Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-04-16 | Page 20 | 100,000 Jobless in Chicago's Big Strike

JOBLESS IN CHICAGO'S BI BIG 1 y t v April 16 Work practically l j was vas tied up In building operations operations opera opera- valued at nt hero here today tOllay and men were nere thrown out of oC employment as a n r result of oC a strike Q of l union car cai carpenters enters which Into effect last night nigh 1 M The he strike ordered b by union 1 leaders leader's leaders lead lead- ers rJ'S was declared after a a. demand for tor foran foran an nn Increase e In wages from Crom Gi 65 to 70 0 cents cent nn an hour had h been en refused by 11 bythe bythe the Building Constructors Employers Employers' as association Ih The association had of offered offered of- of ter d the men an Increase I of 2 cents an nn lour hour for tor the last el eighteen months of the year three ngn agreement Contracts estimated d t that hat the ni amount of oC building operations which will be affected d b by an nn extended n d strike e will rc reach ch a fI figure ure close to the mark Work Vork on a score gore of downtown office buildings s Is at a Standstill as ns thou thon thousands of other r union Including teamsters excavators excavators ex ex- and others are an affected