Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-19
THE DALLAS STRIKE.
1t is Very Far from settlpment-Ths Pl,D.
-: lug Mill Refuse to Coma to terms.
Special to the Gazette.

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DALLAS. Tex, May 1.-THE settlement Of Il,
strike seems about as far OF as ever The build.
ers' exchange and the carpenters and joinsr
union both held meetings tonight. n,
latter sent the following communication % Il.
former in reply to a verbal one previously IT.
csived saying that the exchange had appOia.ss
nine members of its board Of directors as men.
bers of joint arbitration committee, and ain
ing the exchange hall as the place Of meeting.
LABOR HALL, DALLAS, TEX, Nay Il, lsl.
To the Builders Exchange Of the City OF Dallas
GENTL zAEE-We have received your CON
rnUnication through the courtesy Of your dele
gate, Mr.. Toppin, and replying state thatb!E
unanimous vote we respectfully decline 10 neeti
your ball, but will meet any number Of dele
gates whom you may appoint from your bod!
with an equal number from the executive
board, both parties having the Necessary
power to arbitrate matters to s
executive board, of the local unions lS and U.s.
and the non-union nine hour carpenters aaa
By C. I. KELLEY, secrsiay.
To this the Builders exchange returned lbs
following answer:
GENTLEMEN-We this evening received COZ
munication from you through your Lelesasi
Kelley, asking for committee to be appoA'l'
and after due consideration =.
and so notified you through our Delegate !ep.
pin. You saw fit to answer us with aagAa
Communication declining said invitation. Aass
been instructed to notify you tAat ~
members OF the Builders ehc .a.-ss
to work on Monday morning on the proposinos
already sent you. and this is what we slana q
as a settlement OF all cur so-called dlueisIvss'i
and have decided to publish the Whole Oi'-'
proceedings and so consider 1t ended III,
It will be seen from the above that W blit.
er,s exchange do not propose to reCedetIoIlEs
position which they have taken, Whlea Z,
t'To allow nine hours for building ana oa.ii;,
work, and ten hours for planning MIL HV.A ,.,
one and one half pay per hour LUL go 80,
time, the right to employ union o Nun -
men, They also decline 10 inteEeTe WIZ 49, =.
paper hangers and painters, leaving tne 49,
IN those trades to settle with theI. oWn 5'-
Then again that there shall be no piece Hoi,. LA
A member OF the executive comini. - r.
late tonight that tho carpenters ne'e -
position to continue the strike u y. S s'! men il
ed their point. Said he: There are w ~ me- s5
Dallas who will not drive 2 nail IN 1l !, ~ -,
turned out by ten-hnur mills. SoHS nj, III ~
men will go to work next week, but tneY w -
work on ten hour stuff. II need DC ny N,
tractors who are ready and Wiling hi # Fol.
Worth and other places. one tl'H' Al
certain, that the labor men n.i,,
in dead earnest, and II tne o1isiIs
planning mill men can stand IL 70 Se ~ s,uH
planning mills furnishing builders win ~ ~
thew will have a chance to try 1t until 'ls! ~,
tired of II. Dallas carpenters viii nail W V-'
the product of nine hour mills. claim. On
Members of the builders eIchanse cI. . ser
the,other hand, that the strike is a AZ. M
and that they can resume worK hOI ~, ssid:
pnod force, of Workmen. One OF tne. L,sss
SiTbe Irioa wanted us to get down on ouf - n,
farther that we thought our sell resp stSri
renaon Uould hermit We have TAKEN
where we propose 20 stick, come what NAY