Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07


- Z. 9. 80 aid to miners as
Oct. Pres. Roosevelt invites operators
S,t and Pres Mitchell to dsGgss a the
:3-At white house conference Mitchelis
offer to accept arbitration by Pres.
Roosevelt rejected by operators, who de-
mand troops to enable reopen1ng or
eGov. Stone (Pa.) orders out, entire mill
tary force for service in anthracite coal
Mitchell refuses Pres. Roosevelts re-
quest to end strike on promise that a
! national commission would Investigate
1o-At conference in New York between
Gov. Odell, IT, S. Senators Platt, Quay
and Penrose. operators refuse to- con-
milton of union. )" aJz5oEtlJ -, n
velt on behalf of operators to submit
be named by president. a"I@-H~7 ~
15-strike ends. President Rbose-
welt names arbitration commfs-
sion. Brig. Gem John M. wilson,
Judge Geo. Cray. F.: e. Clarf Rt.
Rev. John L. Spalding, Thdf' H.
Watkins and Carroll d. Wright.
Pa. unanimously voted to end sfike:
24Strike commission organizesf with
Judge Gray, chaiTman;; ~. :. J.,
Nov. 5CommissiOh ends inspector OF
mines, having examined of than
11-Coal operators file answer to dtnands
of miners, and reiterate that thbre will
be- no recognition of United Mind Work
25-Attempt to reach agreement otside of
arbitration commission blocked s inde-
Dec: 3-Commission resumes inve}igation
after 10 days, recess 50 allow diputants
Commission adjourns until Ja4s.@
Z, .Ofhs- lrdustrial E;<,enkE ::
Jan; M1Pres; Mitchell, Of unisd4 Mine Nine
case that right of employer. 4 employ
or discharge men cannot be Questioned.
and that his motives cannot consid-
Feb. 7-Miners' delegates at Ina annapolis
adopted Wage1scale e already force in
;1E5Sig, go, Combine s. TRANSATLANTIC steam
. ship lines formed. '''' - ,tas}
Mar, martial law proclaimed in Nor
folk, Va, to suppress rioting5 h ccnnec-
proceedings At St. Paul f Is dsiarg lille lie
y gal northwestern railroad merger and
iApra 2At Dubois, Pa, 10000 .ltuminousI
coal miners strike. TT' III
's-strike in woolen mills in Mass. and
o., other states paralyzes wool market. y
23-Firemen and dockhands II tugs on
great lakes strike. :.
May 1-Amalgamated ma associa Lon in ses-
olO1 a. w 1cCAAllS, Watd, rejects me
court decides 5-cent-fare IAN Invalid. :
2o-Temporary Injunction agattst packers
granted by U. s. court in chicago pre-
venting operations under alleged trust
agreements &I~>t ~ ~.
June. 4-Strike Of Chicago packing house
and department store drivers compro-
missed after several serious riots. Chi
cago packers enjoined from doing busi-
ness in New York state in violation of
11-Strike of Allis-Cha1narc onn,o1a.E
which had lasted a year, settled -
N,-Troops guard silk mills at Paterson,
.7,1, n j., to 9 preXent riots by strikers.
serve notice on western railroads to
pay union scale and observe 9-hour day.
l2-In Chicago 5000 teamsters sympathiz-
Ing ing WIN an,- e'oo striking freight handlers
Aug. 1-seyeral funerals turned back
IT IRON n4r,a. chicago IN cemetery on account
! 81. 200 Chicago boiiermakers o striks Ras
for higher wages. i = # ~ u
as@International sa1ate Typographical union IN.
working hours per, week 81. Golden ju-
bilee Of union celebrated Z. sS1If' ,,.g
Sep: labor day generally observed in
iCoal miners strike in Kanawfa and
New River fields, W. Va, Involving Isl
Praa @ men hoonsYe,t %h{sh began gtterhI Lyme ended
! Firemen's Brotherhood atl-Chatfanno-t
u ga and is made an honorary member.
IOn 3,, Mon girl clerks at st::SPaul PLEDGE
themselves to marry only members OF /
labor unions. Lead i manufa cturers$l
combine co. at New York; capital. $50 0OO,-
Oct. 1-ship combine files incorporation
pagers p4s, at Trenton N. J., for $1,000 900
a2-New Orleans street railway strikers !
: accept ultimatum OF 20 cents an hour
/. WITH M'n1 10 hours n"M maximum work. ;-' 8!
o0rm1n3neapons IN N = % -four mills change from
H.. 5: Packing Co. Understood tol be n
J the the beef Is GGombine) incorporated at Tren-f
Nov 3-Pres. Gompers, at New Orleans
! convention of Am. Federation of Labor, |
exonerated of charges ota infideMty TO
DEC. 15-NotioeN = served served bv 500 pr1l,n an
/. CO. s,,SGses car shop employees of refusal to work