Connecticut western news., 1920-01-08
June S-roronto strike called of. Juna S-Commsrcial tslsRrapharNs TIT


 5uns s-Commsrcaal tslssraphsrT union members in southeast struck. June S-Detroit carmen struck.
 June lo-General strike of telegraph op-
 June 22.Gompers reelected president
 June 2s-A. F. of L. declared for 44-hour week for all crafts and U. s. employees July S-Building Employers association Of Chicago locked out 100000 employees because of carpentera strike. Boston street car men on strike.
 July 2s-Strike of Atlantic coast ship
 July 9.Chieago surface and elevated
 July S1-Police of London and English provinces called on strike. but few re-
 Aug. 1-Chicago street car strike ended by compromise.
 Railroad shop workers of U. s. struck.
 Aug. IBrooklyn Rapid Transit work
 Fourteen railroad unions demanded in creased wages.
 Aug. factors on strike in New York, Aug. 12-Actors' strike spread to Chi cago s--. .s-sa
 Aug 14-Railway shopmen voted to re-
 Aug. 24-Pacifc coast railways tied up by strike. < #...sr...t ...ts
 Aug. 25-Presidenti Wilson granted l. and issued explanatory statement to pub lie, calling for industrial truce.
 Aug. 26ERailway shopmen's committee \ dered vote on strike by the men. Aug. 2S-Pacific coast railway men voted to call off strike. . Sept. 6-Aetors won their strike;
 Sept. 9-Three strikers killed in riots in Hammond. Ind. ..s....
 Unionized police of Boston struck. Sept. O-State troops called to Boston: seven persons killed in riots. Steel workers committee called strike for September 22 against United States 1 Sept. 19-Carpentere' strike in Chicago district ended by victory flor union.
 Sept. 22-Great strike of steel workers ! begun. Two killed and several hurt in riots in Pittsburgh region. | Sept. 2-British railway men struck. Sept. 2s-Strike begun in Bethlehem steel works Ge ! Oct 1-Lockout and strike in printing trade in New York; many publications suspended. ..-F
 Oct. 5-Serfous strike riots in Gary. Ind. British rail workers strike ended by i compromise.
 Oct 6-Federal troops sent to Gary and martial law proclaimed in Gary, East | Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
 Industrial conference opened in Wash
 6et, 1o-New York harbor tied up by , strikes. . 1 Oct. 14-Nation- strike of soet cc,' miners ordered fc~ Nov. l/
 Oct l5-Eew. Fori herbor w"rNers ! Oct. '22-Labor bIc,. withdrew from ia- dustrial conference because its reEolrton OH GOlleIllNe DdISsilHiilS NttS IGJeCt@ttt [ Oct A-Industrial conference dissolved. ] Miners rejected all offers of compr1- | mise . ... ,## .E l Oct. 2S-Internatioral congress of work ing women opened in Washington.
 International labor conference opened in Washington.
 Oct. 3l-Government obtained injunction against the coal strike. ..r
 Nov. 1--Strike of soft coal miners be- gan. H.f .r
 Nov. 8-Federal Judge Anderson Horderc mine leaders to call off strike by Nov. II.
 Nov. 11-Miners' union officials cancelled the strike order. e P. #E#
 Nov. 23-New York printers voted to abandon strike.
 Nov. 27-Government's efforts to end coal strike by negotiation failed miners rejecting dffer of 14 per cent increase in wages. ....5
 Dec. War time coal order renewed by Fuel Administrator Garfield. #af .
 New industrial conference opened in , Washington.
 I Dec. 2-General strike in Rome. Milan i and Florence, Italy 1 Dec. S-Fuel Direr'-- '-."@- -,-. ' ''~' J drastic orderc Sa- -'.~ ..-..-E.. --