Show CHICAGO BUilDING STRIKE IS ENDED Construction Contracts Ag- Ag t P Resumed CHICAGO Sept 20 Chicago's building strike and lockout which r for r I Imore more than two months had made idle more than workers and halted I contracts aggregating was announced as ended last night when I the construction ern employers loyers yielded t to the demands of f the union carpenters for 1 an hour I. I Work on the held up projects it was said start next Monday after a I cessation on July 9 when the c carpen carpenters went on strike On n July 18 the construction employers declared a lockout and practically l the entire building movement cams ame to a halt Building material dealers joined with the contractors and stopped the sale of supplies in order to make the complete As a result lawyers for the strikers made complaints complaint hearings on which still ate are pending charging the em employers loyers and material dealers with conspiracy The entire building b business ss w was s Ina ih iti iha a ferment over wages all year The re resumption resumption resumption re- re of building in the spring brought on demands for increased wag wages s by all lasses classes Of or workers all aU of them received concessions One by erie orte the disputes were settled until th the carpenters Insisted tl on 1 an n hour They received 80 SO cents an hour hO An I offer of 92 2 cents finally was made I by th the empl employers y ts and Since then both I sides had exchanged ultimatums had I held conferences and a referendum and listened to mediators without change I |