Deseret Evening News | 1903-05-25 | Page 1 | A Strike at Edison Works

A 1 Strike nt lt Works Newark N J 3 May ay KA strike which i is II likely to affect thousands of In the plants of ot the General Electric company throughout the tie country If is on at the time Harrison fao tue tory of tint that concern About bout 1400 O hands hand are nr employed there There are only forty strikers mikers but they the ass are ae isle Ills and their absence front from their potts host has hns crippled the work of the factory Herus of the strike about Abut to 5 5 girl have hae become Idle bIle Itle and others othera may be forced to quit because beuse they the have nothing to do doU doIt U It l Is In II thought tin time strike may extend to t the Fort Wayne Vayne factory where her timers there tH re are ar about W N 10 the tb Lynn plant which employs tWO S 5 0 hands and anet the Maine MaIM works at where the t I total number of I is about Abat 10 and ami an time the tl machinists num aunt number her ber 1000 2000 br The Tho 10 machinists In the Edison Edl n faa fac factories tories recently affiliated themselves with th the renty International of ot Machinists Previous to the strike tho the Harrison employ employee were 26 for far a day of or t tin ten n hours hour They now do de demand domand mand 4 th t the union wages of IMI 1 for a act tUy of or nine nie hours hour This request the employ My say th they y can ean not grant