Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1919 — GENERAL STRIKE OVER COUNTRY OPENS TODAY [ARTICLE]

GENERAL STRIKE OVER COUNTRY OPENS TODAY

Union leaders asserted Sunday that the nation-wide strike of the ibuildin trades unions, called for today, might involve more, than contracts held by members of the Building Employer'* association, against whom the strike "io c ro<Buvi.'o 'cws'm vim v <*v tion might be taken against other contuactors whom they declare had “loaned” union men to members of ’the association. It is estimated that 100,000 men will be affected by the strike.