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Watertown Republican
Watertown, Jefferson County, Dodge County, Wisconsin
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In Chicago, 1,200 brickmakers in the northern and northwestern parts struck on April 22, demanding a reduction from 8,000 to 7,000 bricks per day while keeping pay at $2-$2.50. Employers refused, leading to work stoppages; bosses view it favorably due to halted building from carpenters' strike.
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Chicago, April 22. - All the brickmakers in the northern and northwestern parts of the city, to the number of 1,200 men, went out on a strike to-day. A meeting was held on Sunday, at which it was determined to demand that 7,000 bricks should constitute a day's work, instead of 8,000, as heretofore, and that the pay, which ranges from $2 to $2.50 a day, should be the same. This was not agreed to by the bosses, and, this morning, the men renewed the demand. On being refused the men in one yard after another quit work. In some instances they returned and finished their day's task, but announced their intention of going out in the morning. There was no disturbance, but trouble is expected to-morrow. The bosses say the strike is in the nature of a God-send, for, owing to the carpenters' strike, building operations are at a standstill and the demand for brick temporarily destroyed.
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Chicago
Event Date
April 22
Outcome
no disturbances occurred, but trouble expected tomorrow; bosses view strike positively due to carpenters' strike halting building.
Event Details
1,200 brickmakers struck demanding 7,000 bricks per day instead of 8,000, with unchanged pay of $2-$2.50; employers refused, leading to sequential yard walkouts after a Sunday meeting.