Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1917 — Monon Shops at Lafayette Face Strike [ARTICLE]

Monon Shops at Lafayette Face Strike

Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 11.—Four hundred machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, pipe fitters and helpers, employed at the Monon railroad shops,' will meet at Labor Temple tomorrow' night and vote on the question of whether they will remain at work and accept the offer of 2 cents an hour increase, made by P. L. McManUs, general superintendent of the Monon railroad. The shop men several weeks ago made a request, lor an increase of 5 cents per hour, and a committee of the shop federation has held several conferences with the officials of the road m Chicago. The committee day and is not satisfied with az cents per hour increase in wages. The machinists and boilermakers are now getting 38 cents, the blacksmiths have a sliding scale from 41 cents down, and the pipe fitters get 32% cents, and 25 cents an hour for helpers. For some time past the men have been working on a fifty-hour schedule a week. The new scale will date from Jan. 1.

WEATHER —Partly -cloudy today and Wednesday; slowly rising temperature}. Temperature last night: above, minimum 7 .above. ■ * . .