Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-04-19
EIGHT-HOUR WAR
An Alarming State of Affairs In
Chicago.
Carpenters Strike Threatens to Re.
suit in the Idleness of 100000
Men in Other Trades.

Efforts of Employers to Break the Dead.
lock Prove Complete FaiIures-Boid and
Aggressive Action of the Massachusetts
| Trades Unions.
| CHICAGO, April 15.-The Industrial
situation in this city is fast becoming
critical. Should the strike continue an
other week it's effect will be to throw
100000 men out of employment, as there
will be nothing for bricklayers, hod car
riers, fathers, plasterers, painters and
the vast army of laborers who find work
in connection with building operations
to do, and they must all wait for the
settlement of the carpenters strike be-
fore they can resume operations. 1t
needs no argument to show how disas-
trous such acondition of affairs is likely
to be. 1t will have depressing effect
on every branch of trade and industry
in the city, and the longer the strife is
| continued the worse will the conse-
euences be.
The attempted resumption of work by
the master carpenters Monday morning
may be reckoned complete failure.
Very few of the journeymen who on Sat-
urday promised to go to work were on
the hardihood to go to work. That this
is the state of affairs is affirmed by the
strikers and admitted by the bosses.
"We have reports from all parts of the
city as to how things stand, and they all
say that work is shut down tighter than
ever" said Secretary Howard.
81 had eight men promise me to go to
work Monday morning." said master
carpenter at the Builders Exchange,
land only two of them showed up, and
they wouldn't go to work. They said
they were afraid. In the same building
were plumbers, gasitters and other
tradesmen all strongly in sympathy
with the strikers and my two carpenters
were afraid of these men. 1 offered them
police protection, but they refused to
work under such circumstances. So in
stead of having eight men at work, as
expected, had none"
Owing to the recent failure of j. T.
Meyer & Sons, who had the contract for
the woodwork on big Adams street
building, an assignee was appointed by
the court to complete all existing con-
tracts. The carpenters strike stopped
all work, and unless the building is soon
completed great loss will be caused.
Monday morning an application was
made to Judge Prendergast to order
work to proceed. The president of the
| Carpenters Union and two members of
the executive committee were present
in court, and after an argument by them
and by attorneys for the assignee, Judge
Prendergast decided that he could not
force the men to work if they did not
wish to do So and that he would make
no such endeavor. He instructed the
assignee to comply with all the demands
of the men-eight hours day, forty
cents an hour and full recognition of
their union.
BosToN, April 49, Organizers reported
at meeting of the Carpenters District
Council Sunday night that every trade
organization in the State promises to
financially support the carpenters in
their eight and nine-hour demands. The
union carpenters of the State number
$500, and they are urged by their lead
ers to make every effort to secure the
concessions without strike.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 15.-The threat
ened strike of union carpenters for eight
hours day and thirty-five cents an hour
began last evening. There are fully 100
houses in the city in the several stages
of erection, and all these will stand as
left yesterday until some settlement of
the matter is reached.