Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-08

June S-Toronto strike called on.
June 5Commercial t~elegraphers' union
members In southeast struck.
June &Detroit carmen struck.
orators started.
June 22-Gompers reelected president
of A. f. of L
June ga. F. of L.. declared for A-hour
July l8-Building Employers association
OF Chicago locked out 10000 employees
because of carpenters strike.
Boston street car men on strike.
July 2S-Strike of Atlantic coast snip
July 29-Chicago surface and elevated
car men struck.
July 3l-Police of London and English
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 unioaas demanded in
creased wages.
Aug. factors on strike in New York.
Aug. 12-Actors' strike spread to Chi
cago.
Aug. H-Rallway shopmen voted to re-
Aug. A-Pacifc coast railways tied up
by strike.
Aug. 25-President Wilson granted 4
/ SCAAt Gal hOuI dlo ~ ANYWAY ottRAACA
n issued explanatory statement to pub
lie, calling for Industrial truce.
Aug. 26-Hailway shopmen's m
rejected President Wilson'S offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug. 29-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. 10-State troops called to Boston;
seven persons killed in riots.
Steel workers committee called strike
for September % against United States
Steel corporation.
Sept. 1~9-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. 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. 6-Federal troops sent to Gary and
martial law proclaimed in Gary, East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
Industrial conference opened in Wash
ington.
Oct. 1O-New York harbor tied up by
strikes.
Oct. 14-Nation-wide strike of soft coal
miners ordered for Nov. /.
Oct. 15-New York harbor workers
strike called off.
Oct. 22-Labor bloc withdrew from in
dustrial conference because it's resolution
on collective bargaining was rejected.
Oct. AEIndustrial conference dissolved
Miners rejected all offers of compro-
mise
Oct. 2s-International congress of work
ing women opened in Washington.
International b conference opened
in Washington.
Oct. 31-Government obtained injunction
against the coal strike.
Nov. 1-Strike of soft coal miners be.
gan.
Nov. S-FederaI Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call off strike by Nov. II
Nov. I1-Miners' union officials Cancelled
the strike order.
Nov. 23-New York printers voted tc
abandon strike.
Nov. 27-Government's efforts to enc
coal strike by negotiation failed, miner:
rejecting offer of IA per cent increase il
wages.
Dec. War time coal order renewed b.
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
New industrial conference opened II
Washington.
Dec. 2-General strike in Rome, Milal
and Florence, Italy.
Dec. S-Fuel Director Garfield issue
drastic orders for conservation Of coal.
Dec. 9-Compromise offer from Presi
dent Wilson presented to miners Off
cials.
Dec. 1O-Miners accepted President VII
sons offer of IA per cent wage increas
and commission to determine scale an
conditions for future. and called off thei
strike.
Dec. 13-London tailoring contractor
and garment workers struck.