Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17


ter end commences between the striking
carpenters and the Carpenters and Build
ers association today. The bosses did
not attempt last week 10 supply the places
of the men who walked out, and the result
was that comparatively few collisions oc-
Cured, but beginning with this morning
the bosses began to work with sIch
men as are at their disposal, and have ar
ranged to guard the men with ample po-
lice protection
President GoIdie. Of the Boss Carpen.
tiers association. said; I'VE expect the
strikers 10 attempt intimidation, b9t the
yery first man who moIests or interleres IN
any way with carpenters at work will be
arrested
At the strikers headquarters on Wash
| ington street there is very little excite
ment, but the men are apparently very
comfortable over the situation
4 see the masters intend putting men
| to work said Secretary Howard. Just
let them import lot of non-union men
and attempt to put them on a buildiug
where there pre- union hrlbklayers, and
You will see one of the tallest strikes Chi
cago ever had The brickIayers will join
us if any such attempt is made, and then
there will be fun
The industrial situation is fast becom-
ing critical. Should the strike continue
another week its effect will be to throw
10000 men ont Of employment as there
will be nothing for hod carriers, bricklay-
ers, fathers, plasterers, painters and the
vast army of laborers who find work in
connection with building operations to do,
and they must all wait for the settlement
of the carpenters strike before they can
resume their operations. 1t needs no ar
gument to show how disastrous such con-
dition Of affairs Is likely to be- It will
have a depressing effect on every branch
Of trade and industry in the city, and the
longer the strike is continued the worse
will the consequences be.
CmcAGo, April l4.-lhe attempted
resumption of work by the master car
penters this morning may be reckoned a
complete failure Very few Of the journey
men, who on Saturday promised to 20 10
work today, were on hand and Of these
but few still had the hardihood to 90 to
work. That this is the state Of affairs il
affirmed by the strikers and admitted by
the bosses.
We have telephone reports from the
north, south and southwest sides as to
how things stand this morning, and they
all say work is shut down tighter than
ever, said Secretary Howard
II had eight men promise me to 90 to
work this morning, said master car
penter at the Builders Exchange and
only two Of them showed up and
they wouldn't go to work. They said they
were afraid. In the same building were
plumbers and gas-ftters and other trades
men, all strongly in sympathy with the
strikers, and my two carpenters were
afraid Of these men. offered them police
! protection, but they refused to work under
| such circumstances. So, instead of having
eight men at work, as ! expected have
none.
A dispatch was received at the carpen-
ter's headquarters to-day from President
Gompers Of the American Federation Of
Labor, congratulating them on the stand
taken and urging hrmness. The brick
layers and mas0ns viii refuse TO work on
buildings with non-union men. All other
building trades unions are expected to do
the same.