The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-09

aid to miners as
Oct. Pres. Roosevelt invites operators
and Pres. Mitchell to discuss at the
white house means of ending strike
offer to accept arbitration by Pres
Roosevelt rejected by operators. VINO de.
mand troops to enable reopening OF
s-Gov Stone (Pa) orders out entire mill.
tary force for service In anthracite coal
fields.
quest TO end strike on promise that .
national commission would investigate
miners grievances immed5a,eiy
Gov Odell. U. s. Senators Plat. Quay
and Penrose. operators refuse 10 con-
cede cents ton advance and recog-
Isl. T. Morgan proposes to Pres Roose.
welt on behalf OF operators TO submit
differences to arbitration commission TO
be named by president.
15-strike ends. President Roo~e-
welt names arbitration commits
sion, Brig. Gen. John NJ. wilson,
Judge Geo. Gray, T.. T.. clark, Ht'
Rev. John l.. spaiding. Thos. IL.
Wafkins and Carroll ID. Wright.
.71-Mlners' convention at Wilkesbarre.
Pa. unanimously voted to end strike.
24-Sirlke commission organizes with
Judge Gray. chairman;
Nov. 5-Commission ends Inspection OK
mines having examined of them.
sl-Coal operators file answer TO demands
OF miners. and reiterate tnat theIe wa
be no recognition OF United Mine Work
ers OF America.
l-Attempt to reach agreement outside OF
arbitration commission blocked by inde-
Dec. 3--Commission resumes investigation
after 10 days recess 10 allow disautants
10 get Together
O-Commlsslon adjourns unit! Jan. 6
Ofbsr Indusrriai Evsnfs.
Jan 2i-Prcs Mitchell. OF United Mine
% o.. ~
supreme court decided in blacklist
case that right OF employer 70 employ
or discharge men cannot be questioned.
and that his motives cannot be consid-
Feb, Miners delegates at indianapolis
adopted wage-scale already in force in
btum.nous fields.
li-Elg combine OF transatlantic steam
ship lines formed.
Mar Martial law proclaimed in Nor
folk, Va TO suppress rioting in conntc-
ton with street railway strike.
lO-Attorney General Knox Institutes
proceedings at st Paal 10 declare lille,
gal northwestern railroad merger and
TO dissolve Northern Securities Co
Apr AT Dubois, Pa, 10000 bituminous
Rstrike in wooden mills in Mass. and
other states paralyzes wool market
.23-F.remen and dockhancs OF tugs on
great lakes strike.
MAY l-Amalgamated association In SEES
sion at Wheeling. W. Va. rejects Inc
o oaore seciaes Bcenafare law invalid
.co-Terporary Injunction against packers
granted by U. $ court ia chicago pre-,
Venting operations under alleged trust
June 4 Strike OF Chicago packing house
and department store drivers compro
nrsei after several serious riots. Chi.
cago packers enjoined from doing bust
ness in New York state in violation OF
rl@strike 81 Ailis-Chalmers employees
which had lasted a year. settled
2o-Troops guard silk mills at Paterson
~ j. to prevent riots by strikers.
Jul l-Intornational order OF Machinisti
serve notice on western railroads u
pay union scale and observe s-hour gay
Fin Chicago 1900 teamsters sympat hiz
ing with 5000 striking freight handler
Aug several funerals turned bacl
OF strike OF grave diggers for more pa,
lao Chicago boiermakers STRIKE
1,Ninternationai Typographical union II
session at Cincinnati makes maximum
working hours pei. week a. Golden ju
hilee OF union celebrated
Sep Labor day generally observed II
Coal miners strike in Kanawha an!
New River fields. w. va. involving 10.
600 men, which began June Z. ended
s-Pres. Roosevelt ATTENDS convention Q
Firemens Brotherhood AT Chattanoo
"a and Is made an honorary member.
s-Unlon girl clerks at 81. Paul pledg
themselves TO marry only members 0
labor unions. Lead manntae. so, i.si
600 -
.Oct l-Ship combine files incorporated
papers at Trenton, y. j., for sl2o.oooV)
capital.
New Orleans street railway striker
accent ultimatum or 20 cents an hou
with 10 hours maximum work
-, N,inneanolis flour mills change from
two l9-hour shifts TO s-hour schedule.
III s Packing Co understood TO b
the beef combine) incorporated at Tren
ton ~ j.
Nov s.-Pres. Gompers. at New Orlean
convention OF Am. Federation q Labor
exonerates OF charges OF inidelty 4
trades union princinles.
Dec lr-Notice served by 5000 Pullman
my car shop employees or refusal 10 worl