Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — Monon Section Men Are Still Off the Works. [ARTICLE]

Monon Section Men Are Still Off the Works.

All of the Monon section men, exsept three crews that are working on the division between Michigan City Louisville, are continuing to hold out for higher wages with very little prospect of a settlement. No track work whatever is being done on the line through this city, but the track is inspected daily by the section foremen who did not strike as they were satisfied with the pay they are receiving. The men who struck were getting $1.60 and made a demand for $2. They claim that they suffer most in the winter time when they are put on half time very often and the working day reduced to eight hours. —Monticello Journal.