| Show UNIONS MAY TIE UP tip ENTIRE CITY GITY Chicago Threatened With Wih General General General Gen Gen- eral Strike of All Al Skilled Skied M Mechanics EXTRA PAY IS DEMANDED Unless Demands Arc Are Granted Water Supply May Be itt Cut ut Off Of antI and City I u ro Into II to Darkness Un ChIago Chicago May Ia 27 Chicago's 7 Chicago's water supply is threatened the cIty may 1 be e thrown Into Inlo darkness at al night the bridges may refuse to turn urn city cly in inspection In- In of or sewers severs and anti plumbing may cease ccase and the Ire union men employed by bytho bytho tho Ito city cly ma may go on a general strike trl t lo I provide ro jd for Cm the lie Increase In wages which the thc various building trades have ae asked aked for the Ito ensuing year ear It I is estimated that lint or 01 more skilled mechanics are members member of 01 o the lie building trades are ar arat at present in ill il the lie employ of or the cit city timid and ant It II 1 Is iii said that every e IY C one stands ready to lo Quit his hiM place at nt the lie call cal of the he As- As Bu Building i Id ilg TId Trades Trades' e Want Mori Iun Pa Pay Trouble Ti has been brewing for some sometime time hinie mid amid II It I came to lo a n focus yesterday when shien J. J J J. J ICIl business agent of tho the Machinists union serve served notice on en n William Roach Hoach chief chier clerk clell of oC th the thit l engineering department that thal unless tinIest the tine ely on time the pay haY fay day tiny placed Inthe in the lie envelopes of tIme the machinists employed em em- by llY the city cly th the extra pay Ilay demanded demanded de tie- I by my the thc union over o el the tl scale paid la last l year the they would go o on omi strike strike Trouble with vIli these men would Inn hn- tie up UI the he repair work wet on omi 01 the lie pumping stations timid and seriously cripple if not nol entirely paralyze the tIme cl city's 9 water supply All J Trades loin Join Following the demands of or the ma- ma came caine a statement from front the there re it im e of the lie plumbers f employed em tm- m- m by hy th time city cly Ow he bridge builders and lenders the lie II painters antI and the lie electricians all al of whom are arc affiliated af af- af- af hunted with the he s Associated Building Trades that hat in the he event vent the lie machinists ma ma- left leU their helm place they th W would woul join JoInt them bern in a sympathetic strike Demand Nev Scale V I Along 11 in Ini January Ja the tue union affiliated nf- nf with tho he central bod body served notice on out Abe cl city that lint new Jew scales I would be lie made made and the lie request st was waR made mado that lint hi In making appropriations for arlou rOl this hut year ea L' L of 1 c Ii 1 L i urSi 4 urI 1 ton Ion N uv mt mah Js I t elded to 1 begin 11 girt a light fight which J in involve In- In lile volve OlVe line all 31 of the lie trades In the building by hy Unions Tho grievance vance ance of Iho ho machinists ts Tw of or business at atthe at att atthe will wi be he lp the lust first order Older t the hl next mel meeting of the lie Associated Building Trades and auth delegates to that lint body bOth say there is no iio 10 doubt douht lint thal the lie machinists will wi be 1 backed acle up lo to th the Iho extent of calling out the time sl skilled men in all aU oilier In lines hues M until some arrangement arrange arrange- ement e- e ment could coull bo be reached h by which th cl cIty cily would recognize all al of or the he new union scales |
