Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1887 — THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK [ARTICLE]

THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK

A general strike among the miners of the Connellsville coke regions is believed to be imminent, the operators having refused to grant an increase of wages. The outlook in the Schuylkill region is also threatening, the anthracite miners, having demanded an advance of 10 per cent, in which they are to be joined by the miners of the Scranton region. Not one of the 12,000 coke-ovens in the Connellsville, Pa., dis'rict is in operation, the workers having gone out on a strike for 12J£ per cent advance in wages. The total* number of labor strikes and lockouts this year to Aprd 30 is 376, against 49 reported in a like portion of last year. The total number of men involved is 148,000, against 130,000 —a gain of 14 per cent The stove foundries of Detroit have shut down, throwing 2,800 men out of employment