Press enter after choosing selection

Freight Handlers On Strike

Freight Handlers On Strike image
Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
February
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Ludington, Mich., Feb. 23.- The freight handlers of the Flint and Pere Marquette doek struck Monday night for a restoratoin of their pay to 20 cents per hour. Those opposed to working Jonger at the old rate of 15 cents compelled others to join their ranks, and four steamers remained at the doek until Tuesday morning, when a forcé of men brought from Saginaw by special train begun the discharge of their cargoes under the protection of the sheriff and a forcé of deputies. The strikers number about 400.

Article

Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News