New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
can THE BRICK WAR LASI
OPINIONS DIFFER As TO THE MANUFACT-
URERS' STRENGTH
TIE WALKING DELEGATES sANGU1NE- iAi1i
RESOLVE AGAIN TO FIGHT TO THE AA'A'

RESOLVE AGAIN TO FIGHT TO THE LA"i'
Tho bovcott instituted by the brick manufacturers
~ New York and NewJersey went into ehece iaS'
night at II O'Clock, and IL the manufacturers aouo "
their first resolution, the owners OF over l-o o''
wards viii discontinue shipping brick 10 New orh anu
prooklyn until the walking delegates OF the builus
Trades raise their boycott against the brick yards a'
yerplanck's Point. The effect Will not DC houoeu ="
nv .xtent Tomorrow as many barges delayed by tlde
,d other causes will be coming in through the daS'
Int by Monday the most serious dlhihuuoh - GA
pec,ed and II the boycott continues the ioho"i"s
saturday will find the brick supply practlcaly use"
mn I'm this city and Brooklyn and building operations
suspended Thousands OF men VIII be out OF ehpioS
uent and unless some speedy settlement Is ehe''e"
-ous r,sults will follow IN many avenues OF trade
and a Great deal OF prvatlOn must be endured " inc
aborers and their families.
A meeting Of the manufacturers VIII De heu Oh
Monday at the Aston House, and something VIII Do
done then 10 cement the body together more securely
and an effort will be made to gain support from tho
d.,lcrs only seven Of the enrolled members Oh tho
os .ociatlon have avowed the existence OF contracts
that would compel them 20 continue shipping OrcA'
but others whose names are enrolled lolheo vi con,
dtion that somebody else would JOIN aso or 'a' ai'
the brlcl,makcrs would Ioin and various excuses can
m offered should they think 1T to slip out few barge
Ionds of brick month 10 New-fork s'lpuiauoh' VI
nIs nature were made by the manufacturers at
Gla,co md Kingston, the men at one place saying
they would stop II the yards at the other places "ouu
.hut down and the men at the other place a''er''us
that they were working under contract ana oold ho'
shut down. ~,
A. Tbi+ieth st. and Fifty second ST., North
River. Yesterday tugs could be seen scurrymS
her, and there with barges full Of brick, and all inc
available room about buildings in course OF cons'ruc
ton has been taken up 10 store the thra'chcu COM"
moiltv The Board OF Walking Delegates held meet
ING in the morning and sangilne as 70 their pros
meets Of defeating the manufacturers. The hoari
agreed unanimously 20 fight the entire ASSOCIATION oi
manufacturers Till they came TO terms
James Rogers, a dealer In building material WIN
soueht 10 reconcile the differences between the con-
tending parties showed letter 10 Tribune reporter
Yesterday which he had received from Johh 'h'pni''
secretary OF the Associated Brick ManuiAotufos'
stating that all attempts made by the Board OF walk
ing Delegates tending TO settle the present di"'ui'S
by arbitration would he null and Nolu
Mr.. Rogers said that Inc could do nothing III INC
matter The waiiLng delegates had taken their stanu
and did not at all disposed TO Yield lot' y.
one ume,n lie continued, =" the trouble WIS "lnio''
settled, and then the new phase assumed py tlo
Central Railroad strike seemed 10 throw Iuel Oh t'o
flames. Both sides became more and more dictatoriai
and exacng till at present only remains to De seen
who will 70 to the wall The warfare IS bemS waSed
directly over the heads Of dealers and VIII do Us no
end OF damage We are between two fires Iho
dealers are threatening all sorts of things We do'
koep them in brick and the manufacturers want us to
refuse brick that IS sent to from yards other than
the ones boyco ted by the walking delegates
"You sec our difficulty. Here Is II big builder
threatening to remove his custom If don't supply
him with brick lie does not take 1t into conSidera-
ton that other dealers are delivering brick that has
been contracted for last winter. BRICK Is being h'
and we should have IL. Under these CIR
cumstances | fear some patched up contracts VIII DO
nut In operation between some OF the dealers and
the brick manufacturers who must unload some stock
TO meet their bills. 1t Is hard for me to say WHAT
the outcome of the matter VIII be, though think tho
outlook is serious"
A TALK WITH d. H. KING, JR
D. IL. King IT,, one of the foremost builders In
this city, and probably In America. said that IL was
greatly 10 be hoped that some settlement could be
made by arbitration, that this great Industrial hed
would not be lnterfcred with. i am very loath W
speak on this subject he added. because fear that
acitatlng the matter only causes double irlaoh III
the parties ut odds, crments the ILL., wdens inc orcach
and makes peaceful settlement more dlihcni'. ai'
free TO say though that the boycott OF NcwiorR oy
the brick manufacturers, If carried out, would ptae'
tically stop building operations In this city ana en-
tail catalogue of Ills such as sincerely nope VIZ
Will not nave visited upon u.s. In my ouuhs ope'"
tons In this city have employed thousahds Oh uoh
men, and have frequently had dealings win inc Walk
ing delegates and will say for tlem uht h"'o
always found them very reasonable men, anu Always
opcn TO conviction and ready TO uphold their postohs
by good argument.
Il am personally very anxious that this trouble
should come TO an end, and have all along hoped
that il would end before it began; that Is before aeVe
steps were taken to shut down building operations.
II seems to me even yet that we are borrowing
trouble and anticipating evil. There mas Deeh no
dmlnution OF the brick supply as YET ana
even IL all avenues OF supply should Close as they
certainly will not, for much contract material VIII
come In besides that from yards whose operators have
not united themselves with the boycotting manufact-
urers II would take two three days before the
effect would be felt. and In that time what may not
be done | still inclined to look on the bright
side and IL you ask me how the boycott will affect
tho builders. reply | don't know yet whether we