Idle Workmen

Chicago, May 15. -The lock-out was praotically inaugurated Friday nigtit. AU contractors told their men that they need not apply for work so long as the change of the pay-day is demanded. The number of bricklayers locked out is estimated at 2,400, the number of hod-carriers at 3,600, and the entire number of m'echanics and laborera who will be out of work within a few days at about 50,000. The following is a rough estiaiate of the number of firms and men who will be affected by the bold move of the master masons: About 1,500 contractors, master carpenters, masons, lathers, plasterers, stone contractors, with nearly 20,000 working-men; 500 employers ai journeymen painters and manufacturera of paints, oils, etc., with over 8,000 employés; about 200 brick manufacturera and dealers in lime, cement, mortar, asphalt, clay, granite, stone, marble, etc., with nearly 5,500 working-men; forty dealers in window glass, with several hundred working-men; 250 plumbers and gasfltters, with about 2,000 working-men; fifty ropera, with 700 workinR-men; 180 architects, with about 700 employés; 250 lumber dealers, with 6,000 laborers; over 100 planing-mills and sash, door and blind faetones with about 5,000 working-men, several thousand teamsters, eto. The North and Northwest Brick Manuíacturers' Association of Chicago met Friday and decided to close the yards after TVednesday next until the strike is over. They have now about 20,000,000 bricks on hand, from which existing contracta will be filled. The capacity of manufacture is 1,250,003 bricks a day, and the number of men employed in the work from 1,300 to 1,600. The eight manufacturers who do not belong to the association make from 8,000 to 16,000 SHcks a day. The president of the Carpenters' Union yesterday received a dispatch from Philaelphia pledginj the Chicago carpenters the support of carpenters' organizations in 35i) cities and towns. If fhe plans of the leaders are carried ut,;he lock-out will not be raised until the following resulte are accomplished: 1. The non-recognition of unions. ■ 2. The re-establishment of tho ten-hour day. 3. The gradation of pay accordmg to the ability of the men and not according to the dicta tion of a unión. Chicago, May 16.- The prospect of a speedy settlement of the great strike in the building trades is now wholly dispelled. Both employers and men have í ormally resolved to stand ürm and fight it out whatever be the cost. Chicago, May 17.- The number of idle men in the city who have either struck or been locked out is rapidly increasinr. It was variously estimated yesterday at from 10,000 to 30,000. A dispatch was received from the Builders' Exchange of Philadelphia congratulatiog the Chicago builders on tha flrm stand they have taken and wishing them success. A general lock-out of the carpenters wiü be inaugurated by the Master Carpenters' Association to-morrow night. The master carpenters have determined to support the masons, as, in their opinión, the interests of all employés of labor are involved in the present struggle.