New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-22
THE BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE.
MANY BOSSES YIELD AT ONCE.
NpLhINTs OF PLAsTERERs' LAsoRERs-A fE"
,,rxnppn MIN orr OF EMPLOYMENT.


rno s,ri,,a of tho bricklavers and laborers for
reduction i'm the hours of labor TO nine day was
begun Yesterday. 1he most sangulhe hopes III vi"
men as to the extent of the strike were IcSilLeu'
~ of Tho larger bosses are holding out ana aito-
cether there are net more than 900 brick ayers ana
rs many labOrerS cut OF employment Ocuhi''SeS
cot nj the halls of Bricklayers Union No. =, NO.
COS Tighth-ave., and Bucklayers Union NO. Il
SSventy-sevents-st. and lhlI0.aye., all day, ana
Yereived REPORTS from the subcommittee "blch
had been sent to visit the various joins. Among lne
prlnc ipa employers who acceded 10 the demsn3s
oI the men are John Whtencck, at lmriyiouIta-
ST. and FiTst-aye.; John MaSterSon' az blecChol-sI
aud t,reenc-st the St Nicholas Hotel, aud the new
Mercantile Exchange; JOHN Bania, Ire I'akol"
Jlsts: John NJ Duad. AT Carlisle and W ashingtOh
sis; ST. Scuddcr. at SiNty-irst-st. aud Nln'n-ANe''
Sixty-third-st. and fOurth-aNe, ana lNth'y ~
enth-st between seventh aud Lighth ave. ,Vi
euce Herman. at sixty -uinth-st qua haulsoVu J
Andrews a Son the new cotton L1clAl,ge ,Nuuu
run Brothers, at lwcn1etl-S Ahu md
Joseph Everard. at Oue-hundred-s -thul{ W
Of. and MadisOn-aNei h'hi's .ihn,,,as , m
IwHntV-sixth-st and recouu-hNel in '",iab tl,si
cofan. The public so hool-house ~ ~ 7arLson
aud Smith atci james kehh9oh' Ert 80 go
inuata, William larcll ~ lllt -hllh-s, am
DinadWati Joseph johnson at Wehl -ul,iu-,t
an3 a', ihrd,nte5 Patrick Cnljs. Of
Mulberry aud Mott slsd Lisi HfN"tt' ~
the new Chut,h Of The Sacred i'a',
Itftt.niniAs,i, aud Anh.aVeI Mrkr9ha NN's
pl seventy a. and li,sl,"'eai 't"",,tgh'ayaN
William krnue, al ono hundred sud hltr"hth.sl
aud first-aYoI John b'meie,t, u'GAd-sl, an"
IiuMGIkt Joseph llti MI N'N,,''
io AZ Ffly-ainth-st and liitb-ayei william
l.aimbeer, at lwenly.elg lih-sl' ana elt'h-aht1
Patrick sheridan, ut lhty -ihid-H'' ana N'i,,m
ave, Mummy A McGmty, hudson si.i Graham
sons. at Forty -Glta-st. and lhird-aye ana tho
Bnckingham Hotel: j. GoerlitZ, at Forty, eghth-
81 hrtveen ighth and Ninth aYes.; Nh olade, at
Ieonard-st. and West Broadwali MI ENWaiu'
Tentb-ave., between Thirty-toHIth ana ihI,SI
fifth sis Mr. krst, the Standard heatIei mlChaei
Iay in Furty-elg hth-St, between second anu hlu
ayes; Mr. Horgan, in tle same block Mr.. ls@aCS'
who IS doing the hue brick work on inc new C"t-
ton Exchange; Robert /. parrSgh, ueorso N"S'''''
James Spearing and Orlando Is. Potter. :,
The work i'll charge Fof these men is
ttrnnSSle The strikers feel confident that by
Wednesday they will b, at work under Inc nlne
hours rule and that there VIII he no e
of the members of the Boss Builders and MaSOns
Association who still refuse to yield TO the uehanos
of the union were fouRd by a IRIBUNE reporter.
Some OF them talGe0 confidently and SAID thal they
would persist IN thor course. good deal oil ostaI
siactiOn expressed al the action oil some OF tue
leading members of the bosses organization IN sur
rendering without light. One indignant hehnel
said: why It was those very men VINO WeL ere
oudest in their protests against giving III al All
aud that they have got us INTO the scIaPo 'hoS
A meeting of the Boss Binders and MaSons' ASsO-
citation has been called for tonight to consider the
best course of action TO be taken The journey men are
confident that at the meeting the utter hopelesSneSs
of the struggle will be seen by the bosses ana tnat
they will give up the fight on tomorrow morning.
A number of the bosses who have not alIeaay
Welded DONG contract WOIk anu '"'ilipN "A'iN
10 be idle any length of time.
