Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-01-02

long as strike lasts.
Oct. i-Pres Roosevelt invites operators
White house means of ending strike.
Sat white house conference Mitchelis s
offer to accept arbitration by Pres.
Roosevelt rejected by operators, who de-
mand troops to enable reopening OF
6-Gov. Stone (Pa.) orders out entire mill
tary force for service in anthracite coal
fields.
y-Mitchell refuses Pres. Roosevelts re-
national commission would investigate
miners grievances immedYIatslY; N +u,oo,,
Gov. odeii. u. S. Senators ,Piatt. Quay
! and Penrose, operators refuse to con-
cede cents ton advance and recog-
i3-J p. 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 Roose-
Welt names arbitration commits
sion; Brig. Gem John NJ. wilson,
Judge Geo. Gray, E; Il. Clark, Rt.
Rev. John l.. SpnldinS, 'Ehos. III.
Watkins and Carroll ID. Wright.
21-Miners' convention at Wilkesbarre
Pa, unanimously voted to end strike,
2i-Strike commission organizes with
Judge Gray, chairman.
Nov. 5-Commission ends inspection of
mines, having examined of them
n.Coal operators NE answer 10 t demamdS mus
be no recognition of United Mine Work
ers of America.
25-Attempt to reach agreement outside of
arbitration commission blocked by inde-
pendent operators.
Dec. 3-Commlssion resumes investigation
after 10 days recess to allow disputants
to get together.
2-CommissGon adjourns until Jan. 6.
Ofbsr Indu5friaf E~'rnEJ.
Jan. A-Pres. Mitchell. OF United Mine
Workers of Amsriea reeleeted one
case that right of employer to 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
AtBig combine of transatlantic steam
ship lines formed.
Mar. 4-Martial law proclaimed in Nor
ton with street railway strike.
so-Attorney GENERAL b, Knox no institutes I,,
gal northwestern railroad merger and
to dissolve Northern Securities Enn co:
coal miners strike.
S~Strike in wooden mills in Mass and
other states paralyzes wool market
23-Firemen and dockhands of tugs on
great lakes strike.
May 1-Amalgamated association in ses-
sion at Wheeling, w. Va, reflects The
odore shaffer president, Ind. supreme
court decides 3-cent-fare law invalid.
e-Temporary injunction against packers
granted by u. s. court In Chicago pre-
venting operations under alleged trust
agreements.
June 4-Strike of Chicago packing house
missed after several serious riots. Chi
cago packers enjoined from doing bust
ness in New York state In violation of
antitrust law.
u-strIke Of Allis. Chalmers employees.
which had lasted a year, settled
, 20-Troops guard silk mills at Paterson,
N. j., to prevent riots by strikers.
y Jul. international order of Machinists
serve notice on western railroads to
pay union scale and observe 9-hour day
t2-In Chicago 1900 teamsters sympathiz-
ing with 5000 striking freight handlers
Aug. Several fanerals turned back
from a Chicago cemetery on account
of strike of grave diggers for more pay
....1,262 Chicago boilermakers strike
for higher wages.
session az Cincinnati makes maximum
working hours per, week 81 Golden ju
bileee OF UNION celebrated: o,.oo, :,
Goal miners strike in Kanawha ant
Sew Klvsf Gheh e,as Began June endea i'
S-Pres. Roosevelt attends convention o
Firemen's Brotherhood at Chattanoo
2s-Union girl clerks at st. Paul pledg
themselves to marry only members o
labor un,ors s Torl mannfasspGer sfS G
~ Oct. 1-ship combine files incorporate,
!, papers at Trenton. N. j.. for sl2oOOO.Oo
i2-New Orleans street railway striker
accept ultimatum OF 20 cents an hou
with 10 hours maximum work
i3-Minneapolis flour mills change fror
two 12-hour shifts to S-hour schedule:
I7-U. s. Packing Co. Understood to b
the beef combine) incorporated at Tren
ton, N. ].
Nov 9o-Pres Gompers. at New orlean
convention of Am. Federation of Labor
exonerated of charges of infidelity t
trades union principles,
Dec. 15-Notice served by 5000 Pullman
GlD car shop employees of refusal to wor
Sundays hereafter.