Girls on strike at Hemingray plant

MUNCIE GIRLS STRIKE

DEMAND BETTER THAN 40 CENTS A

DAY IN THE GLASS WORKS.

Book Agent Hoover Sent Up from

Scottsburg for Queer Methods —

Woman Found Murdered.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

MUNCIE, Ind., April 9. — The fifteen girls employed at the Hemingray glass works struck yesterday, after being refused high­er wages by the company. They are en­gaged in preparing the glassware for the packers and operate the grinders. When they made the demand yesterday morning the management ordered them out of the factory, and it is alleged that they then "laid" for one of the proprietors to show up, but he kept the door to his room closed until they dispersed. The girls say they organized and appointed a committee to watch the factory and keep other girls away. It will take men to fill the places unless other girls can be found to work for 40 cents per day. The company reports that it is not alarmed at the situation.

There was a highly exciting scene in the nut and bolt department of the Indiana iron works last evening, caused by a score or more of the female laborers employed in the packing room. Most of the girls are from Congerville or Shed town. Muncie sub­urbs, and considerable jealousy exists be­tween the residents of each suburb, evening two of the girls got into a hair­ pulling contest, and finally their friends interfered, making a fair imitation of a riot.