Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1909 — STRIKE FOR EXTRA 17 CENTS [ARTICLE]

STRIKE FOR EXTRA 17 CENTS

Men of Collins Coal Company’s Mines Quit Work. Brazil, Ind.. July 16. —Two hundred: miners employed at the Collins Coal company's mine, just west of Brazil, went on strike because the company refused to pay an additional 17 cents a ton in the price of mining. The men are receiving 83 cents a ton. • - • ■ ■. ♦ Sixty-Five Tinners Quit. Elwood. Ind.. July 16.—Sixty-five' mep in the tinning department of the American Sheet and Tin Plate mills are out on strike in sympathy with the "hot mill" men.