Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-01-27 | Page 1 | Threaten Big Strike

THREATEN BIG STRIKE Machinists in Packing Plants Insist on More Pay at Once Chicago Jan Jail 26 Orders Orders to lo hol holthe hold the themselves in readiness to al nt ala ata a u moments moment's notice Were s sent nt out omit 01 by telegraph tonight by hy tl tIle tho president of or the International union of Machinists l to alt all ni members members' of or t the tho 1 order II In Chi Chi- ago Kansas n ct Cil CHy l' l Fast n J St. St Louis St. St l. l Joseph anti and Omaha Thin The H mule ramo telegram rl announced an nn Impending strike by 1 the machinists machinists' ts' ts union In hl every y r steel plant l in 1 the tho country S The rhe machinists I recently called on the tho packers for fOI a n hour blab I ho da day anti and anda U a minimum wage nf r 3 dally ft dal-a dal a re request re- re q quest st met h by th the with the Iho answer that that the present sea let of 60 to 3 1 for a hour ton tn hoU day can not not- not be ho Cc at nt present Demands in iii similar form Corm were submitted sub u to the lie stool steel companies and met mel S with a 11 like 1 response pOI The Tho ThC machinists though constituting a comparatively small maJ proportion of or orth th the forces In th the packing hotl houses el will wl ho rH a able b I If they lt strike effectually un 1 to toti I ti up lip the plants I rho Tho packers packer have hav not faced aced a serious strike before since Inc 1 1904 O- O when whon the butcher workmen walked out and riotIng riot riot- Ing an and violence followed which co cost t many mony lives anti and nc hen heavy property loss Ions