Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-20
The Piast,rers' Strikr-No Compromise
Effected.

The Piasterers' Ntrike-No Comp 0mise
Effected.
An adjourned meeting of the Journeymen
PIas tsrers' Association, to further consider the
strike for hish,r wages in which they are en-
eatso, " rs held last MI ut At German Hall. At
so'cIOck, the President, Mr.. Barrett took thu
char; Mr.. h r. Gin as a. creeaTy.
MI Stephen r. Glll, from the Standing com.
mittre, submitted a report stating that Mr.
Cb aries Sicussa, n boss plasterer, had in ms
employ three men who were not members of
The Journeymen's Society, and were working
in direct Cpl osifiOn TO their bylaws Some
discussion ensured during " hich il was stated
that upon application u that gentleman he hal
faid Lat the men named were not employed on
his own private work, but were employed on
Jobs, over which be, rs superiutpndent hal M
control. On the other hand, one genrlrman
stated that Mr.. Sioussa when asked if he
wished to be considered as a "s-ab. boss re-
piled that he did not care whether he WIS or
not: be reekoned il would not take long for The
"scab" to rub of
Am. mter moved that the meeting take action,
ana dftrmlne whether Mr.. SIoussa was a
"sCaD boss or not. In his opinion he was a
fsn OF mat stamp, and should be branded as
sUCh.
Mr.. Muir hoped that a committee would he
81 pointed to wait npon Mr.. Sioussa and report
III result Of their interview at the next meet
Hs. whieh would be held ON Monday night.
MI. Cohens was OppoS ed to any action which
ould imply a doubt of tn truthfuIness of
assertions made by any gentleman. M Sioussa
had denisd all intention to violate the rules of
VIC NE IA ldSltrtrS Association. ami III
vas improper to 90 beyond that statement. He
lMr CD thought the plasterers of Washingto
had enough tnsm mics now, without exciting the
iii " Ill OF any one else.
MT. David MahGney, ST., Endorsed the view
taken by Mr. Cohens, and hoped the meetin g
would not be- preciptate in casting odium upon
any employer who had manifested a friendly
feeling towards the lourneymens association.
On motion of Mr.. James Morrow, the report
was laid on the table.
Mr.. Cohens submitted the following pream.
a q n nlnfns
Whereas, II has come to the knowledge of
this association that the master plasterers of
the District Of Columbia would on to- night ap-
point committee 10 confer with similar COM
mittse 10 be appointed by this association:
Therefore be it
R,solrsd, That a committee OF five be an
pointed by the master plasterers of this CITY,
Mr.. Brick desired to know whether any of
The bosses had signIfied wish to meet the plas-
tsrersl
Mr. Cohens replied that one master bu,lder
NJ hast had manifested a disposition to meet
the Journey men, and himself and that gentle
man bad each agreed to use their influence in
procuring the appointment of Conference Com
mlttees from their respective associations. He
hoped the resolution would be adopted, and
that the master plasterers would be met i'm n
respectful manner. For himself he was un-
willing TO be outdone in courtesy by the en-
ploying plasterers, and could see no harm in
meeting them and listening to any proposition
they might have to make.
Mr.. Humphrey opposed the appointment of
committee of eOnfert nee All the Journey
men Plasterers' Association wished to know
vas whether the master plasterers would pay
tne prices asked-hye dollars per day. If that
was their object they could give such notice,
and there would be an end of it.
Mr.. COhens rejoined that he wanted no man
TO knuekle to him, and believed it proper to
meet the master plasterers whenever a respect
ful petition vas made by them.
Mr.. MOrToW advocated the adoption of the
resolution, and hoped committee of confer
ence would BE- appointed.
