Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1909 — MACHINIST STRIKE AVERTED [ARTICLE]

MACHINIST STRIKE AVERTED

Alton System to Raise Pay and Grant Nine Hours Day. Bloomington, 111., Nov. 16.—A settlement. following negotiations lasting several months, averted the threatened Btrike of machinists of the Chicago and Alton system. All the employes aretto receive an increase in pay of 2 cents an hour and a working day of nine hours.