The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-09

long as strike lasts.
Oct. Pres. Roosevelt invites operators
and Pres. Mitchell to discuss at the
white house means of ending strike
Sat white house conference Mitchelrs S
Roosevelt rejected by operators, who de-
mand troops to enable reopening of
e-Gov Stone (Pa) orders out entire mill
tary force for service in anthracite coal
7-MitcheII refuses Pres. Roosevelt's re-
I quest to end strike on promise that a
ma tional commission would investigate
10-At conference in New York between
! Coy. ,Odell. U. S. Senators Platt, Quay
and Penrose. operators refuse to con-
cede . cents ton advance and recog-
milton of union.
13-J. P. Morgan proposes to Pres. Roose-
+ velt on behalf of operators to submit
differences to arbitration commission to
be named by president.
15-Strike ends. President ROOse-
Welt names arbitration oommis-
sion: Brig. Gem John NJ. Wilson,
Judge Geo. Gray, E. e. Clark, Rt.
Rev. John l.. SpRIding, Thcs. III.
Watkins and Carroll d. Wright.
N-Miners' convention at Wilkesbarre,
Pa. unanimously voted to end strike.
A-Strike commission organizes with
Judge Gray chairman.
Nov. 5-Commission ends inspection of
mines, having examined of them.
u-Coal operators file answer to demands
of miners, and reiterate that there will
be no recognition of United Mine Work
: ers of America.
arbitration commission blocked by indie
pendent operators.
after 10 days recess to allow disputants
to get together.
bo-Commission adjourns until Jan. s.
Other InduSfriaF E<'enf5.
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
bituminous fields.
14Big combine of transatlantic steam
ship lines formed.
Mar. 4-Martial law proclaimed in Nor
I0-Attorney General Knox institutes
proceedings at st. Paul to declare lille
| gal northwestern railroad merger and
to dissolve Northern Securities Co.
Apr. 2-At Dubois, Pa, 10000 bituminous
coal miners strike.
8-Strike in wooden mills in Mass. and
other states para,lyz7es 7 wool market
great lakes strike.
May 1-Amalgamated association in ses-
sion at Wheeling. ". Va, rejects The
court decides 3-cent-fare law invalid.
SonIemPorIaryu ar - injunction against as Gp5 packers
venting operations under alleged trust
! agreements.
and department store drivers compro-
missed after several serious riots. Chi
! cago packers enjoined from doing bust
+ ness in New York state in violation of
antitrust law.
i1-Strike of AIlis- s-ChaImers employees,
which had lasted a year, settled.
20-TroopS guard silk mills at Paterson,
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.
PIN Chicago 1900 teamsters sympathiZ-
ing with 5000 striking freight handlers
Aug 1~SeveraI funerals turned back
from a Chicago cemetery on account
of strike of grave diggers for more pay
....12O0 Chicago boilermakers strike
for higher wages.
s-Internationa1 Typographical union in
working hours per week "a. Golden ju-
bilee of union celebrated
Sep. Labor. day generally observed in
Coal miners strike in Kanawha and
New River fields, w Va, involving 49,
RPreS. Roosevelt attends convention of
F7iremen's Brotherhood at Chattanoo-
a9@Union girl clerks at st. Paul pledge
themselves to marry only members of
labor unions. Lead manufacturers
combine at New York; capital. $50, OO0,
Oct, 1-ship combine files incorporation
papers at Trenton, n. j., for s12o,OO0,0OO
i2@NeW Orleans street railway strikers
accept ultimatum OF 20 cents an hour
with 10 hours maximum work.
Minneapolis flour mills change from |
two 12-hour shifts to S-hour schedule.
I7-U S. Packing Co Understood to be !
the beef Gombine) incorporated at Tren-
Nov. aGPres Gompers at New Orleans
convention of Am. Federation of Labor, |
! exonerate6 of charges of infidehty to |
trades union principles
Dec I5-Notice served by S.NOO Pullman |
OlI.) car shop employees of refusal to work |
i Sundays hereafter.