Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-01-03
June s-roronto syrik. called on.

June s-Toronto strike called on.
| June 5-Commercial telegraphers' union
members in southeast struck. A
/ June S-Detroit carmen struck
June lo-General strike OF telegraph OPP
/ orators started S
June 22-Gompers reelected president
June 2s-A. r. of l.. declared for 44-hou.-
| week for all crafts and U.s. employees.
/ July lS-Building Employers association
| Q. chicago locked oet 100000 employees
4 because Of carpenters strike s# fl
| Boston street car men on strike. 3fi
july &-Strike Of Atlantic coast ship
I workers ended.
July 2s-Chicago surface and elevated
july Si-Police Of London and English
provinces called on strike. but few re-
| sponded
Aug. Chicago street car strike ended
| by compromise.
Railroad shop workers OF u. s. struck
Aug e-Brooklyn Rapid Transit work.
Fourteen railroad unions demanded In
creased wages.
Aug. factors on strike in New York
Aug. l2-Aetors strike spread to Chi
Aug l+-Railway shopmen voted to re-
! turn TO work
Aug 2i-Pacific coast railways tied up
Aug 8-President Wilson granted A.
cent an hour raise TO railway shopmen
and issued explanatory statement to pub
Ats EhliluS iOT INDUSTRIAL truce
Aug 26-Railway shopmens committee
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug aug 1Pacific coast railway men
Sept. e-Actors won their strike
in Hammond, Ind
Unionized police of Boston struck
Sept. D-State troops called to Boston;
seven persons killed In riots
Steel workers committee called strike
for September % against United States
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 N-British railway men struck.
sept 29-Strike begun in Bethlehem steel
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
oct. s-Federal troops sent to Gary and
marital law proclaimed in Gary, East
C4icago and Indiana Harbor.
ington.
Oct 1O-New York harbor tied up by
strikes
oct 14-Nation-wi 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 its resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected
Oct A-lndustrial conference dissolved.
Miners rejected all offers of compro-
mise
Oct 2S-Tnternational congress OF work.
ing women opened in Washington
International labor conference opened
In Washington
oct 3l-GOvernment obtained Injunction
against the coal strike.
Nov. 1-Strlke of soft coal miners be-
gan.
Nov s-Federai Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call off strike by Nov II
NOV miners union officials Cancelled
the strike order.
Nov. 23-New York printers voted TO
abandon strike
coal strike by negotiation failed miners
rejecting offer of ID 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. 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 VIII
sons offer OF Il 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.