Show LAKE TRAFFIC AT STANDSTILL Workmen on a Strike and the Big Freight Vessels Are Idle Chicago Lake freight traffic Is at a standstill as a result of tho strike of tho longshoremen here at Detroit Cleveland Duluth and nil over tho lakes Several of the boats which are not affected by tho strike bolo upon their sides early Tuesday largo placards announcing that they wero unions boats Tho center of tho strike as far ns this city Is concerned Is not in tho city proper but In South Chicago where tho mills of tho Illinois Stool company a branch of tho United Stool corporation aro located Tho passenger boats running out ot Chicago have not thus far been nf fected by tho strike At Cleveland lumber boats pnckago freight boats anti passenger boats are not affected by tho strike at present as their owners are not affiliated with tho Lake Carriers association In tho port of Cleveland 4000 men are directly affected 1000 of whom nro seamen |