Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-26

CHICAGO, April 25.-This afternoon the
the new Boss Carpenters Association and the
Citizens Arbitration Committee sent note to
President Goldie, of the Builders and Trad
ers' Exchange, asking him to appoint a
time for a meeting. with view to settle
ment of the pending strike. Mr., Goldie re-
piled that he, together with the directors
and some of the members OF the Exchange,
would meet and confer with the Citizens
Committee at IL tomorrow; with the new Boss
Carpenters Committee at P. NJ, and with
the Carpenters Committee at P. M. in the
Builders Exchange. 1t remains to be seen
whether the joint committee will consent to
be thus split up into its constituent ele-
ments.
BENT ON BEING RECOGNIZED.
Not much is hoped for from the confer
ence, should it take place, inasmuch as
President Goldie SAYS that the Carpenters
Union will, under no circumstances, be rec
ognized, while the strikers declare they will
never return to work until such recognition
is granted. The best that they expect from
the conference is to put the old bosses on
record, and when that is done they will
probably make terms with the new bosses
association, which claims to have an en-
ploying capacity of a. 500 men.
The strikers say that. in addition to these,
the owners of buildings in course of erec-
tion are ready, when notified to do so, to
take the contracts from the old bosses and
turn them over to the carpenters for COM
pletion, and that in this way, work will be
furnished for 1,5OO additional men. They
say that, allowing that the new bosses can
permanently employ 5000 men, this would
leave them with only 1000 men idle. whom
they could easily support indefinitely.
AN ARMY OF IDLERs.
President Rowland, of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners Of America, esti-
mates that, unless their demand for eight
hours is conceded, at least 100, 900 carpen-
tiers will be found on strike in this country
on May 1. The chaotic condition of the
eight-hour movement at present may lead
to a resuscitation of the Eight-Hour Asso-
citation, which controlled the similar agita-
tion in 1885, A meeting will be held some
time this week at which an effort will be
made to unite all trades in one central or
ganization for the purpose OF pushing on the
eight-hour day movement,
The harness makers have gained victory
by their strike. j. Fenton, Studebaker
Bros. and Bossler & Co. are three harness
manufacturing firms who have accedec to
the demands of the men. The strike is still
on at Ortmayer & Sons, Tubbs & Palmer's
and A. f. Riser & Co.'s.
WALTERS THREATEN TO STRIKE.
The Culinary Alliance, comprising the
six waiter unions of Chicago, have an aggre-
gate of over ], 400 members. The union
will demand recognition of uniform work
ing card, providing for ten hours labor in
place of from II to 13, and a scale of wages
of $40 week in oyster houses and SO a
week in restaurants, six days and one-half
to constitute a weeks labor, each hour or
traction OF an hour of over time to be paid
for at 25 cents an hour, with no discount for
fractions.
The union is willing 60 submit the ques-
tion of hours of labor to arbitration, but
will not the point of wages or the demand
for recognition of a uniform working card.
The union will strike on May at noon un-
less its demands are complied with.