Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1909 — ASYLUM EMPLOYES STRIKE [ARTICLE]

ASYLUM EMPLOYES STRIKE

Refuse to Work Under Woman Supervisor at Elgin, 111. Elgin, 111,. Aug. 10. —Thirty-one employes of the Elgin stale hospital, refusing to work under Miss Allee Breckinridge, a woman supervisor, have resigned. Nine were discharged at once and twenty-two retained for ten days. The action is regarded as a strike.