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Brickmakers' Strike At Chicago

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
May
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Chicago, -May 23 -The brickmakers' ítrike has reáehed tha point where paralysl.s of all bnildiner operatlons is threateni'ii. Evory anión brickmnker in Cook county has quit work and tlio strike managers declaro that no briek will be made or moved until the wago question is final]y settled and a uniform scale adopted by all the briok manufac.'.urers in the city and vicinicy Tlic la:-u;er inanuí'acturers, represonting sevea-ei-riichs of the annual outpvir, have declared in íavor of the scale deinanded by thci workmen ïhe fight is direuted agalnat the Wober-Ija Bahn company aal tvrenty suailer flrms on the nortti sidf, which sreadily have refused to jom the assooia-tion or to pay the noiou sofi.lt). The non-umun yards bave been compelled to shuc down. The yards re besieged by tna a tikkers, whu say they will see that tioau of the brick is marketed. The Bricklayei' unión has deolared in favor of tho boycott on all but unión inade briek. The íiprht promlses to be long and obstinate, as bot h sld es declare they will not give in ïf the strike lasts all Bummer. Abour. ),A30 men are out.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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