The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-13
CARPENTERS
At \. SCHOOL
STILL IDLE
Other Crafts Will Soon Have
To Cease Work Because
Of Them

Prospects for the completion OF the
additions to Hanmond's Industrial high
school building this year were anything
but bright today.
Carpenters who QUIT their Jobs yes
terday because they would not accept
the wage of 81 per hour. as provided
by Judge Lands were still idle today
and other craftsmen at work on the big
project were slowly. but surely near
ing the point where they would be for
ced to cease work because the carpen-
ter work was not progressing with
them
A further element Of uncertaints
was added when word came from Chi
cago that Judge Lands haa cancelled
the rehearing which he had granted
some OF the crafts for September 2l.
His action was taken when he learned
that the men who had asked for the re
opening Of the arbitration proceedings
we're out on strike. In telegram e
Thomas Kearney. president OF the Chi
cago Building Trades Council, he said
When : wired you on SEPT >~ dir
ecting rehearing on application com
rnunicated by the secretary Of the Chi
cago Building Trades council. I ha
no information that the trades invol-
= :
struck
Certainly If such trades have gone
out, the protest OF the employers IS
entirely justified and you VIII disre
gard ny telegram of Sept 10 in these
circumstances. Any further hearin4
under the arbitration agreement woulc
be perfectly futile"
This is taken to mean that unless
cd ~ Nat
posts they can hope for no further ef-
forts at arbitration through Judge
Landis
Open shop in the lines where trouble
exists is being talked freely by Chicago
employers but in Hamraond the mem
bers Of the Building -',ades Employers
Association are loathe TO take such
step. They have asked for a. confer
ence in which representatives Of al
crafts Will participate but at noon TO
day had received no response. Tonigh
the Carpenters District Council wl.
meet and much S<pends upon the actor
taken at this session The employer
have asked for a meeting with repre-
sentatives Of the district council to
morrow evening. No plan of actor
will be adopted until after the con
ference.
Members Of the Hammond Board o
Education have received many anxiou
Inquiries last night and today from
people in all parts of the city. Mos
of them had children in the high schoo
and were wen acquainted with the
terrible disadvantage under which stu
dents and teachers are working he
cause of the crowded conditions and
confusion which prevails.
They realize that the job should be
done as quickly as possible but they
are also taxpayers and invariably eX
pressed their approval Of the action Of
the school board members IN announ
cling that they would not permit the
contractors, who had taken the worl
on a basis Of 81 an hour and who had
paid Sl.25 for nearly three months to
avoid labor trouble. TO be penalized
when work stopped because they tried
to put in force an arbitrated wage.
From what I can learn said one
man yesterday. the carpenters con
stitute about nine-tenths Of one per
cent of the whole population Of Ham
mond. Yet the rest of the 10000 peo-
pie who are paying taxes to put u
this building are expected to sit back
and let this handful of men tell "a
how much we must pay for our build
ing. 1t looks outrageous"
Other big jobs in Hammond We're
tagging today because OF the walkout
Of the carpenters. sorae Of the con
tractors IN order to keep the other
crafts working were paving couple Of
carpenters the high date to do work
which was absolutely necessary.
To cap 1t all comes the report tina
the sudden pickup in home buudcug via
die aborning because fnanciers who had
supposed wrok would now progress un-
hampered are alarmed at this new
turn and VIII refuse to furnish money
until things settle down.