The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-02
Strike in New York

New York, May 1.-The scheduled strike of machinists for an eight-houf day, walkout of 1000 bakers, tive big parades and half a dozen smaller ones marked the passing of May Day in labor circles here. The machinists strike was conducted without violence Approximately 10000 men walked out local labor leaders say. A free-for-all fight in which three persons were stabbed broke up one of the parades
 Several thousand paraders in Brook lyn marching behind red flag which preceded an inverted United States flag were halted by the driver of milk wagon who blocked the rightof-way with his vehicle. The police upheld him and caused the fighting of the flags.
 Chicago, May Hallway employees of six railroads, numbering 2500 men struck tonight when their demands for recognition of the union and a wage increase were refused. The total num- Der involved in strikes and lockouts as a result of the May Day labor trou- bles Is estimated at 12,000. The men out include 25o0 railroad men, 2500 brick makers, 5000 in the building trades 300 marble workers and TOO in miscel- laneous small unions.
 The strike was ordered when the roads refused to make a general con tract with the employees of the six roads.
 The roads are: Illinois Central Ter mnal. Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Terminal, Baltimore and Ohio Terminal Chicago Junction railroad, Western h. diana Belt railroad, Indiana Harbo Belt railroad.
 At the request of roads 25 details of policemen were sent to guard the prop erty involved
 Twenty hundred brickmakers be- longing to Ia locals of the International Brick Workers Alliance struck for a wage increase.
 The building trades have been upset by labor difficulties. Only a few addi tIonal workmen went out today.
 Cleveland, Ohio. May 1.-With the ex ption of riot between strikers and non-union men in which one man was shot and several minor walKouts, May Day in Cleveland was devoid of labor troubles
 About 5000 socialists, including 1000 women, held a mass meeting with ad- , dresses in the public square this aft ernoon and later marched through the principal streets with two bands play ing socialist airs.
 crowd of men, sympathizers of the . union iron workers, who are on strike, late today attacked non-union iron workers employed by the Van Dorn Iron Works company in building a bridge over Walworth run. number of shots were exchanged and stones and other missiles were thrown. c. L. Bum, private detective, who was guarding the iron works. was shet in the hand.
 Philadelphia May 1.--May day in Phila- delphia found but one strike that of 45l plumbers, who quit work because they had been refused an increase in wages.
 Toledo, Ohio, May Lone hundred plumbers went out on strike this morn ing when their employers refused to grant an increase of 9 per cent in wages. Havana, May 1.-More than 1000 car, men struck this morning tieing up the wholesale business of the city. Thcii grievances is the alleged vexatious traffic refutations adopted by the city authori ties.
 Atlanta, May 1.-Notwithstanding tn, N large amount of building going on in this N 1ity and the consequent number of struc- M fural iron workers and carpenters pres ent there was noticeable lack of labo, trouble today incident to the 1st of May IL was stated by officials of the unions that there had been no friction with the employers This part of the south has experienced no widespread strikes since