The laborcrs followed in the footsteps of the
brickayers and made their demands Tor nine houis'
which was granted whenever the de@dl9 OF ne
brickay was granted. Few more than 9uO
laboTerS are ont of employment They clam that
al the time the pasttTeIs made their demand IoT
llne hours a day the laborors took no action ana
that now the pasterers laboTers are compelled TO
work an hour longer than the pIasteIels lHey
HE Executive Committee of nc Mason Builders
Association held meeting last night at the lotel
Brunswick. he committee cons slS "t Niaic
Eldlitz chairman; f. NJ. Weeks, secretary i l..
Herbert. James b. Smith /. G. Tucker and e.
o,hcio John J. Tucker, president, and { HARRIS /,
Wills secretary of the ABSORPTION. MI. lnlIN
described the situation to a IRlBCNF reporter us
follows: "A committee OF eieat delegates ap-
pomtad by the brcElayers' 'COnplttee OIL the ten
eral Good called on us about four weeks ago ana
requested to adopt tho RUE OF i.ne
ho Is for days work instead OF trn ten;
They said they knew II would cost
money and that We woud lose hy the operation,
but II would be such an immense noon Tor iAe.i
that they would axe 10 have II. Aver reporting /"
our society and taking he sense oi ihal podl, we
reported TO he men that We did uo tAlak 1t wise
in view OF the prevailing depression, - Iai'e We
price of OuT commodity that L., the cost "I "a.
buildings hat we Constitutional that we thought
it would he dangerous 10 on bg'neS'. rs II would
deter large capitalists IRON ln'e-uh2' emu
that # would he damaging 70 ice
aborers themselves because there would D." e>s
work for them to do. We also ioid them MA.
they would nut the matter oil for time urtu the
DAYS became shorter. We nIght then erlahg" Wlth
them on the basis proposed, and ln tho sFlI hR we
nspeCta ~ which III nlgh ihen Plee'n' 'isal.
Ne told them bssiaes bat has association dd not
oct iu the manner of 'b0vcotter2 bat az IL HliY
Fpt forth IN uUr bylaws. l1iondea 10 'eI' ~ si
matters OF ui0,rsnco between employers ana en-
ulnved peaceanIy oi bv arbitration W" cnnlIol
Tho bulk oi tue beat work ~ ihe CIV. ana ere NOT
like tho apecuai ora ia building who heN" no h,
snt but 10 huith q house and PIT II on the mNA'I
ps aonu ~ pns-ihle We have been expecting a"""
wotd from the hii,kl~iciR comnbitc" he l'pP ~
what We told them. uut they have sect u+h"n'. 4HH
have bepuu the rtlLc. only iUo oi uul number
have not stopped work a, 4, AudtuH son ana
Robot l.. nattaEh Go. lhoN had contracts to D."
nnihhsd within certain time ubVct LcdNy TOT
irtufc aud II was understood mat thcN hhnuld x"
on, Nine t~nlhS OF the contracts ictoplIN mbu" ~
mcmbrts of our association nave ''"''' 10 Nn''n
The architects and owners readily agreed, provo
Ing that any lon. Of limo through sll kos hhal DO
added to the tlmo within winch lh' buildings misl
h. finished" +. e.. Tucker SAID " ihs executive
committee took 40 action with regard 10 the Atrke
The members of The association " ho have stopped
work aye Or. l.. lleIbsrst, Jamos b. smith, H. G.
Weeks and son, SINCLAIR ana WIS e4n , , n"W
don, Robinson aud Wallace, Moran and Armstrong
Blackledgo and SoR, William {. llama, hlchh9
Devices. {. II. and f. G. Tucker Nhc Eidilz and
Son, Isaac Hopper Alexander LloNh ~
tivcn's Sons, ". A. aud r. i. Conoger
T. W. Lithgow, i. and w. J.. BlOodgood
John }. Tucker :. +. Cow[n y son. A. I. wal
and W. Spers Peter /. OBTicn. Those not Incm-
bers of the assoc alton who have stopped WoIk ~
far aS known are Van Dolson and Wiustt. James
Webb q son, David J. King, Rudule Brothers,
Dawson < Archer. Buek Successor To DugAdn -
CrOssnau, 9no Scha,ilen & SON
The Master Builders ASSOCIATION VII meet tins
evening al the Hotel Bruins wIck.
A MANCHESTER INSURANCE COMPANY.
A rumor has been going the rounds of the InsuT-
auce offices thai the Mutual Fire Insurance Corpo-
ration Limited OF Manchester, England, coutem
plated establishing an American branch with head
quarters III Nev-IoTk CITY at All early date and
thai ALDO de Beruaes president OF tho Irving In
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