30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago
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30,000, LOCKED OUT. THE Great Strike OF THE BUILDING TRADES IN CHICAGO. By JAMES C. BEEKS.
Introduction.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
THE CAUSE OF THE LOCK-OUT.
THE CARPENTERS.
AMALGAMATION.
HODCARRIERS AND LABORERS.
A STRIKE CLAUSE.
PAY ON SATURDAY.
THE BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE.
TWO THOUSAND BRICKLAYERS QUIT.
REVOLUTIONARY TALK.
PECULIAR METHODS.
WALLING THE STRIKERS IN.
A NEW PROPOSITION.
PRACTICAL WORK.
WHIPPING THE GERMANS INTO LINE.
A PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES.
THE REAL ESTATE BOARD.
AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.
BRICK YARDS SHUT DOWN.
A PLATFORM APPROVED.
SOME OBJECTIONS.
AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
OVER THE WIRE.
THE PLATFORM MODIFIED.
OFFICIAL ACTION.
PERMISSION TO RESUME.
DISCONTENTED LABORERS.
LISTING THE JOBS.
FALSE STATEMENTS.
BLACKMAIL.
METAL WORKERS.
DARK WAYS.
THE CONFERENCE ADJOURNED.
THE CENTRAL COUNCIL ORGANIZED.
AID FROM THE ARCHITECTS.
MASS MEETING OF CARPENTERS.
STRIKES DEFINED.
A NATIONAL CONVENTION CALLED.
A SCHEME THAT FAILED.
ANGRY BRICKLAYERS.
A BID FOR SYMPATHY.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.
THE BRICKLAYERS' UNION DESPISED.
A NEW UNION.
NATIONAL BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
ARBITRATION.
OUT OF POCKET.
CONCLUSION.
THE CARPENTERS AGAIN.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
CHICAGO ORGANIZATIONS.
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