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Martinsburg Independent
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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In Cincinnati, the Knights of Labor Assembly voted not to sustain the strike on Walnut Hill cable lines and appointed a committee to negotiate with President Kerper, who refused, citing the workers' attempt to coerce reinstatement of discharged employees and committing to retain new hires.
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Cincinnati, Sept. 20.-The strike
on the Walnut Hill cable lines was
discussed this morning by the
Knights of Labor Assembly, which
includes all the street-car employees
in the city who are Knights of La-
bor. They voted not to sustain the
strike, and a committee was appoint-
ed to adjust the differences with
President Kerper. He refused to
confer with them, saying they had
voluntarily left his employment with
a view of coercing him to reinstate
men whom he had discharged for
good cause. He was employing
new men, and pledged them his word
that they should not be discharged
to make room for strikers. The out-
come of this strike has been watched
with much interest, inasmuch as it
was not over a difference about
wages or hours of labor, but about
the right to discharge men.
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Cincinnati
Event Date
Sept. 20.
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knights of labor voted not to sustain the strike; president kerper refused to confer or reinstate strikers, hiring new men instead.
Event Details
The strike on the Walnut Hill cable lines was discussed by the Knights of Labor Assembly, which includes all street-car employees in the city who are Knights of Labor. They voted not to sustain the strike and appointed a committee to adjust differences with President Kerper. He refused, stating workers left to coerce reinstatement of discharged men for good cause and pledged not to discharge new hires for strikers. The strike concerned the right to discharge men, not wages or hours.