Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-01-01

Tune s-roronto strike called or.
June S-Commercial teleKraphers' union
members In southeast struck.
June S-netroit carmen struck.
June le-General strike OF telegraph op-
orators started.
june 22-Gompers reelected president
June .s-A. f. OF I. declared for A-hour
week Tor AL crafts and U. S. employees
!ulS s-buiiding Employers association
or chicago locked out ao.oN employees
because or carpenters strike,
Eoston street car men on strike.
July S-Strike of Atlantic coast ship
workers ended
July s-Chicaso surface and elevated
July yl-Police Of London and English
provinces called on strike. bu. few re-
Aug. l-Chicago street car strike ended
by compromises.
Railroad shop workers of U. 8. struck.
Aug s-Brooklyn Rapid Transit work
Fourteen railroad unions demanded in
creased wages.
Aug factors on strike in New York.
Aug l-Actors' strike spread to Chi
Aug N-Rs,lway .hopmen voted to re-
Aug. a-Pacinc coas, railways tied up
Aug, 3--Presidsnt Wilson granted T.
cent An hour raise to railway ehopmen
and issued explanatory statement to pub
Aug, @-Railway shopmsn's committee
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
vo aug SPacific coast railway men
Sept. s-Actors won their strike.
sept s-Three strikers killed In riots
Unionixed police of Boston struck.
Sept. lo-State troops called to Boston
seven persons killed In riots.
Steel workers committee called strike
r0r september Y against United States
Sept. is-Carpenters' strike in Chicago
di str ended by victory for union.
ns sept sTG &c at, strike Of steel WORKERS
riots In Pittsburgh region.
sept. c1-British railway men struck.
Sept. S-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
compromise.
Oct; s-Federal troops sent to Gary and
CHICAGO a a% l RGHs1nm aarbor Gary East
Industrial conference opened in WASH
Oct. io-New York harbor tied up by
Oct. l4-Nation- wide strike of soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. l.
.0St: iGNew York harbor workers
Oct. 2s-Labor bloc withdrew from in
dustrial conference because its 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. achievement obtained Injunction
against the coal strike.
Nov. l-Strike of soft coal miners be-
gan
Nov. s-Federal Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call OF strike by Nov, IL
the strike order
Nov; 2s-New York printers voted to
abandon strike.
Nov. 27-Government's efforts to END
coal strike by negotiation failed miners
rejecting offer OF "a per cent increase In
Dec. l--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. 3-COmpromise offer from presi-
dent Wilson presented to miners on
Gals
Dec. ,0-Miners accepted President Will
sons offer OF per cent wage Increase
and commission to determine scale and
strike.
Dec. i:-Iondon tailoring contractors
and garment workers struck.