Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1914 — OBJECT TO ONE OF THE BOSSES [ARTICLE]

OBJECT TO ONE OF THE BOSSES

Monon Shopmen at Lafayette Walk Out After Ultimatum. Lafayette, Ind., April 25—Six hundred men employed at the Monon railroad shops went on strike at noon today. The men had threatened sor 9 several days to walk out unless the company agreed to discharge John McDermott, assistant roundhouse foreman. McDermott came from the Loudsville & Nashville railroad three weeks ago as assistant to Michael Donohue, foreman of the roundhouse’ The union men at the shop objected to his coming, on the ground that he was unfair to union labor, and that he had assisted several railroads in breaking up strikes. A committee of shopmen today called on W. E. Smith, master mechanic, who told them he could dd nothing until H. C. May, superintendent of motive power, had been consulted. Mr. May was out of the city. The list of strikers includes all machinists and helpers, boiler makers and helpers, the roundhouse workmen, and the employes of the car shops. In the afternoon the shop practically was shut down on account of the strike. Nonunion men were out with the union men. A big meeting of the union was held at the labor temple.