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30,000 Locked Out

by James C. Beeks

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Author
Beeks, James C.
Title
30,000 locked out : the great strike of the building trades in Chicago
Credits
Produced by Odessa Paige Turner, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production
Subject
Building trades -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Illinois -- Chicago
Category
Text
eBook-No.
35275
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35275
Release Date
February 14, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.30,000, LOCKED OUT. THE Great Strike OF THE BUILDING TRADES IN CHICAGO. By JAMES C. BEEKS.
  2. 2.Introduction.
  3. 3.NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
  4. 4.THE CAUSE OF THE LOCK-OUT.
  5. 5.THE CARPENTERS.
  6. 6.AMALGAMATION.
  7. 7.HODCARRIERS AND LABORERS.
  8. 8.A STRIKE CLAUSE.
  9. 9.PAY ON SATURDAY.
  10. 10.THE BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE.
  11. 11.TWO THOUSAND BRICKLAYERS QUIT.
  12. 12.REVOLUTIONARY TALK.
  13. 13.PECULIAR METHODS.
  14. 14.WALLING THE STRIKERS IN.
  15. 15.A NEW PROPOSITION.
  16. 16.PRACTICAL WORK.
  17. 17.WHIPPING THE GERMANS INTO LINE.
  18. 18.A PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES.
  19. 19.THE REAL ESTATE BOARD.
  20. 20.AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.
  21. 21.BRICK YARDS SHUT DOWN.
  22. 22.A PLATFORM APPROVED.
  23. 23.SOME OBJECTIONS.
  24. 24.AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
  25. 25.OVER THE WIRE.
  26. 26.THE PLATFORM MODIFIED.
  27. 27.OFFICIAL ACTION.
  28. 28.PERMISSION TO RESUME.
  29. 29.DISCONTENTED LABORERS.
  30. 30.LISTING THE JOBS.
  31. 31.FALSE STATEMENTS.
  32. 32.BLACKMAIL.
  33. 33.METAL WORKERS.
  34. 34.DARK WAYS.
  35. 35.THE CONFERENCE ADJOURNED.
  36. 36.THE CENTRAL COUNCIL ORGANIZED.
  37. 37.AID FROM THE ARCHITECTS.
  38. 38.MASS MEETING OF CARPENTERS.
  39. 39.STRIKES DEFINED.
  40. 40.A NATIONAL CONVENTION CALLED.
  41. 41.A SCHEME THAT FAILED.
  42. 42.ANGRY BRICKLAYERS.
  43. 43.A BID FOR SYMPATHY.
  44. 44.AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.
  45. 45.THE BRICKLAYERS' UNION DESPISED.
  46. 46.A NEW UNION.
  47. 47.NATIONAL BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
  48. 48.ARBITRATION.
  49. 49.OUT OF POCKET.
  50. 50.CONCLUSION.
  51. 51.THE CARPENTERS AGAIN.
  52. 52.NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
  53. 53.CHICAGO ORGANIZATIONS.

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