The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-06-12
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Q ON l! [ GENERAL / NJ: ! | | STRIKE | |
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Nearly 9. Thousand Men Go Out
]. = !. !. ct the Order Of President
=. ~ $>*s o. Connell. ....s f.ss
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ALLIED TRADES WILL
>1 #. LIKELY BE INVOLVED
Situation Critical. But Strikers
s Are Acting in Most Exem-
T., plary Manner.

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BALTIMORE, Nd, June 1o.-rhe
general order for the strike of all the
machinists on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad system went into effect on
Thursday. All Of the men III the.
various shops throughout the system
did not Immediately Quit work, but it
was announced that about s., tsper cent
complied with the order. Here in
Baltimore. at the Riverside shops
some Of the. men. remained at their
tools. These are expected to comply
with the order very shortly. ~
:. OF course, the company processes to
be, not in the least worried over the
outlook, and also asserts that it has,
Or will shortly have, sufficient men to
take the. places Of those on strike.
This is, Of course, also largely in the
air, and the company surely feels the
force OF the strike. ~
- Strikers Are Orderly. -.
i. Agent George NJ Henderson Of the
Machinists has the. men in hand, and
to his wise counsel may be attributed
a measure Of the credit for the cxem-
plary behavior Of the strikers. Even
the officials Of the road have been
forced to admire the manly attitude
the men have assumed, and it is to be
hoped and expected that the present
order Will continue.
@:3' 3. Number Affected.
The strike order affects $500 men
in the following shops: =. 49,. r
Parkersburg, Connellsville, Glenwood.
Newcastle Junction. Cleveland, New
ark, Ohioi; Chicago Junction, Garrett.
Ind; Mount Clare, Riverside, East
Side, Philadelphia, Brunswick, Ben
wood, Wheeling, Holloway, South Chi
cago, Weston, w. Va; 4Keyser. w. Va.
and Lorraine, Ohio. ! -, ~ ..e.> I'll.
;. Up to this writing, $50 men have
gone an .atrilke and 1nores.Are sure TO;
follow. Tho situat tion lis regarded as
critical, and neither side has reached.
any agreement The men further say.
that allied trade bodies employed; by
the aBltimore & Ohio will Join them.
s.. + Demands 81 the Men. I
The; machiniats made the following
o - A nine-ho,,r hour .dax, Is, : $'+>': !. - '',.
Time % and I It'll San tor =! overtime, Il. and
overtime work only permissible in case
OF; emergencies or lack of men.
Men, going out on the. road to be
paid from time called until their re-
turne. r -,
Guarantees Of safety for committee
me nands Of right Of appeals on griev-
ances.: :, 33}r% 33f% " ~. r ..'<
No suspension without just and suf-
fcient cause; no dismissal without a
hearing. . H.. j., - -. e~. ;.
Ali men to be- employed on the hour
ly basis. :, ;.~,....@:, ~ /. - e..,.....
Rate Of pay for the machinists and
bo1lernakers to be 80 and 80 cents an
hour; for turner's and layer-out men,
81 cents an hour.
Agreemept as to above to be effec-
tive for one year :.1 -.
While the officials of the Baltimore
& Ohio are apparently unconcerned
overc ondittons. and saying they had
anticipated the move on the part Of
the workmen, and declaring that there
are men. on the way to take the place
Of every man who walked out, they
admit that the figures published this
morning IS to the number Of men out
are. a. little underestin1ated. They say
they have news OF walkouts at the
Keyser: CIV. Ya.); and West Philadel-
phia (Pa.) shops, but as yet have not
been. officially notified by their super
intendents. I.- ..s, 5..5@
On one hand the railroad officials
claim that not.ia man has quit his
work at the Riverside shops I in this
city, while the strike leaders declare
that only seven men are at work in
the shops. It is positively known from
other sources however, that there has
been some; additions to the strikers
ranks from that shop. '... 5.s: S.ss.s
President James ,Connell, Of the
International Union. states he: Is very
much encouraged at the way the men
have responded. and that when the
call is fully understood taht every
union nnachinist in the employ Of the
road viii lwalk out. So far there has
been no violence. Everything is quiet
and little trouble Is looked for. sI