Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1919 — CHICAGO WALKS FOR ITS MILK [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO WALKS FOR ITS MILK

People Forced to Go to Distributing Stations —Striking Drivers Halt Delivery to Hospitals. Chicago. May 16. —Chicago walked for its milk today. During the morning hours people trekked to the 700 milk distributing stations, authorized to serve the public. There they fell into line, and some of the lines were long and devious and resembled anxious voters outside an election polling place. The drivers maintained their determined stand. They declared that they liad been locked out, and now that the employers had assumed this attitude they proposed to fight it Pickets from the Milk Wagon Drivers' union are Interfering with the delivery of milk to south side hospitals, Chief of Police Garrity was told. The complaint, which came from the MurphyWard company, 2015 Calumet avenue, also said that pickets were attempting to prevent citizens from buying milk at depots on the south side. Police details were rushed south to stop the picketing. • Judge “Knocks” Liberty Bond. Somerville, Mass., May 16. —John H. Harrington offered a S3O Liberty bond with which to pay a SSO fine to Judge Wentworth in the local court, and It was refused. He ordered Harrington to pay $2.50 In cash to make up the deficit.