Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1901 — BIG STRIKE IN EFFECT. [ARTICLE]

BIG STRIKE IN EFFECT.

Machinists in All Parts of the Country Quit Work. The machinists’ strike, which threatens to affect every large city in the country, began Monday. The general strike order sent out by President James O’Connell of the International Machinists' Union lodged the power jh every local officer to call out the men unless they were granted the nine-hour day with the same pay they received for ten hours. The agitation has been going on for over a year, and the machinists believe the manufacturers will yield to their demands sooner than risk mi upheaval during the busiest period in the history of manufacturing industries the country lias ever seen. More than 100.000 machinists are involved iu the struggle, and the amount of capital against them runs into the hundreds of millions. Not fewer than 500,000 workmen are running the* risk of being out of work during the fight. Reports received by President O’Connell late Monday indicated that a large number of establishments heretofore holding out against the demands of the men, were making the necessary concessions. yr