Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1914 — MONON STRIKE IS QUICKLY ENDED [ARTICLE]

MONON STRIKE IS QUICKLY ENDED

Machinists and Shop Forces Refuse to Work Saturday After Asking Foreman's Discharge.

The Monon railroad faced a strike situation Saturday When 600 men walked from the company’s shops at Lafayette because Master Mechanic M. R. Smith refused to discharge John McDermott, an assistant foreman in the round house. The workmen claimed McDermott, who came to the Monon road a month ago, is unfair to organized labor. For a time the situation looked serious and with the shop forces out and all machinery idle it appeared 5 as if the operation of trains would be interfered with. Later in the day, however, it was announced that McDermott 'had resigned and the men said they would return to work. Since McDermott came to the Monon the Machinist Union, official publication, has been looking up his record and it is claimed he was a strike breaker in the strike on the Southern railroad in 1901, the L. & N. strike in 1907, and the Illinois strike in 1913.