Coalville Times | 1901-05-17 | Page 2 | Strike May Effect 500,000 Men

BTfHKE MAY CFFKOT 000,000 MEN. Haul Traila Murker. I,anil Nhortar llay siUhniiltixUellnn In ... A general atrlke, Involving directly liO.OOO machinists and Indirectly SOU,-000 SOU,-000 men In tho metal working trades, la expected to take placo on May SOtb unless some arrangement li effected In the meantime. Thla It tha alntemcnt made hy President Jamea O'Connell ol Ilia International Association of Machinists, Ma-chinists, who hat hit hradiiuartera lu th Ion go. The demand of tha men, the refusal if which threatens lo prrclultntv the strike, are for n working day of nine houra and an Increase of UM per cent lu wage, or lu other words, ten hours' pay for nine houra work, the matter hat been under onnilderntlon for soma time and every rlfurthatbven made by ti.e machlnlU'a nttoeliitlon to avoid resorting re-sorting tu a atrlke, but inch nellon, Ilia machlnlitt claim, Is now necessary If the worklugmen hope to attain tho tad they are ttrlvlug fur.