: 2+Pres: Mitchell. Of United Nine
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-
Feb. 7.-Miners' delegates at indianapolis
adopted wage-scale already in force in
bituminous fields.
AEBig combine Of transatlantic steam
Mar. 4Martial law proclaimed in Nor
folk wa to tsu suppress, riotlns r;n IN connec
proceedinss at St. Paul to declare ille33
to dissolve Northern Securities Co.
Apr: AT Dubois; Pa. 10000 bituminous
s-Strike in woolen mills in Mass. and
other states paralyzes wool market.
zs-Firemen and Md dockhands of tugs on
May l-Amalgamated association in ses-
oaare sion & esleetz The
court court decides ] s-cent-fare law W Invalid.
7o-Temporary injunction against packers
venting operations under alleged trust
agreements.
June Lstrike of Chicago packing house
and department store drivers compro-
missed after several serious riots. Chi
ness in New York state in violation Of
u-str:ke Of Allis-Chalmers employees,
whieh had iased dix @ Sett5sa
N. j.. to prevent riots by strikers.
Jul. 1-International Order of Machinists
serve notice on western railroads to
pay union scale and observe 9-hour day.
l2-In Chicago 5000 teamsters sympathiz-
ing. with 5000 striking freight handlers
Aug. 1-seyeral funerals turned back
from Chicago cemetery on account
of strike Of grave diggers for more pay
....1,2oo Chicago boilermakers strike
for higher wages
is-Interna1ional Typogra phical union in
session at Cincinnati makes maximum
working hours per week 81. Golden ju-
bilee of union celebrated.
Sep. 1-Labor day generally observed in
7-Coal miners strike in Kanawha and
New River fields w. va. involving 15,-
COO men which began June Z, ended
Pres attends Of
ga and is made an honorary member.
E-Union girl clerks at St. Paul pledge
themselves to marry , only members OF Of
combine at New York: capital. $eo,ooo.-
Oct. 1-ship combine files incorporation
l2CNew Orleans street railway strikers
accept ult;matum OF 20 cents an hour
with 10 hours maximum work.
l3-MinneapOliS -four mills change from
two 12-hour shifts to S-hour schedule.
~. s. Packing Co Understood to be
to9 toe. oes1 N s. fom0'ne' incorporated at Iren-
Nov. 9-Pres. Gompers; at New Orleans
exonerated OF charges of infidehty to
trades union principles.
Dec B-Notice served by 5000 Pullman
IIl) car shop employees Of refusal to work
SnnGQvc hereafter