Evening star., 1916-05-04
us. ARB|TER TRIES
TO END BIG STRIKE
lntervenes Between Westing-
house Company and Its
$4,000 Idle Employees.
LABOR UNREST SPREADING
IN OTHER MILL CENTERS
Youngstown Steel Workers Go Out,
But Cleveland Car Men Ac.
cept Compromise.

But Cleveland Car Men Ac.
cept Compromise.
PtTTSBU RGH. May 4-E NJ. Herr.
president of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company, whose
plants are closed because of a strike of
$4,000 workers for an eight hour day,
told committee of strikers today that
he would be unable to discuss a settle
ment with them until tomorrow Fed
eral and state officials are endeavoring
to bring the company and the men to-
gether. While almost a thousand state
troops were on duty in the Turtle Cree,
valley and conditions about the closed
plants were quiet. unrest was manifest
ed in other parts of Allegheny county.
Seven hundred Pressed Steel Car Com
pany employees joined the 1000 already
out. and the police We're guarding the
factory of the Mckinney Manufactur-
ing company on the north side where
siri strikers attacked those who re-
FUSED to join their strike and ducked
one of them in horse trough
The plant of the Aluminium Company
OF America a { New kensington was shu.
down today by strike of about . 100
workers The trouble began several davs
ago, when twenty machinists dena nded
ten hours pay for eight hours work, hut
dld NOT spread until this morning when
the force left the shops without making
any demand on the company. They i'm
mediately began marching about the
village.
At Mckees Rocks about 200 work
ers returned to their places in the
pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad
shops.
Riot Victims Are Buried.
The funerals Of Michael Havrilka
and John Eargo. killed in the Brad
dock riot Tuesday. were held today
without incident: all the wounded in
the Braddock hospital were said to
be improving. They will be taken to
jail soon they can he moved.
Clifton Reeves, Cancellation commis-
sioner of the United States Department
of Labor. and Representatives of the
state bureau of arbitration and med-
alton, continued their efforts today f.,
settle the strike of employees of West
inghouse plants.
A meeting of the general conference
committee, composed of twenty strikers
selected at a mass meeting yesterday.
will be held today. and from this num-
ber will be chosen FIVE who will act
as mediation committee to negotiate
T.
committee will be empowered to for.
mulate demands and deal with com.
pany officials.
More Garment Workers Out.
NEW YORK. May About 5000
workers on women's garments are
striking today. with no prospect of inn
mediate settlement. The union leaders
saw that 2,317 shops have been closed
and that the strike is the largest in the
history of the industry. The strikers
have appointed a settlement committee
which is receiving offers Of settlement
from some Of the manufacturers VINO
are not members of the Manufacturers
Protective Association.
The demands of the strikers, made
public today are for a working week
of forty.eight hours instead of nifty:
ten legal holidays year, instead OF
six: overtime of not more than TWO
hours day; double pay for overtime
york. a general wage increase of 81 TO
$3.50 week: settlements to be MADE
nv Joint price committees. sanitary
shops, and a fair division of the work.
Mediation for Telegraphers.
A movement to mediate the differences
between the New York Central and Nickel
Plate railroads and their five thousand
telegraph operators and signal men on
lines between New York and Chicago
was begun here today by G. w w
Hanger, assistant commissioner OF the
federal board of mediation and concilia-
ton Mr.. Hanger was in conference by
telephone with H. b. Perham. president
OF the order of telegraphers, and il was
announced that the two would have a
meeting later to be followed by confer
ence between Mr.. Hanger and railroad
officials.
Mr. Perham said that a strike would
not be called today. but that every op-
portunity would be given to the federal
mediator to bring about arbitration II
possible.
Coal Strike in Balance.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May i.-Cpon
the report of a subcommittee of miners
and operators here today depends the
solution of a deadlock between men
and mine owners of the eastern Ohio
district over new working contract
for a period beginning April i. III no
solution comes a strike Of 10000 min
ers is indicated, according to John
Moore. president of the state miners
who is here. The repre-
sentatives of the miners and operators
have been struggling with their dif-
ferences for ten days without result
Motormen and conductors OF the
Cleveland Railway Company voted
,-s To 496-early today to accept the
company's compromise wage oHer, thus
averting a strike - -,
The terms as accepted by the men call
for a wage increase of cents an nour'
effective Al once with an additional one
.cant increase May l. 1917, and a mini
,rrn, dav of five hours effective al once.
Strike in Youngstown Mill.
GSTOWN Ohio, May "A strike
of machinists. stationary engineers and
oilers occurred at the plant of the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
today following a strike order issued by
! r Watry, secretary of the Metal
Trades Union. The men claim 800 are
,nt The company officials say only
fo,y have quit and that the plant is run
ming 10 capacity in all departments T.
u FLYNN state organizer, said today the
men struck because of the refusal of the
cor,nanv to heed demands for the REIN
cbarsed for union activities. He says the
mn will not go back until they get
al pht hour day and that new demand
viii he framed at a conference today. The
comnany denies discharging any uniol
men for the reasons enumerated
Conferences between striking machin-
ists and members of other trades with
ernloyers looking toward peace were
in progress at several plants today. They
were arranged by Mayor Carroll Thorn
ton and Safety Director J. II. Mutt.