Strikes

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 18, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 16.

Strikes.—Sixteen hundred carpenters went on a strike in New York City on April 2, as the beginning of a strike in the building and other trades. On the same day strikes were instituted in the following cities: Orange, N. J., 1,000 mechanics; Pittsburg, Pa., 22,000 coal miners; Indianapolis, Ind., several hundred plumbers and carpenters; Joliet, Ill., about 200 men in the building trade; Cleveland, Ohio, 300 plumbers and 125 lathers; St. Louis, Mo., 2,000 painters and 1,500 carpenters. About half of the 5,500 Chicago machinists are still out, the rest having been granted ten hours' pay for nine hours' work.