Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-01
June s-Toronto strike called on.

June 3-Toronto strike called on.
June 6-Commercial telegraphers' union
members in southeast struck.
June S-Detroit carmen struck
June lO-General strike of telegraph OPP
orators started
June 22-Gompers reelected president
June ga. F. of L. declared for <4-hour
week for all crafts and U. S. employees.
July lS-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 ship
workers ended.
July 29-Chicago surface and elevated
car men struck.
July 3l-Police of London and Err glish
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 l&Actors strike spread to Chi
Aug: 1LRailway shopmen voted to re-
Aug. A-Pacific coast railways tied up
Aug. 25-President Wilson granted 4
cent an hour raise to railway shopmen
and issued explanatory statement to pub
~ Se1AAliS loi illuuSlIldl truce.
Aug. 26-Railway shipments committee
rejected President Wilson'S offer and or
de RED. vote te on on strike by the men.
aug 2s.Pacific coast railway men
voted to call off strike.
Sept. 6-Actors won their strike.
Sept s-Three strikers killed in riots
In Hammond, Ind.
Unionized police of Boston struck.
Sept. 1O-State troops called to Boston:
seven persons killed in riots.
Steel workers committee called strike
Steel corporation.
Sept. 19-Carpenters strike in Chicago
district ended by victory for union.
Sept. 22.Great strike of steel workers
riots In Pittsburgh region.
sept 27-British railway men struck.
Sept. 2s-Strike begun in Bethlehem steel
works.
Oct. Lockout and strike in printing
trade in New York; many publications
SUSPENDED.
British rail workers strike ended by
compromise.
Oct; s-Federal troops sent to Gary and
martial law proclaimed in Gary. East
chicago and Indiana Harb Dor.
Industrial conference opened in Wash
Oct 1o-New York harbor tied up by
Oct. 14-Nation-wide strike Of soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. l.
s+ Oct: :, a IN York harbor workers
SIIlhc Cdleu OIL.
Oct. 22-Labor bloc withdrew from in
dustrial conference because its resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected.
Oct. A-1ndustrial 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-Federal Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call off strike by Nov. IL
Nov. miners union officials Cancelled
the strike order.
. n Mo Dya 2s s,lS, York printers voted to
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. 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. 1o-Miners accepted President VIII
and commission to determin ass sc anere and
conditions for future, and called Off their
strike.
Dec. 13-London tailoring contractors
and garment workers strlcly