Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1916 — MONON SECTION MEN STRIKE FOR INCREASE [ARTICLE]

MONON SECTION MEN STRIKE FOR INCREASE

Want Two Dollars Per Day Instead of the Dollar and Half They Have Been Receiving. \ The Monon section men on the two divisions of the road went jn a strike last Friday and the road is now being operated without section crews. The men have made a demand upon the company for an increase from $1.50 to $2.00 per day. They have not yet received an answer from the road, it is understood. It was not many years ago that the men were receiving sl.lO per day, but this was later raised to the present wage scale of $1.50. The freight handlers at Monon also went on a strike the same dlay but are now at work. We have not learned the nature of their demands.