The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-01-15
jun. +roronto strike called on.

June s-Toronto strike called or.
June 5-Commercial telegraphers' union
members in southeast struck.
June S-Detroit carmen struck.
June lo-General strike OF telegraph OPP
orators started.
June 22-Gonpers reelected president
June IN 2 asg = +. of L. declared for ..-hour
week for all crafts and u. S: employees.
July iS-Building Employers association
of Chicago locked out 200 employees
because OF carpenters strike.
Boston street car men on strike.
July S-Strike OF Allan &c coast ship
July 29-Chicago surface and elevated
car men struck
July Sl-Police OF London and English
provinces called on strike. but few re-
Aug. i-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. Factors strike spread to Chi
cago.
Aug. H-Railway shopmen voted to re-
turn to work
Aug 2i-Pacinc coast railways tied up
by strike
Aug 25-President Wilson granted 4
cent an hour raise TO railway shopmen
and issued explanatory statement to pub
lie, calling for Industrial truce.
Aug 26-Railway shopmen's committee
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug. 2-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
Unionized 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. l9-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. l-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 6-Federal troops sent TO Gary and
martial law proclaimed in Gary, East
Chicago and Indiana Harpor.
Industrial conference opened in Wash
ington.
Oct lo-New York harbor tied up by
strikes.
oct. ll-Nation-wide strike OF soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. 1.
Oct. 15-New York harbor workers
strike called Off.
dustrial conference because it's resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected
Oct. 24-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. 3l-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. 1l-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. 2-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-
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.
Dec. 13-London tailoring contractors
and garment workers struck.