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Show CARPENTERS ON STRIKE All Building Construction Halted In Chicago Through Disputes Between Be-tween Un on and Contractors Chleago, April IE. sixteon thous-ond thous-ond union carpenters anticipated a lockout which would becorao offcctlvo tomorrow nnd went on strike at tho close of work today, ho Btrlko, or-dored or-dored by union officials, followed a. demand for nn Increase In wages from 65 cents to 70 cents an hour. Tho lockout ordor was tho result of, a gonoral ordor ot the Building Constructors Employers association directed at ovory union In tho building build-ing trados which might permit Its working agreement to oxplro. After tho strlko was declared tho omploy. crs made publlt a special notice that said nono of tho men who struck would bo permitted to return to work. Tlio strlko of tho carpontors will halt nil building construction In Chicago, Chi-cago, It was said tonight. Wt.i |