The resolution was adopted, and the Chair
appointed Messrs. Philips, Robert Gill, J. Ro-
senby, Straub and COhens, as said committee
On motion, Messrs- Mahoney, sr, Minor, Gard
ner, and the Chair Were added thereto
Mr.. James Morrow read from the STAR the
report OF the proceedings of the Master Bull.
der's Union, wherein Mr.. George Hardness
had spoken in disparaging terms of the Jour-
neymeD' s association, and said that he intended
fighting them TO the bitter end. As TO Mr. Hark-
ness, the speaker asked who was hel He was
lot recognized in their association, and only
found his proper level when he got with Jos
Suekle, who was kicked out of the association
NOW, sa'd MI Morrow, we don't blame the SER
Pent Wnen he is ued upon, to turn and sting:
tut in this case we have got the antidote, and
TIE bite Is therefore harmless. If Mr. Hardness
can do all the work in Washington with his
apprentices, why all we can say to him is go
and do n, for he might rest assured that there
Is not one man IN this association that would
ok for him If he would pay ten dollars a
cay ior ne was beyond the pale Of honor
NJ CObens introduced resolution, which
be Prefaeed with appropriate remarks. He
was in for business and couId not afford To ha
longer idle. The five dollar advance proposi-
ton he had originally opposed, but would now
De the last man 10 give in The resolution was
tel read as follows:
EsaIreds That committee Of twenty be ap.
polnted BY the char 10 ascertain the work to be
Gone ard the prices at which il can be obtained,
and 10 report al the next regular meeting.
AFTER discussion, the resolution was adopted,
and the chair appointed the following commit
tee: Messrs. VIM. Cohens, James Morrow, J.
X Gin, N. Murphy. Albert Donaldson, Robert
Cross, George Deyens, :. +. Gill, Robert Muir
Daniel Crathey. John Mahoney. :. Libbey J.
Gainer, JAMES Hughes, Ed. LOcery. j. Colum-
bus, l. Straub VIM. Thompson, Z. Weaver,
and 4. Moore.
Mr.. Brick moved that a committee of two
be- appointed to wait upon the apprentices in
the employ of the "scab" bosses and get them to
leave their employers. Many of the youths
would aid the journeymen. if only waited
upon and requested TO do So
The question was asked what would be done
with the apprentices, when Mr.. Rosenberg said
lat The Association should pay them for tn
time they were unemployed. which would not
De- long, for there was plenty Of work to be had
and II something was not done by the employ
eTs the Journeymen would take contracts them
selves and put the apprentices to work He
had talked with one boy, and had found him
willing 10 knock off provided the iourneymen's
socieiy would protect him. 1t was not pro-
Os' TO interfere with any of the bows appren-
tied 10 square bosses. The youth alluded to
wss with Mr.. Hardness.
NN ''HVAutlon duOpttO. anu MeSSrS.
hos nourg AID Birch appointed as said COM
mittee.
On motion of Mr. 5 Green, the two hands
memrers of the PlastereTs' Association at work
for Mr.. Hines, contractor for the erection of
Hon Montgomery Blair's residence on 9TH
street, beyond the corporate limits, were re-
called, and the standing committee requested
TO notify them forthwith Of the action of the
association.
Atthis Juncture, Messrs. Jackson and Rab-
bitt- who had b en- appOin ted a committee by
the master plasterers to bear a resolution TO
the JouTBeymen's Society, presented them
selves outside the hall, and were subseo uentIy
escorted into the hall by a committee Of ;our-
neymen. Advancing in front o. the Chair Mr.
Jackson handed 70 that officer a sealed doom
ment, which he said himself and colieague had
been appoint Il a committee to deliver aud said
that they would await outside the action of th,
Journey men's Society. The committee then
Nhhdrew, when the Chair opened the COM
nUnicatIon received from the master plaster
ers, which contained the following resolution
jest adopted by them at the meeting then in
session At Board of Trade rooms:
"ReSotred, i hat committee of this association
that we are ready and willing u set them 10
work nj the following rate of wages, VIZ
Prom the present time 10 the 18th of Noyembar
s.; from the 18th of November TO the 18th of
March, S5.5a."
I he reading Of this resolution produced great
surprise among the members, and after a brief
pause, motion TO return the paper with the
tndorsation "not accepted" on the back was
adopted by accl1mation.
A M her moved that the Committee OF Con.
Terence previously appointed be dischar0ed.