30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago

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James C. Beeks. 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago

30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago

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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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James C. Beeks

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The strikes of 1887 originated with the carpenters. In January steps were taken which contemplated getting every carpenter in Chicago into a union. Notice was given by publication that on and after April 4th, 1887, eight hours should constitute a day, and 35 cents an hour should be the minimum wages for a carpenter. When the time came for the new order of things to go into effect the Master Carpenters were expected to meet the demands without objection. They had not been requested to grant the concessions, and no official notice was sent to the Master Carpenters' association of the fact that the carpenters had decided to change the working hours and the rate of pay per hour. On Saturday, April 2d, 1887, the carpenters made individual demands upon their several employers for eight hours a day instead of ten hours, and 35 cents an hour instead of 25 and 30 cents an hour, which had been the rule. Not receiving favorable answers to their demands a meeting was called for Sunday, April 3d, at Battery D. At this meeting four thousand carpenters assembled. Reports were made from one hundred and twenty "bosses," of whom but twenty favored the proposed changes. Seventy-nine had positively refused to grant any concession. After a lengthy discussion of the situation in secret session the question of ordering a general strike was submitted to a vote, and it was carried by what was said to have been an overwhelming majority. This was the manner in which the strike was ordered.

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