The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-01-15

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Feb. 16-Nation-wide strike Of building
trades started
March marine workers at New York
struck again.
April 15-New England telephone work.
ers struck.
April 2O-New England phone strike
settled.
Leadville district mine workers struck.
May l4-Chicago milk drivers struck.
May 15-Great general strike In Winni-
peg.
Lay 16-Chicago milk wagon drivers
won their strike.
May 26-General strike called in Calgary
and Edmonton, Canada.
May 29-General strike in Toronto.
June Police officers union OF Great
Britain voted for a strike.
Transportation workers of Paris struck.
June 3-Toronto strike called off.
Two men killed in strike riot in Toledo,
Ohio.
June 5-Commerclal telegraphers' union
members in southeast struck.
June S-Detroit carmen struck.
June 10-General strike of telegraph OPP
orators started.
June 17-Ten leaders Of the Canadian
strike arrested by the government:
General strike in Rome against high
cost of living.
June 22-Gompers reelected president
June ga F. of L. declared for 44-hour
week for all 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 snip
workers ended.
July 29-Chicago surface and elevated
car men struck
July 2S-Meeting Of new trade union in
ternational opened in Amsterdam.
July 31-Police OF London and EngnSn
provinces called on strike. but few re-
sponded.
Aug. 1-Chicago street car strike ended
by compromise.
Railroad shop workers of U. S. struck.
Aug. 6-Brooklyn Rapid Transit work
ers struck.
Fourteen railroad unions demanded in
creased wages.
Aug. factors on strike in New York.
Aug. 12-Actors' strike spread to Chi
cago.
Aug. 14-Railway shopmen voted to re-
Aug. 17-New York traction workers
struck.
Aug. 1S-New York traction strike set
tied by compromise.
Aug Wisconsin state troops sent to
Cudahy to stop strike riots.
Aug. 20-Indiana troops sent to Ham
mond because of strike riots.
Aug. A-Pacific coast railways tied up
Aug. 25-President Wilson granted A.
cent an hour raise to railway shopmen
and issued explanatory statement to pub
Tic, Gazing LOT industrial truce.
Aug. 26-Railway shipments committee
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug. 2s-Director General Hines warned
would operate roads if they did not re-
sumo work.
Aug. 2s-Pacifc coast railway men
voted to call Off strike.
Sept. 6-ActorS won their strike.
Sept 9-Three strikers killed in riots
in Hammond, Ind.
Cnionized police of Boston struck.
Sept l0-State 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.
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-Stril1e begun in Bethlehem steel
works
Oct LOCKOUT and strike in printing
trade in New York; many publications
Oct 5-Serious strike riots in Gary. Ind.
British rail workers strike ended by
compromise.
martial law proclaimed in Gary, East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
Industrial conference opened in Wash
Oct 1O-New York harbor tied up by
strikes
Oct 1s-New York teamsters and chauf-
feurs struck
Oct 14-Nation- strike of soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. l.
Oct 15-New York harbor workers
strike called off.
Oct 22-Labor bloc withdrew from in
dustrial conference because it's resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected.
Oct 4-Industrial conference dissolved.
Miners rejected all offers Of compro-
Oct. 2-President Wilson declared the
proposed coal strike a crime and declared
the government would use every means
to Illustrate it.
Congress of Spanish employers declared
a general lockout.
Oct. 2S-International congress of work
ing women opened in Washington
international labor conference opened
Oct 29-Miners' leaders refused to call
off strike.
Oct. 31-Government obtained injunction
against the coal strike.
President fixed maximum prices for
coal.
Nov. 1-Strike of soft coal miners be-
gan.
Nov. s-Federal Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call off strike by Nov. IL.
Strike of printers in New York broken.
Nov. ga. r. L. executive committee
pledged full support Of federation to the
coal strikers.
Nov. n-Miners' union officials Cancelled
the strike order.
Nov. 23--New York printers voted to
abandon strike.
Nov. ACHIEVEMENTS efforts to end
coal strike by negotiation failed. miners
rejecting offer of IA per cent increase IL
wages.
Dec. War time coal order renewed by
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
New industrial conference opened in
Washington
Dec. 2-General strike in Rome, Milan
and Florence, Italy.
Dec 8-Fuel Director Garfield issued
drastic orders for conservation of coal.
Dec 9-Compromise offer from Presi-
dent Wilson presented to miners off,
Gals.
Dec. 10-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.
s Dec. 13-London tailoring contractors
and garment workers. struck