The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-31

Jan. s1-Great srr1ge IN England. scot /,
land and Ireland |
FEB, 4-Building Trades Employers as
ISOLATION declared a lockout in New York |
Feb 6--General strike In Seattle to sup
port striking shpbuilders
Feb. lo-Seattle general strike called
March 4-Marine workers at New York
April iS--New England telephone work
ers struck.
April 2o-New England phone strike
MAY A-chicago milk drivers struck.
May b-Great. general strike in Winnt-
May is--chicago milk wagon drivers
/ won their strike.
MdJ 26-General strike called IN Calgary
and Edmonton. Canada.
May 29-Generai strike In Toronto.
June s-Toronto strike called on.
June 5-Commercial telegraphers' union
members In southeast struck.
[ june S-Detroit carmen struck.
June W-General strike of telegraph OPP
orators started, .g
June z2-Gompers reelected president
June ga f. of L. declared for 4l-hour
week for all crafts and u. S. employees.
July lS-Building Employers association
or Chicago locked out 10000 employees
because of carpenters strike.
Boston street car men on strike
July Zs-Strike OF Atlantic coast ship
July 2e-Chicago surface and elevated
car men struck
july 31-Poltce OF London and English
provinces called Of strike, but few re-
sponded
Aug. Chicago street car strike ended
! by compromise
/ Railroad shop workers OF T. s struck.
Aug 6-Brooklyn Rapid Transit work
1 ers struck.
Fourteen railroad unions demanded in
creased wages.
4 Aug. ACTORS on strike in New York.
Aug. factors strike spread to CHI
Aug. I-Railway shopraen voted to re-
! Aug. 24-Pacinc coast railways tied up
b. strike.
cent an hour raise TO railway shopmen
and issued explanatory statement to pub
lie; calling for industrial truce.
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug. @-Pacifc coast railway men
voted to call off strike.
Sept. 6-Actors won their strike,
Sept. s-Three strikers killed in riots
in tiammond. Ind. |
Sept. Estate troops called to Boston:
seven persons killed in riots.
Steel workers committee called strike
for September - against United States
Steel corporation.
Sept 19-Carpenters' strike in Chicago
district ended by victory for union
begun. Two killed and several hurt IN
riots In Pittsburgh region.
Sept 21-British railway men struck.
Sept. 29-Strikc begun in Bethlehem steel
works
oct. Lockout and strike in printing
trade in New York: many publications
Oct. SERIOUS strike riots In Gary. Ind.
British rail workers strike ended b.
compromise.
Oct. 6-Federal troops sent to Gary and
martial law proclaimed In Gary. East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
Industrial conference opened In Wash
Oct 1o-New York harbor tied up b.
strikes.
Oct. r--Naiion-wide strike OF soft Goa
miners ordered for Nov. ].
Oct 1s-New York harbor workers
strike called off.
Oct Labor bloc withdrew from in
dustrial conference because Its resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected.
Oct. @t-lndustrial conference dissolved
Miners rejected all offers of compro
Oct 2S--International congress OF work
ing women. opened in Washington.
International labor conference opened
Oct 3i-Govern.nent obtained injunction
against the coal strike
oaf Noy. l-suise of soft coal miners be
gan.
!. Nov. s-Federal Judge Anderson ORDERED
snine leaders TO call off strike by Nov. II
the strike order.
Nov. 23-New York printers voted t,
abandon strike.
Nov. sI-Governments efforts to ent
coal strike by negotiation failed miner
rejecting offer OF II per cent increase il
wages.
Dec War time coal order renewed b,
. Fuel Administrator Garfield.
New industrial conference opened 4
Washington.
Dec. 9-General strike in Rome. Mia
/ and Florence Italy
Dec. SFuel Director Garfield issue
drastic orders for conservation OF coal
Dec. 9-Comprouise offer from Presi
! dent Wilson presented TO miners Off
Gals
7 Dec. 1o-aIiners accepted President VII
sons offer of IA per cent wage iucreas
and commission 10 determine scale an
conditions for future. and called off thei
strike.
I Dec 13-London tailoring contractor
and garment workers struck.