The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-20
ALL CHICAGO FIRE |
ENGINEERS AND ALL. .
ASSISTANTS STRIKE
$50. 900 MEN IN VARIOUS TRADES
OUT; TRANSPORTATION
STRIKE THREATENED

Chicago, July l9.-Every engineer
and his assistant in the Chicago fire
department walked out at o'clock
this morning. Fire Chief OConnor an
nounced that substitute engineers or
gasoline engines had been provided at
all but three engine houses in the
city. The strike was the result Of the
failure of the city to meet the demands
of the engineers for an increase in
wages. About $50 men are affected.
Transportation Strike Next.
The employees of Chicago's ranspor-
tation lines have decided by an over
whelming vote to go out on strike
If their demands for increased wages
and better working conditions are not
met 10y the companies. Officials of the
companies, however, said il was ex-
pected that an agreement would be
reached in a few days and the strike
avoided
Mayor Thompson today appointed q
mediation committee of nine members
to investigate the controversy between
the traction companies and their men
in an effort to avert the threatened
strike The action was taken in ac1
cordance with the provisions of u reso-
luton adopted by the city council sew
eral days ago
10000 Stocbyard Men Out.
Dislike for policemen and guards is
given as the reason that 10000 work
ors in the stockyards are out on strike
today. The men declare they will nod
return to work until the guardians of
the law are withdrawn. The men were
employed in the plants of Wilson ID
Co, Hammond Company, Boyd Lun1
ham y Company, Roberts X Oaks,
Swift 4 Co, Morris 4 Co., and Armour|
4 Co.
Seward c. Frazee, superintendent
of the Wilson plant. said that the
strikes are the result of radical ele1
ments among the men.
AS a result of the walkout nearly
every department of Wilson & Co.'S
plant was shut down and several de1
partments of Swift x Co.. and Morris
Il Co, were closed
The trouble is said to have started
at the Wilson plant last week over the
discharge of a workman.
Problem II Serious One.
Chicago today appears to be com
fronted by one of the most serious in
dustrial situations in its history. be-
cause of labor strikes and lockouts III
Is estimated that more than 10000
men are idle and the number appears
to be growing. Efforts of employers
to settle the disputes have thus far
been unsatisfactory. In many of thd
disputes the only demand of the mer
IL lor closed shop. In other instan
ces they ask for increased pay and
44-hour week. with time and a hal
Tor overtime. Several of the strikes
We're unauthorized by the unions, ac
cording TO labor leaders, the men wall,
ing out in groups
Labor leaders declare that members
OF the union have been seized by
spirit OF restlessness. They demand
chahse, but in some instances wher
asked to formulate their terms the,
either refuse or postpone a decision
Employers accuse unions of violating
the wage scale of joint trade agrees.
ments and declare it is impossible tc--
zeal with their men under the condi.
tlons. Among the men now out on
strike are:
Building trades lockout, 100, 900.
international Harvester Company
Ii 900.
Stockyards packers, 10000.
Crane Company, 5000.
Mayor William Hale Thomson be
HeVes that the unrest among labor mer
is que TO the high cost of living. and
ne critcses the national administra
tiOn for its failure to taka drast;, ,,a,
to curb food profiteers.