Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
ANOTHER STRIKE.
The Forty-eleventh Trouble Hits
the Worlds Fair.
THOSE DREADFUL CARPENTERS AGAIN
tain Contractors Who Have Not
Signed the Agree

CHICAGO, April a4.-Another misfor-
tune is in store for the worlds fair Off
Gals. Last week it was old Boreas
who brought grief to the denizens of
the white city; this week it is to be
strike of carpenters
When the carpenters employed at
jackson park go to work to-day they
will find the gates of the exposition
grounds guarded by Gordon of union
delegates. These delegates have strict
orders to allow no union carpen-
ter working for the exposition company
or those contractors who have Tot
signed the agreement with the Carpen-
ters' council to enter within the grounds.
The scenes of two weeks ago are to be
repeated. Not only will the union
carpenters at the fair strike
but all over the city, by order
of President j. B. Cogswell, all
union carpenters working for contract
ors who have not signed the agreement
must quit work. This order will throw
over 1000 men out of employment to
uphold the unions demand, that its
members shall not be compelled to
labor with non-union workmen. The
strike was resolved upon at a mass
meeting of carpenters held at battery
d arrnory yesterday afternoon. Fifteen
hundred men were present and the vote
to strike was unanimous.
strike at the worlds fair grounds,
even one of small proportions, will be
serious matter at this particular time
when every moment is precious Of the
3, 600 carpenters now at work in jack
son park it is estima ted that 400 or $50
will be affected by the present order.
This compromises the men working for
the Exposition company and those in
the employ of less than half dozen
contractors. the great majority of
the contractors having complied with
the unions demands. While the num-
Der of men affected is comparatively
small it will be blow to the EXPOSE
ton company inasmuch as it will be
impossible to secure men to take the
strikers place on short notice. The
present strike is due to the dissatisfac-
ton of the carpenters at the outcome
of the strike of two weeks
ago. At that time all the unions in
the building trades employed at
the grounds struck to sustain the de-
mands of the carpenters, but after be-
ing out one day they reached settle
ment with the worlds fair managers
without consulting the carpenters, and
although the name of President Cogs-
well, of the Carpenters union, was
signed to the agreement that gentle
man was not present when the paper
was signed and now denied that he
authorized the affixing Of his signature
to the document.
Director-Genera1 Davis said last even
ing that the strike would be a serious
matter for the fair as the slightest de-
lay at this time could not fail to inter-
fere with the plans of the managers.
While the number of men who would
quit was small, yet the loss of their ser
vices would be felt. He did not know
what course the fair officials would
adopt, but he had no doubt the diff
Guilty would be surmounted as many
more serious ones had been. He thought
the course of the union carpenters was
entirely unreasonable and indefensible.
The worlds fair could not discriminate
against any class of workmen. The
union men had worked with non-union
men for two years and to complain at
this late day the director-general
thought was showing disposition to
he unfair