The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-04
STRIKES CRIPPLE
BIG INDUSTRIES
Ten Thousand Men Walk Out at
Chicago.
MAY INVOLVE 10000 OTHERS
Thousands of Railroad Men Go Cut IN
Pennsylvania and 5000 MachIn-
lists in New York-Clashes
in Paris.

Chicago, May 2-Ten thousand men
employed in five industries went on
strike in Chicago. The big walkout and
threats that 10000 more workmen may
be called out within the next few days
marked the beginning of industrial dis
turbances which threaten to spread TO
national scope.
The strikes inaugurated involve the
railroad, building metal trades and
brickmaking industries The underly-
ing causes were demands ranging from
higher wages, shorter hours, recogni-
ton Of union, and jursdictional dis
putes to internal discussions over varl-
Gus union claims to various classes OF
labor.
Maintenance of way employees on the
Chicago terminals of six railroads
struck following the refusal of the rail
road general managers association to
grant demands for higher wages and
Standardization OF the wage scales.
Brickmakers Go Out.
Strikes were called of brickmakers
in yards from Evanston to Blue Island
and Chicago Heights, machinists en-
ployed by the Otis Elevator company.
and a force of electricians and ma
chinery movers in sympathy with the
machinists. The building trades work
ers are on strike as a result of the
JurisdicIional fight carried on by the
United Association of Plumbers against
the International Association of Steam
filters.
In addition, the strike Of maChinists
against the Otis company threatens to
involve fully 10000 machinists, pat
ternmakers. iron molders and other
members of the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation Of
Labor in all parts Of the country. A
force of 10000 freight handlers, who
are demanding higher wages and rec
ognition of the union, also threatens to
strike unless their demands are grant
ed. Officials Of the union appealed to
Charles p. Neill, United States com
missioner of labor, for mediation and
arbitration under the Erdman law.
Cleveland, O.. May 2.-Thirty five
marble settlers helpers, at work on a
new building, quit work as demon
stratlon of sympathy for Chicago help
ers who are on strike.
Strike on the Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 2.-Without fur
Their warning than might be gathered
from conferences of a committee with
the railroad officials last week, the
shop men of the Pennsylvania railroad
on the Pittsburg division, extending
from this city to Altoona, Pa, went out
on strike. The officers of the unions
assert that about 10000 men are out.
The unions affected are the Brother
hood of Carmen, boiler makers and
helpers, sheet metal workers, the In.
ternational Association of Machinists
and Laborers, and the Federal Labor
union, an organization of foreign labor
ers about railroads, all of which are af-
fiiated with the American Federation
OF Labor.
The cause of the strike is the allega-
ton by the toilers that, in it's re-
trenchment policy, the railroad dis
missed men that were active in their
unions.
5000 Machinists Quit.
New York, May Six parades of
workmen, to the number of several
thousand each. strike of 5000 ma.
chinists, and walkout of few hun.
dred East side bakers and shirtwast
makers were the chief events Of the
May day celebration here.
The machinists are striking for an
eight-hour day
Some Clashes In Paris.
Paris May May day was charac-
terized by Project Lepinl as the quiet
est ever known in Paris. The crowds
were peaceful until about p. m, when
hundreds Of thousands Of persons. for
the most part spectators gathered in
the Place de la Concorde and adjacent
streets. Troops and police finally dis
persed them. There were many col
lisions in other streets.
Many rioters were knocked down
and trampled. A score of police were
INJURED. Many rioters were arrested.