Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1919 — THOUSANDS LEAVE WORK IN CALUMET DISTRICT. [ARTICLE]

THOUSANDS LEAVE WORK IN CALUMET DISTRICT.

The first day of the steel strike in the Chicago district (brought claims from union leaders that the strike is a success, surprising even to them. From managers of the plants it brought merely brief statements that their mills were running and they expected enough men would remain at work to keep them operating steadily. Approximately 83,000 men are out in the Chicago district. The following table shows the extent to which the plants of the Chicago district have been deprived of man power: Employed. Out. Gary 22,000 22,000 South Chicago 20,000 19,600 East Chicago 22,000 22,000 Indiana Harbor _ .11,000 11,000 Evanston 1,500 1,500 Waukegan 2,500 2,500 Milwaukee 3,200 3,000 Sterling 1,000 1,000 DeKalb 1,500 1,500 Joliet-Chi. H’ghts 2,000 2,000 Every plant at South Chicago, Gary, Joliet, Indiana Hkrbor, Hammond and other steel centers, was short at least part of its force. In some places the superintendents said they scarcely missed the strikers, in others the plants were more or less crippled, and some of them practically shut down.