A Queer Strike.
i f Tbe employees of the Green Ridge i Iron Works, in the city of Scranton, , of whicli A. L. SpeDcer is owner, have gone out on strike under novel I circumstances. The men recently joined the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, and d uring a brief suspension for repairs 1 arranged' a scale of prices in accordance with those demanded by the otlier Association workers throughout tbe couatry. When the scale was presented to Mr Spencer he was \ nstonisLed to see'that it was 10 per ; cent, lower than he bad been paying, and surprised the men by the eagerness he. manifested in agreeing to their ternis. ' The men were to have gone to work yesterday, but someone v among: them in the meanwhile had discovered, the blunder they had made, and a committee was appointed to ask Mr Spencer to allow the- old scale of wages. He, refused to do so, and, as the men have refused to return Jo work, it has placed them in the position of re* fusing to abide by an agreement which th ey originated themselves.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 August 1891, Page 3
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187A Queer Strike. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 August 1891, Page 3
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