Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — GRANITE CUTTERS STRIKE [ARTICLE]

GRANITE CUTTERS STRIKE

Employers Say They Can’t Afford Increase of 25 Cents. San Antonio, Tex., April 2.—Two hundred granite cutters of Texas went on strike, demanding an Increase in wages from $3.35 to $3.80 a day and better conditions generally. Employers resist on the ground that they cannot meet the demand and compete with outside concerns.