New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-24
THE PLUMBERS Ar WAR.
THE JoURNEYMEN LOCKED OUT.
ONE THOUSAND MEN SAID 70 BE IDLE-IhE ME-
TAKING woRK-BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT

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TAKING woRK-BOTH SIDES CoNFlDENI'
The war of the plumbers has begun. i nS
boss plumbers who belong to the Master flupc' Iarge
socaon nearly all abded ny tne PeaYI hat thew could
work no longer until the STRIKE Id '9 t4pp head
du0rIeTs Of the Master Plumbers Association No
52 linton SQUARE the strike committee was ID seSS n
Jav n was asserted that large number OF me posses
had signed the pledge that li7 employers haa ehote
be ock-out and that at least 1000 men were ont VI
vor OF these about onchalf were laid of on SatuIoV
ni0ht and the others yesterday morning Inc lnsol
plumbers appear to be confident OF WILLIE, " to-
hat thoy are moi worried the state Of affairs Ihey
arc making ARRANGEMENTS to have non-unlon n.sn
brought In from neighborlng clti es the nlumb
places OF the ockedout men me ~" tbe, nm
ng work i'm number of houses has rendered 'eh IN r
teDabe and their occupants nave gone IV h % lor,c
masters say that tho only Inconvenience WIZ ne vi H.
zoos and new buildings. They propose 10 put Oh io
0yeralls and attend the most urgent jopS
The committee W II be IN Session at No ~ N"i
until the difficulty is settled. ,, oro Gathered
number of iourneymen pumoeTs "e de,piifee of
around Clarendon Hall yesterday Inc aiiItv for
twenty-five which has charge OF tne GnG rI ,onr
The oiIrneymen in session there All Day me Jul ~
sy that only about OF their men are OUT OF
work. so far and they expect that number OF these VIII
nrome of three large buildings the lockout not over
by Thursday They put men 70 work At 81 Liz ~
William Mara. but when his were locked OUT
tbn authorities at the hospital applied to me
unon lE MAI ia and men wiz be furnished
work that may he called for al the union sca va ned
the ulcoge have not lived up it, Among the most I'M
portan plumbers who declined 10 oos s urt
Des. BoVd. 10 7s Wooser-s; John r. smith, No. los
Maiden Lane; James Henderson, No. - slIth-aVei
David Ilennessy, NO. l,o9I bro GALWAY oorpett &
Homes No. 2O2 East Thirty second-st
and oliver Barrett Of south Fifth-ave The commlIleS
further asserts that number OF tne LOSSES d 70
smne work In day or and in the meantime thelr pay
would continue. The effort to bring IN men from QUIZ o.
the experience OF past strikes has been that !ne de
from the country do great damage from ther lneApe
ence in the methods OF work They instance lle Wok
of oupm W
damage while working in the house OF Gordon BurnntH
The aid of the Amagamated Building Trades UNIONS
will not be asked in this fight so tha there Is lIte I'M
yassng committees, and every JOB from Wncn tne nen
have been locked out will be canvassed ana II Posso
the put to work The different railroad uepotS anu
boat landing places have been plcketed 49,,
Reports were received FROM the various shops from Wnch
the men had been locked out, showing that Only MY
three bosses followed the plan laid ont by the Master
Plumbers Association The men are cOnntent that' as
soon as find thata number or the siRneI
Of the pledge have not kept IT, number OF them VIII
call their men back. -, So.
meeting of the Steamftters Union was held last
night and 1t was resolved that member or the union
should usually done by plumbers until aIIer
the trouble had been settled
The iourncymen plumbers met in the evening at
Clarendon Hall statement OF their side OF the case
was read by secretary It rccted the iacs leading
ND TO the lockout aud spoke of the bad alh OF the e
piOgers in pretending to arbrate the dlherenees ahu
perfecting their arrangements for the lockout Whe e
conference committees in session ana then III ne
lockout before the ArDltrauon
an opnOrupity to,rppOrt back the union for nstruc-
tons It SAYS: The bosses would have appear that
we would interfere with the management OF their Ds-
ness, but we have enough to know that such q
course would be sure defeat our object Every en-
poyer has perfect right to hire and discharge any man
whom he wishes 70, and we 10 not seek 10 %
a number OF the boys had not been DISCHARGED. us
was looked upon as an encouraging sign by tnc Ihcn'
showing that the bosses did not expect tne trouble 10