Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1910 — MONON SECTION GANGS GO ON STRIKE. [ARTICLE]

MONON SECTION GANGS GO ON STRIKE.

Most of' the Monon’s section gangs .between Hammond and Indianapolis are out on a strike. They demand $1.75 per day of 10 hours instead of $1.45 which they are now getting. About 40 men were called to Water Valley Tues’day morning to lay a siding at that place, and at 1U o’clock the men quit work, all except Ira Norris’ gang of this place, who are standing pat. Norris is foreman of the section working north out of Rensselaer, and said he was working for some big gun on the road. The Company has offered the” men 10 per cent increase, or $1.55, but $1.75 a day before they commence work again. Later —All of- .the men went back to work Thursday morning on ■ tli£ ten per cent increase, with a possibility of more soon.