Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1915 — 16,000 Strike in Chicago. [ARTICLE]

16,000 Strike in Chicago.

Sixteen thousand Chicago union carpenters, anticipating a lockout, which would become effective today, went on strike at the close of work Thursday. After the strike it was declared by employers that none of the men would be allowed to return to work. The strike of the carpenters will halt all building construction in Chicago, it is stated.