Evening journal., 1919-12-31


June 3--Toronto strike called or.
June 5-Commercinl tciegraphers union
members IN southeast struck.
june S-Detroit carmen struck.
june iV-General strike OF telegraph OBJ
june 22-Gompers reelected president
OF A. r OF l.
June ia. T. OF Z, declared for 4-hour
Week for all crafts and U. 5. employees.
July lS-Building Employers association
OF chicago locked out 10000 employees
because eos. OF carpenters strike
boston street car men on strike.
July 2s-strike of Atlantic coast ship
workers ended
July 2s-chicaso surface and elevated
July sl-Police OF London and English
provinces called on strike. but few re-
sponded
Aug. 1-Chicago street car strike ended
by compromise.
Railroad shop workers OF q. s. struck.
Aug. 6-Brooklyn Rapid Transit work.
ers struck.
Fourteen railroad unions demanded In
crJ-sed wages
Aug factors on strike IN New York
aug. i2-Actors' strike spread TO Chi
aug. l+Railway shopmen voted to re-
turn TO work
Aug. 2l-Pacihc coast railways tied up
Aug 25-President Wilson granted q
cent an hour raise 10 railway shopmen
and issued explanatory statement to pub
llc calling for Industrial truce
Aug 26-Railway shipments committee
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
voted TO call on strike.
Sept. 6-Actors won their strike
Sept. s-Tshree strikers killed In riots
In Hammond. Ind.
Unionized police OF Boston struck.
sept l0-State troops called to Boston:
sevfn persons killed IN riots
steel workers committee called strike
EenfemneT
Steel corporation.
Sept is-Carpenters' strike IN Chicago
district ended by victory for union
Sept 22-Great strike OF steel workers
begun Two killed and several hurt In
riots IN Pittsburgh region.
sept N-British railway men struck
works
Oct LOCKOUT and strike in printing
trade IN New York: many publications
Oct 5-serlous strike riots In Gary. Ind.
British rail workers strike ended by
compromise
Oct 6-Federal troops sent TO Gary and
martial law proclaimed In Gary. East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor
Industrial conference opened in Wash
inRton.
oct iO-New York harbor tied up by
strikes
oct. i4-Nation- wide strike Of soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. /
Oct. 1S-New York harbor workers
strike called of.
Oct. 22-Labor bloc withdrew from IN
dustrial conference because its resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected
Oct A-Industrial conference dissolved
Miners rejected all offers OF compro-
mise
Oct 2s-InternationaI congress Of work.
ing women opened IN Washington
international labor conference opened
IN Washington.
Oct 3l-Government obtained Injunction
against the coal strife.
Nov. i-Strlke OF soft coal miners be-
gan.
Nov s-Federal judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call or strife by Nov IL
Nov. li-Mlners' union officials Cancelled
the strike order.
Nov. 23-New York printers voted TO
abandon strike
Nov. 27-Government's efforts TO end
coal strike by negotiation failed miners
rejecting offer OF u per cent Increase IN
wages.
Dec. i-wsr time coal order renewed by
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
New industrial conference opened IN
Dec. 2-General strike in Rome. Milan
Dec s-Fuei Director Garfield issued
drastic orders for conservation OF coal
Dec. 9-Compromse OFFER from Presi-
dent Wilson presented TO miners on
cials.
Dec 10-Miners accepted President VII
sons offer OF IA per cent wage increase
and commission to def farmine scale and
conditions for future. and called on their
strike.
Dec. ls-London tailoring contractors
and garment workers struck.