Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-02
ARE ON STRIKE
Five Walkouts in Chicago In
volve 5000 Men.
VESSELS TIED up
TaiIors Demand Rooms in Which to
Work-Teamsters Want Increase in
WAGES and Steam Filters Refuse to
Work Pending Settlement.

Chicago, April 1.-Five strikes, IN
volving over 5000 men, were inaugu-
rated today in addition to the spread
ing of that of the tanners and curriers',
which began yesterday with 300 men
out of 1000. The latter refused to go
to work today.
The lake vessels are tied up by the
strike of the marine firemen, oilers and
water tenders to enforce the demand
for increased pay.
Five hundred tailors demand rooms
in which to work in lieu of using their
homes as workshops.
The excavating teamsters demand an
increase of twenty-five cents day and
called strike in all the barns where
the union scale is not paid.
Seven hundred steam filters declined
| to work pending the settlement of
| their demand for an advance OF fifty
cents per day.
The threatened strike of the bridge
and structural iron workers was avert
ed by the acceptance of compromise
offered by the employers.
Want Increased Pay.
Pittsburg, April 1.-The furnace
bricklayers at the Homestead, Du-
quesne and Rankin plants of the Unit
i ed States Steel Corporation struck
today for an advance in pay.
Plasterers Walk Out.
Reading, Pa, April lone hundred
plasterers struck today for an increase
of wages.
Big Strike at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, April lover seven
hundred employees and nine architec-
! tural iron structure workers struck
L here today indirectly affecting many
other building trades.
BrickIayers Out.
Sharon, Pa, April, 1.-The union
J brcklayers went on a strike here to
day and building operations are parti
ally tied up in Sharon and South Sha
ron.
Strike at Wheeling.
Wheeling, w. Va, April, 1.-The
building trade strike inaugurated this
morning and with but few exceptions
. carpenters, timers and roofers are
:, idle.
Demand Increase.
s Indianapolis, April 1.-The bricklay
. ers working on the various buildings
o about the city did not report for worl
e today They demand that their scale
e be increased.
t Miners in Indiana Strike.
Terre Haute, Ind, April Tier
thousand bituminous miners are on
y strike today, but the operators ant
> miners leaders believe that a settle
;. ment will be reached before man
y hours through the influence of Johl
. Mitchell, who will confer with the or
= orators.
;. Strike in Saratoga.
e Saratoga, N Y, April Three hur
,e dred painters, paper hangers, masons
1t brick layers and plasterers Inaugural
h ed strike her today.
t. Strike in New York.
Is New York, April IA genera
strike in building trades which it i
believed will involve between 1900
It. and 10000 men, extending throughol
30 Westminster county to the Connect
IS cut border, was inaugurated toda
20 The strike has extended to points fu
70 Their up New York state and to place
80 in Connecticut. Contractors as we
81 as men are organized and are prepare
81 for a siege.
= Strike at Milwaukee.
~ Milwaukee, Wis, April 1.-Two hui
dred and fifty painters and decorator
1876 steam filters and 32S glass blo'
# ers quit work today. The men demar
81 an increase in wages and recognize
So of the union.
SO Object to Shorter Hours.
SO Shamokin, April, lone thousal
So five hundred men and boys went on
60 strike at the three collieries owned
SO individual operators, here today, /
- cause the owners wanted them to
26 to work half an hour later than
present and take half hour more tir
I'm for dinner.
nc Union plumbers and tinsmiths al
ne struck.
ar, Strike at osweao.
ler Oswego, N. Y, April lone hi
hs, bred and sixty carpenters and thr
leA hundred laborers struck today.
STRIKE IN CONNECTICUT.