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Excerpt from Labor and Industrial Chronology of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Year Ending September 30, 1904, Vol. 3: Pages 131-290 Court; union wanted to have full charge of hiring and discharging help; about garment workers involved; within a week 18 contractors employ ing 450 men had signed agreement; one week later practicalb all contractors opened their shops for those who wished to work, agreeing to pay union price and work their men union hours but refusing to sign agreement; strike declared off by Union on September 16, the men to ask for reinstate ment. Fifty marble workers, members of local Marble Workers Union, inaugurated a general strike against firms using marble from Vermont quarries where strike was in progress. Forty teamsters employed by Youlden, Smith, Hopkins went out on strike because of grievance between firm and Teamsters No. 25, it being alleged that firm was employing a man at less than union wages; in two days places were filled. Owing to general dissatisfaction with closed shop condition and upon refusal of firm to grant demands, 15 skirt makers at the Eastern Skirt Co. Struck; firm declared Open shop; at the close of our record, firm was running to full capacity with non-union help; Skirt and Cloak Makers no. 26 involved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.