Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1919 — 700 Men Out. [ARTICLE]

700 Men Out.

Richmond, Ind., Aug. 7.—Practically 700 employes of'the six divisions of the mechanical crafts apd car repair men of the Pennsylvania railroad here will go on strike tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, it was decided at a meeting of the men last night. Failure of division officials to obey orders sent them by govemmen railway officials was given as one reason for the strike, while the other was the demand for higher wages. The men here are Making for 85 cents an hour for experienced mechanics, 60 cents for helpers an<| an increase of 10 cents an hour for apprentices.