Deseret Evening News | 1901-11-02 | Page 8 | Machinists Laid Off

Off OH Chicago Nov Not 1 Four hundred hUnd em ot or the Illinois Central railroad working In It thu shops at nt near n Rf Chicago have hae been laid off Out of ot a forte orce of or UC m And helpers hel rl IH m were Included In he lay la off Hall II n k r blacksmiths and their helper and round house houte men make up the b bal N Nunce ince of the number The cause of the discharge Of ot men inca Is II not stated by the company bf bC A lam tarje percentage of ot those thole dU ut charged are aro union nun men and some lome of I them Attribute their discharge to the agitation last April when the machin machinists of the tho th entire system made a dc do for a work day dr threat tiling ertI ln a strike demand was with J when the tho company subsequently announced a 1 general Increase of 10 JO per ter tent eit In the thU wages of all Its employeR employee