The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-06
STRIKE OF A THOUSAND MEN,
WALKING DELKGATE STOP THE WORK
ON SIX BUILDINGS

TITS tho onArreI with Peck, Martin n o.,
and May SPreRd-Tho BuildinG Ne.
teriai Exchange Stands by tho Fir--
The Board OF Walking Delegates OF the
building Trades declared n strike yesterday
on six Of the buildings for which Peck. Martin
Co. arc furnishing the material. Altogether
nearly 1000 men stoppod work. and from the
way things looked last night II will DO some
time before tho difficulty IL settled. MIR.
George Nj. Manchester. President OF the
building Material Dealers Exchange in Lib
crty street received telephone message from
Ieck' Martin y Co In the morning notifying
him OF tho strike, and asking that the section
OF tho bylaws which prohibits the sale OF mate-
r'al by any member Of the Exchange for build-
ihRs where there Is n strike against the!mate-
RAJ OF another mombcr he enforced Notice
VIII be given TO all tho firms in this city to-day
that there is strike against Peck. Martin &
COS material; and they will be asked not to
sell any material for these buildings.
The buildings whore tho men are striking
are; Two In l25th street, ono between seventh
ana Eighth avenues and one between leXinG-
ton ana iark avenues; at Fifty ninth street
Houston ana stanton at Wooster and roo@ EV
oil the members OF tho Exchange do not want
TO DO drawn Into the fight on hdhnlt o! Peck.
Martin ~ Co.. Nevertheless, they will all CONE
ply with the By laws OF the Exchange.
inc Two build!nGs In l2jth istreet are being
erected by Mr. linmmerstein. The one, on the
That on the west sdc will be a big office build.
ing. There was strike Of tho brick layers and
engineers on these buildings several days ago,
but The contractor continued working by using
hand-lower machine to lift the loads OF brick
anh emrioyinE a few union men WHO were not
called out, Yesterday all the workman went
ont and tho work ia at n stnndstili. Tho con-
tractor. MIR. Pelham, has more than fifty build
three walk ing Delegates called on him in the
afternoon and threatened TO strike every one
81 these lobs unless he siopped taking material
The, building trades unions have long
standing grudso against Peck, Martin h 90.
because that firm employs nor. union men.
The nrm hns no objection to employing union
mon tut refuses 10 employ them exclusively
or TO have any dealings with the unions.
here Is no change in the situation OF tho
iocked.o coakmakers. Tho funds In tho
hands Of tho treasurer had dwindled down to
tbu the day before Yesterday when an appeal
nronEh; in $3.50; This money viii be DIVIDED
400 OF these are from Friedman Bros. and 500
from Meyer Jonnsson & CO. The former firm
pay. hut VIII not recognize the union.
An Incident in connection with tho lockout
@fSG Hrti" at he TiIiGe Of tho ni,ed HebEew
OF the cloakmakcrs an employee OF Meyer.
J0nasson y Co., who was In great distress. app
firm is one OF the patrons OF the Organization.
and the clerk at the desk gave the man card.
which he was 70 present at tho firms store.
wns greatly perpioxed, and asked his fellow
workmen what he ought to do. They advised
him TO destroy the card and he did So prefer
ring TO suffer hunger rather than apply TO his
former employer.
Four paperhangers at work on building
at sixty-sixth street and the Western Boule-
ward struck yesterday because two non union
men wore employed on the same work Tho
4 walking delegate Of the Painters Union
called on Capt. Davis yesterday and asked that
he employ union painters on tho steam boat
kOSDuAlp, benz OVDrlauleN
City instead Of the boats crew. The matter
will probably be settled to-day.