| Show JUMBO MILL MEN GO ON A STRIKE on monday day afternoon of last week the he mill men of the jumbo plaster ind and cement company staged a strike nd all but three of them left their abs and marched in a body to the and demanded a raise of ten per hour manager payne received them courteously and informed them that company could not possibly raise wages at this time as the price of plaster had dropped three dollars per on in the last thirty days also that he company was at present p tying paying higher ilgner wages to workmen than any manufacturing concern in he county tho the strikers intent upon gai gaining ning point refused to return to their work and were thereupon paid oft off and dismissed manager payne was equal to the emergency and within i fow few hours had sufficient men on grounds to keep the mill running and not a minute was lost and before four hours had passed everything was in a normal con condition condi dilon ion however the aftermath to some of the quitters lid did not seem so satisfying for before two days had passed a at t least one halt half of them appealed f 0 or r P permission er mission to again resume their work during the time of depression when work was not plentiful and wages very low our company was very loyal to its workmen giving them employment that the they y mi might tide themselves and families 0 over ver the crisis but this fact seemed to have been forgotten by some of 0 them who had been won over by the agitators there are some men who do not know a good thing when they see it but experience sometimes ome times teaches them the lesson when a handful of workmen get it into their heads that they can dictate to their employer it might be well to stop and consider before attempting to play a game that they can not put over our company pays their workmen twice a month and their money is always ready on their monthly bimonthly bi pay days good board and lodging is also arranged lor for them and as the field is so broad and men so plentiful who are anxious to accept work under these conditions only two or three of the quitters were allowed to go back to their work and the originators of the disturbance are forced to seek employment elsewhere contributed |
