Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — BUILDING STARTS AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

BUILDING STARTS AGAIN.

The Strike of Chicago Brickmakera Brought to a Close. Building operations in Chicago and Cook County have been resumed. The strike of the brickmakers, which lasted a week, is off. claim the victory. The men believe they have proved their charge that the yard owners have been in combination. They further claim they have succeeded in breaking up the “brick trust,” as they term it. On the other hand, the manufacturers insist there is no such combination and that the strike has been a failure. In the entanglements resulting from the strike, a number of central labor bodies and contractors’’ associations became involved, so that the cause for which the strike was declared was completely lost sight of. . i