Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-01-07

June 3-Toronto strike Jailed on.
June 5-Commercial telegraphers unloh
members In southeast struck
June &-Detroit carmen struck
June 1O-General strike of telegraph OPP
orators started
June 2s0A. F. of L. declared for 44-hour
week for all crafts and U. S; empl22yteie as,
July 1S-Building Employers ASSOCIATION
Of Chicago locked out 10000 employees
because of carpenters strike.
Boston street car men on strike.
July 2S-Srike of atlantic coast snip
July 2s-Chicago surface and elevated
car men struck -
July 31-Police of London and English
provinces called on strike, but lew ie
sponded
Aug. I-Chicago street car strike ended
by compromise.
Aug 6--Brooklyn Rapid Transit WORK
ers struck.
Fourteen railroad unions demanded In
creased wages.
Aug factors on strike in New York.
Aug. FACTORS strike spread to chi
cago.
Aug. 1+Railway shopmen voted to re-
Aug. 24-Pacifc coast railways tied up
by strike.
cent an hour raise to railway shopmen
and issued explanatory statement TO pup
lie, calling for industrial truce
aug. Z6-EtallWay SnOpIn6u COiliAiitIOS
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug. 29-Pacific coast railway men
voted to call off strike.
Sept. 6-Actors won their strike.
Sept. 9-Three strikers killed In riots
In Hammond, Ind.
Unionized police of Boston struck.
Sept. 10-State troops called to Boston;
seven persons killed in riots.
Steel workers committee called strike
for September % against United States
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. 27-British railway men struck.
Sept. 29-Strike begun in Bethlehem steel
works.
Oct. Lockout and strike in printing
trade in New York; many publications
suspended.
Oct. 5-Serious strike riots in Gary, Ind.
compromise.
Oct 6--Federal troops sent to Gary and
martial law proclaimed in Gary, East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
Industrial conference opened in Wash
ington.
Oct. 1o-New York harbor tied up by
Oct. 14-Nation-wide strike of soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. l.
Oct. 15-New York harbor workers
Oct. 22-Labor bloc withdrew from in
dustrial conference because its resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected.
Oct. 2-Industrial conference dissolved.
Miners rejected all offers of compro-
mise
Oct. 2S--International congress of work.
ing women opened in Washington.
international labor conference opened
In Washington.
Oct. 31-Government obtained injunction
against the coal strike
Nov. 1-Strike of soft coal miners be-
gan
Nov. S-FederaI Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call off strike by Nov IL
Nov. MINERS 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 IA per cent increase in
wages.
Dec 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 9-Compromise offer from Presi-
dent Wilson presented to miners off,
Gals.
Dec 1o-Miners accepted President Will
sons offer Of IA per cent wage increase
and commission to determine scale and
conditions for future, and called off their
strike.
Dec 13-London tailoring contractors
and garment workers struck.