Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1909 — FORTY THOUSAND ON STRIKE [ARTICLE]

FORTY THOUSAND ON STRIKE

Workers In Paper, Woolen and Cotton Industries Are Involved. Stockholm, July 27. —Forty thousand workers in the paper, woolen, cotton and allied Industries are on strike. The movement, it is stated, will be extended to the iron workers, a circular having been issued to the trades unions throughout the country calling for a general strike on Aug. 4.