Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-04-01

Building work In Ottawa practically
came TO a standstill today when
plumbers and inside" men at Sanders
Brothers failed to arrive II an agree
ment with their employers Denied
as strike, members OF the Building
Trades Council who remained away
from their jobs oday, claim that their
action was prompted solely in sym
pathy with the plumbers ana carpeG-
ters, whose contracts are still un-
signed
With a closed lip policy bcing fol
lowed on both sides, facts pertaining
to the walkout are hard to garner.
Leaders on both sides announced I
preferment for silence until an al
jus:ment has been reached and the
slight trouble settled. As q result the
only information which could he,
cleaned relative to the trouble was
picked NJ here and there in score
Of personal interviews and telephone
calls to those in "on the know.
From several sources it vas learned
that contracts binding the two fac
tions during the remainder Of 1929
and until Aprij 4, 1921, probaaiy viii
be signed late today or early tonight
and tomorrow all will be serene and
peaceful again,
The trouble arose when plumbers
and their bosses struck snag over
the employment of apprentices II is
said no difficulty Whatever was had in
reaching a settlement Of the WagG
scale.
The inside carpenters scale was
held up when it is said, Sanders
Brothers plant failed to sign the con
tract
PlaStcrcrs electricians, lathGr5, pa
perhangerS and painters, bricklayerS,
cement workers and other unions arn
said to have had no difficulty in draw.
ing a contract ;hat was favorable 10
bo:h employers and employees
A meeting was held this morning
and another this afternoon al Union
hall to settle the MISUNDERSTANDING
between the men and their employers,
and it was thought that the mai era
would be settled before night.
One electrical house was unable tC
work today because one of the pro
pretors Is member of hotn the eIeC
trical workers union and The plumb
ers' union. Because the plumbers
were out he was unable o do any
kind of work
1t was impossible to secure the eX-
ac: I.umbcr OF men who Worc Oh
strike from union officials. although
it is estimated that about so were
idle
Strike at Springfield.
Springfield, ILL.,, April l.-EAtcnSiye
building operations were suspended
here today as a result OF strike OF
building trades, laborers, painters
and teamStcrs.
Demands for higher wages was
made by the worEcrs We're refused
by the contractors. WORK on the new
state centennial building was stopped
by the strike.
Miners in this district and through
out the state suspended work Tor the
day in celebration of their gaining of
the cightJhour day in 1895
Packing at Standstil.
Chicago. April T. More lacking
house employees were forced out of
work here today as federal mcdiators
tried to reach agreements with $40
striking stock handlers OF the stock
yards company. No more cattle are
being received and the plants are
working on stock slaughtered before
the strike.
Pork lOins at CSC per pound whole
sale, are up five cents, lard and other
provisions are also advancing.
Chicago wholesale and retail butch
ers are ordering pork from St. Paul
and Cincinnati packers--an unprece-
dented occurrence. Other packing
centers are prepared to take up the
work of providing the country with
these centers.