Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1919 — "NO BEER, NO WORK,” IS LABOR’S THREAT [ARTICLE]

"NO BEER, NO WORK,” IS LABOR’S THREAT

Announcement that all the central labor unions of the country will be asked by the Central Federated union in New York to vote on the question of a nation-wide “no beer, no work” strike on July 1 was made Wednesday by Ernest Bohm, secretary of the New York union, who has asked all labor organizations in the state to pas son the question. Bohm said, however, that plans for the threatened strike would be cancelled if flight wine and beer held to be non-intoxicating and therefore, not within the scope of the Federal prohibition amendment.