Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1910 — STRIKE FOLLOWS INCREASE [ARTICLE]

STRIKE FOLLOWS INCREASE

Freight Handlers Walk Out, Although Granted 6 Per Cent Raise.

Columbus. Ind., April 1. —Almost simultaneously with the announcement that they were to receive a 6 per cent Increase in their wages all of the truckers at the Pennsylvania freight depot here walked out. and refused to return to work. Their grievances are that they were being worked long hours and short handed. The strikers’ places were filled shortly after the walkout.