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The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican
Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota
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On July 18 in Milwaukee, Wis., 1,500 machinists at Allis Chalmers and Pawling & Harnishfeger plants struck over demands for a 48-hour workweek instead of 52.5 hours, amid employer-employee tensions; may spread to 6,000 workers.
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Milwaukee, Wis., July 18.-Twelve hundred machinists employed at plants of the Allis Chalmers company and three hundred in the Pawling and Harnishfeger works left their benches at 10 o'clock this morning and walked out on strike as the culmination of the trouble between Employers and Employes associations. The men are asking for 48 hours a week in place of 52 1/2 now working. The strike is expected to affect a number of other plants in the city and may result in the calling out of nearly 6,000 men.
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Primary Location
Milwaukee, Wis.
Event Date
July 18
Outcome
strike involving 1,500 machinists expected to affect nearly 6,000 men in other plants
Event Details
Twelve hundred machinists employed at plants of the Allis Chalmers company and three hundred in the Pawling and Harnishfeger works left their benches at 10 o'clock this morning and walked out on strike as the culmination of the trouble between Employers and Employes associations. The men are asking for 48 hours a week in place of 52 1/2 now working.