Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

Juns 1roronto strike called OF.
June 6-commercial telegraphers' union
members in southeast struck.
June S-Detroit carmen struck.
June D-General strike of telegraph op-
orators started
June 22-Gompers reelected president
Of A. F. OF I.
June "a F. Of L. declared for M-hour
week for ell crafts and u S. employees.
July 1S-Building Employers association
OF Chicago locked out 100000 employees
because of carpenters strike,
Boston street car men on strike
July 2S-Strike of Atlantic coast ship
workers ended.
July .-chicaso surface and elevated
| car men struck
| July 31-Police of London and English
| provinces called on strike. but few re-
sponded
Aug; Chicago street car strike ended
i Railroad shop workers Of U. 8. struck.
| ers struck
Fourteen railroad unions demanded In
creased wages
Aug. ACTORS on strike in New York.
Aug. factors strike spread to Chi
| cago.
Aug: r+Railway shopmen voted to re-
| turn to work
Aug. LPacinc eoas, railways tied up
by strike.
Aug: 8-President Wilson granted 4
cont 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. 2SPacinc coast railway men
voted to call of strike.
Sept. s-Aetors won their strike.
| sept. S-Three strikers killed In riots
| In Hammond, Ind.
Unioaized police Of Boston struck.
Sept. 1o-State troops called to Boston;
| seven persons killed in riots.
Steel workers committee called strike
for September q against United States
Steel corporation.
Sept. 1s-Carpenters' strike in Chica 90
Sept 22-Great strike Of steel workers
begun. Two killed and several hurt In
riots in Pittsburgh region.
Sept. 2s-British railway men struck.
Sept. 2s-strike begun In Bethlehem steel
| works
Oct Lockout and strike in printing
trade In New York: many publications
suspended.
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
ington.
Oct IoNew York harbor tied up by
strikes
oCt 1f-NdIl0n-Wlde etflke OF SOIL coal
miners ordered for Nov. l.
Oct ls-New York harbor workers
strike called off
| Oct 22-Labor bloc withdrew from IN
| dustrial conference because its resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected.
| Oct 24-1ndustrial conference dissolved
Miners rejected all offers of compro-
mise
Oct 8-International congress Of work
| ing women opened in Washington.
International labor conference opened
in Washington.
Oct. 31-Goyernment obtained injunction
against the coal strike.
Nov. 1-Str.ke of. soft coal miners be-
gan.
Nov. EFederaI Judge Anderson ordered
mine headers to call of strike by Nov. II
Nov. l1-Miners' union officials Cancelled
the strike order.
Nov 23-New York printers voted te
abandon strike.
Nov. 27-Government's efforts to enc
rejecting offer Of IA per cent increase In
| wages.
i Dec War time coal order renewed by
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
New industrial conference opened II
Washington
Dec. General strike in Rome, Milar
and Florence. Italy
Dec. @Fuel Director Garfield ISSUED
drastic orders for conservation Of coal
Dec. eCompromise offer from Presi
dent Wilson presented to miners ON
Gals.
Dec 10-Miners accepted President vii
sons offer of IA per cent wage increas.
and commission to determine scale ant
conditions for future and called of thei
strike.
Dec 1S-London tailoring contractor
and garment workers struck