Show 1200 IRON YORKERS JOIN STRIKE CHICAGO May Mav 1 May May l-May May 1st i iwas 1 was ushered into Chicago Chicago toda today with ith wih the most serious labor situation sit sit- si- si nation in the building industry in fifteen years By the addition addition additon addi addi- tion ton of 1200 bridge and structural structural structural tural Ironworkers the list of union working orkin ren men on Oil strike or locked out as was swelled to 32 33 as follows Carpenters construction carpenters mill mi men sheet metal workers worker 1800 lathers SOO painter painters I structural ironworkers 1200 The strike of the ironworkers forced idleness upon other others others oth oth- ers er in allied aled trades bringing the tile number of idle b because cause of strikes and lockouts up to t The strike of the carpenters is is said to be t the e keynote keynote of the whole situation I If peace negOtiations negotiations now on Oil with wih them are successful it is generally believed be be- that others will wi fall fal in inI I line h e. e The customary May 1 agreements agreements agree agree- ments ments- with wih many other unions have Ilave been signed and outside the building trades trade the prospect is said to be for industrial peace I PITTSBURG May Maj 1 For For i-For For Forthe the first frt time since t I 1892 92 union bricklayers today laid down their tools to enforce a demand for increased increased wages The They have I been receiving 70 cents an hour j jand j jand and struck for an hour eight-hour day I at 6 About 1200 men are arc affected Efforts to reach an ana a agreement with wih the Master made Builders Builders' association are being |