The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-01-02

June Toronto strike called or.
June s-CofnmerciaI telegraphers' union
members In southeast struck
y June s e carmen str--ck
sr s9ne fst5snsral strike Of telegraph op-
June 22-Gompers reelected president
june IA. z. Of L. declared for 44-hour
week for al crafts and T.. s. employees.
July s-Building Employers association
o. Lnieago locked OUT $1,000 employ sss
because OF carpenters strike
Soston street car men on strike.
workers ended
July 2s-chieago surface and elevated
July sI-Police Of London and English
provinces called on strike. but few re-
sponded. ''.."
Aug. l-chicago street car strike ended
Railroad shop workers Of q. s. struck
aug. eBrooklyn Rapid Transit work
Fourteen railroad unions demanded in
Aug. factors on strike in New York
cago.
Aug: f-Rallway shopmen voted to re-
Aug. s4-PacIfc coast RAILWAYS tied IN
by strike
Aug. 5-Presldent Wilson granted T.
cent an hour raise TO railway shopmen
ana issued explanatory statement TO pub
lie, calling for Industrial truce
Aug. 8-Railway shopmen's committee
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
oered vote on strike by the men.
Aug $-Pacific coast railway men
voted TO call on strike
Sept. s-Actors won their strike.
sept s-Three strikers killed in riots
Unionized police of Boston struck.
sept 10-State troops called TO Boston:
seven persons killed in riots.
Steel workers committee called strike
LOT September q against United States
Steel corporation -
Sept. 1s-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 A-British railway men struck.
Sept. s-strike begun in Bethlehem steel
Oct Lockout and strike In printing
Iraoe IN New York; many publications
Oct 5Serious strike riots in Gary, Ind.
British Tah workers: strike ended by
Oct sFederaI troops sent to Gary and
martial law proclaimed in Gary. East
Chicago end Indiana Harbor
Industrial conference opened in Wash
ington-
OCT D-New York harbor tied up by
Oct 14-Nation-pide strike of soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. l.
Oct 15-New York harbor workers
strike called on
ocI ZS-LaDor bloc Withdrew from In
dustrtal conference because It's resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected
OCT EIndustrial conference dissolved.
Miners rejected all offers of compro-
Oct E-Internatioual congress of work
ing women opened In Washington.
International labor conference opened
In Washington,
Oct I-Goyernment obtained Injunction
against the coal strike.
Nov. 1-Strike OF soft coal miners be-
gan.
Nov. s-Federal Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders 20 call on strike by Nov. IL
Nov. n-Mirers' union officials Cancelled
the strike order.
Nov. 23-New York printers voted to
abandon strike
Nov. z7-Government's efforts to end
coal strike by negotiation failed. miners
rejecting offer of II per cent increase In
wages.
Dec. i-war time coal order renewed BY
Fuel Administrator Garfield
New Industrial conference opened In
Washington -
Dec. General strike in Rome, Milan
and Florence. Italy
Dec. S-Fuel Director Garfield issued
drastic orders for conservation OF coal
Dec. S-Compromise offer from Presi-
dent Wilson presented to miners on
Gals
Dec. 1o-Miners accepted President VII
sons offer of IA per cent wage increase
and commission to determine scale and
conditions for future. and called of their
strike.
Dec. Is-London tailoring contractors
and garment workers struck