The daily gazette., 1882-05-19
STILL AT 1T.
The Strike Of the Briclklayers About Where
it Was-ResOlutiOns by the Bosses.


The employing or contracting bricklayers
met at the residence of f. G. Simpson, No.
1908 Tatnall street, last evening, all the
bosses either being present or represented by
proxies. +. G. Simpson was president and
j. f. Ruth secretary of the meeting. As O
result of their deliberation the following
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The iourneymen brickIayers in
this city nave demanded an increase OF wages
without proper notice, and
WHEREAS, The prices Of building material
and labor are such ut the present time as to so
seriously Interfere with building operations
that we consider II our duty to our patrons and
the public generally TO discourage any further
advance In that direction therefore be 1t
Resolped, That we, the boss bricklayers Of this
city, do positively refuse to comply with said
demand and be IL further
ResolUed, Tint we respectfully ask the ndul-
gence OF our patrons who are interested in our
present contracts thinking as we do that our
acpOn cannot result otherwise than to the ben
eft of nll.
The journeymen bricklayers at their meeting
last evening discussed the subject thoroughly
the prevailing sentiment being TO maintain the
hight started, aud If needs be leave the city in
search OF work. 1t wss stated that some had
already gone to Chester and Philadelphia, and
also that several bosses had aceeded TO the de-
demand for $3.50 per day.
One Of the five contractors mentioned as
having acceded TO the demands of the strikers,
Ezekiel Walker, denies the statement as un-
true. II is also stated that another, Forrest,
is not in the business, and that still third,
Aaron Pyle, is not a boss bricklayer.
The Moy7sihg Nelrs in, its report of the
trouble gives the following statements made
by some of the strikers Quite number of
journeymen have not been able to make
more than two or three full weeks work
since last January owing to the backward
ness of the spring, the great amount of rainy
weather, the scarcity of brick and the usual
delays in waiting for the stone masons and
carpenters. It Is claimed by the journey
men that they cannot work ON an average
more than seven months Of the year.
They say that four months have already
been lost and that thirty days will
hardly cover the necessary lost time
between now aud January l., 1888.
This estimate gives about 16S working
days for the year, which at So 90
a day AMOUNTS TO S504 for the years work
or an average of about 81 .62 day for the
year. At $3.50 day 1t amounts to $5S8
year or an average of about 81 .S8 a day the
year round. This they claim is not extrava-
giant pay for skilled workman, who has
given four years of hard labor to the master
ing Of his trade 1t is estimated that there
are from 10000 TO $4,000 bricks I'm such
house as it is stated there is q margin of $50
in the erection of the bare walls. An or
dnary workman lays on an average at least
1000 bricks day and taking % 900 as the
average In each house the increase in cost by
granting the demand of the strikers would
be SIT, The raise of the price of brick,
which 70 stated at at least 81 per 600, is
more than double that and the journeymen
say that i.o fuss is made about that.