Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-06-06
some FREAK STRIKES
A FEW STRUGGLES OF THIS Ma.
TURE IN CHICAGO.
Eight Strikes Over Making of Doors.
TWO ficn and Boy Tie Up Big
Building Engineer or Fireman,
Which! Samples of Absurd
WaikOufS.


WalkoufS.
Chicago, June ANY wideawake
labor union wishing to be strictly up to
date shonid sta,t freak" strike. A
canvas Yesterday showed no less than
six "wage struggles" of this class in pro-
gress in Chicago. The situation means
idleness for almost 900 men and six
Chinese puzzles for employers and labor
readers.
Today freak strike" No. probably
will be called. II will be general
walkout at the new plant being erected
for Montgomery, Ward Il Co. at Chicago
avenue and the river. More than 1900
men will Law down their tools because
nobody can determine which of the
twelve unions has the Fright" to cct
100000 holes more or less, in the founda-
ton or walls OF the building.
The hole "issue' is fair sample of
causes which are making "freak" strikes
epidemic. Here are some other labor
puzzles that are responsible for existing
industrial distur bances
Who should build door in a house, a
carpenter or a W 1odworker
l. the setting of a screw in a belt shaft
the work OF machinst or an elevator
contractor?
Ias "a b,l tor h, ~, l,k 70, I
cement on the back of slab of marble ?
Ii non-union waiter is carrying beer
in summer garden, should a union
painter work in the place?
Is a man who runs a donkey" engine
an engineer or fireman?
The controversy over the making of
doors has resulted in eight small strikes
in this city. Probably there will be as
many more ordered, since carpenters and
woodworkers have now determined to
settle" speedily the door question,
which has been Il source OF disturbance
four years.
Among the buildings on which work
door strike is the Illinois Athletic club
Not only were the carpenters called out,
but the union issued an order forbidding
any member to work on material manu-
factured by the firm which furnished the
doors in dispute. This affected several
hundred men.
Ill . ho
in progress at the Commercial National
bank building, Adams and Clark streets.
1t involves only two men and boy, but
the contractors have found it impossible
to install any elevator machinery until
the problem is "settled." A peculiar
feature uf this strike is the fact that two
sets OF employers are taking sides with
the respective unions and urging them to
"stand pat"
In the same building several thous-
and marble slabs are lying covered with
dust because the Associated Building
Trades cannot decide which OF two
unions should apply the cement neces.
sary to keep them in place. The cement
workers union Gays no workman may
handle cement except members of that
organization. Marble settlers assert they
should be the only ones allowed to touch
marble after it reaches building.
An unusually puzzling strike, which
has been in progress for several months,
is that called by the firemen in yards OF
the National Brick company. There are
a dozen or more small engines in the
brickyards, used to furnish power for
fans. To run one OF these engines re-
quires the services Of only one man. He
shovels coal and at the same time man.
ipulates the levers and gauges. Nobody,
not even the company can tell whether
he is fireman or an engineer.
The only "freak" strike called recent
ly which did not "take effect" was one
which the federation OF labor practically
ordered week ago against south side
amusement park. Theoretically no union
men are working at the place, which is
OH tne uIlldlr liSt. AS ludtteT OI TACT
several hundred OF them are employed
there.
The federation took up the grievance
OF the walters, who showed that union
men OF this occupation were being re.
fused work at the park. Union painters
carpenters, electricians, teamsters, and
laborers were satisefid with their wages
and hours but were advised to quit. They
accepted the advice, but returned to
work the next morning. The walters,
however cay they are satisfied.
Colic and Diarrhoea.
Pains in the stomach collie and diarrhoea
ala nuicklu raliauad nv tho ilsa Of Cha M.