Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-22
The EE0d Carriers, Strike.

THE MASTER MASONs CLAIM THAT IT is CAUSING NO
EMBARRASSMEST-PLENTY OF LABOR SAID TO BE
AVAILABLE-HoISTING MACHINES USED INSTEAD
OF MEN, &C
A reporter ofTHE stan yesterday accompanied
a committee of the Master Masons' Association
on trip about Town to various places where build
ingS are in course OF construction to how work
was going on and whether or not there was any
real embarrassment arising from the hod carriers
strike.
Mr.. FltzgibbOnS, who IS working south OF Penn
sylvaEa avenue, near 18th street. said 81 have an
the men want and have refused applications this
morning. The new men work well and carry as
many bricks rs the union labOrerS."
Mr.. Zoos said: II have all the men can work
and the new men take hold as well as Can be ex-
pected."
Mr.. Horrigan is building block of seven houses
on f street, near 1Sth northwest and claims to
| have all the labor he needs and says that 1.-the
new bod carriers keep my brickayers supplied with
materials, which is more than the Old ones did,
AT the corner OF street and Goth northwest Mr.
King, the master mason was not present but his
foreman stated 10 the reporter that he had all the
brick carriers that he wanted, but needed mortar
carrier. He expected TO get the man that after
noon. The new bod carriers broke in readily, and
he was having no difficulty.
Mr.. E. Forrest Jones said: 81 have all the men
want, and have to turn applicants away. Here is a
letter which 1 received Thursday from Richmond
Ofer1ng TO supply us with men, but do not have
to go out OF the city, and so replied that no men
were needed here now. The new men are ready and
willing"
Mr.. Carson, who is building the Dunlop house. on
the corner OF Congress and Stotdard streets. in
west w aSlngtOn, mas Twelve Dflckay erS at work.
He employs hosting machine, which lifts mortar
and hods OF brick simultaneously. He has num-
Der OF bod carriers to distribute the bricks to the
masons on the scaffolding He states that the ma
chine saves hi One-third and for the new men
which he has taken on, they work so well that he
has not suffered by the strike.
Mr.. Castle is building the walls of house on
Hillyer avenue. He had felt no Inconvenience and
had no difficulty in employing help Four new men
were going on that afternoon.
Mr.. A. NJ. COWell was found at the corner OF 10Th
ana streets northwest. where he was Superin-
tending the erection OF five houses. He had large
gang or men at work. 81 am getting along tip
top" he said, land not having a particle of
difficulty. l have just put up hOisting machine,
bi1cklayers at work, and find all the men want
TO carry the hods. You see the number of men
here, and am also putting up houses on and NJ
streets, between 18th and 18th. A OF ordinary
sense can learn to carry q hOd In week. and the
new men take hold we'll don't anticipate any
further trouble whatever"
MIR. Sorrell on the corner OF r and 18th streets,
was also using hoisting apparatus, and had no
dl1lculty In procuring the necessary labor.
The reporter visited a number OF other builders
In various portions OF the city, and found the same
state OF things wherever he stopped. The employ
lacked in Skill they made up In diligence and VIII
1ngness to work. and that they kept the brcdlayers
amply supplied with material. The master maSons
reiterated emphaticaly that they would not adj
vance the wages, claiming that there is no difIl-
Guilty In procuring help at prevailing prices.
GLADSToNE's POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL TROUBLES.
special cable dispatch from London to the Fhila-
delphia Press says: dissolution is at hand It
has made an appeal to the country. His working
majority or eighty ninety has dWtndled TO An