5,000 Quarry Workers Strike in Bedford Grand Rapids (MICH) Press, May 7, 1903, p. 10. FIVE THOUSAND ARE OUT Bedford, Indiana, is Crippled by a Stroke of Quarry Men Indianapolis, May 7-Five thousand union workmen are on strike in Bedford. The strikers include planers, saw operators and engineers in the cutting departments and the quarry men. They seek to have their wages equalized at all the quarries.