New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
THE RANKS OF LABOR FIRM.
SOME CONCESSIONS GAINED ALREADY.
oryrp.r srp1KDs ORDERED WHERE NON

GENERAL, STRIKES OHDEhED NnnhS HN-''
UNION uousEsMITHs ARE EMPLOYED.
Tho strhe of over 1000 housesmiths In this city
which began on May to enforce demand for WORK
dav of eight hours complicated yesterday Dy the
Roard of Walking Delegates taking hand IN te
trouble Early in the morning meeting Oh the
Iopsesmlths' Union was held in Clarendon Hall and
large force of pckes sent TO each OF the following
huildnes: Columbia Building, No. 20 Broadway
western Union Building, Demonieo's new restaurant
M Beaver and Hanover sts.; Stokes Building lneS"
Befnctt Building, Nassau and Fulton sts Lea'i'or HA
change Gold and Ferry sts.: The Clahin COMPANY
new building West Broadway and Thomas-st' Eai.on
BudIng Elm and Pearl sts. New-fork ho'Pi'' N
mex buildings at Elghteenthst and Broadway AsV'r
hot, rbirty birds and Fifth-aye. Manhattan stor-
age Company Fifty second-st. and seventh-Ve mo",
Jersey Central Railroad buildings, Liberty ana "e''
sta Dugro's Hotel, Fifty ty-nnth-st and fli'h"'o' '
nege Music Hal, Fifty-seventhst. ana seVon|"'o
Roosevelt Hospital, breweres at Flfty-iour'"7'' Cur"
Avenue A. and Twenty -ninth-st and flrsta'e', '"oN
son Iron Works J. b. d J. NJ Corneh Hoh "''h'
Mercantile Library, Pousen Eyer iron "orAS' ~'1
the Armour Beef Company's buildlhg' ,.
vhon tIe n,c,ets arrived at the Carnegie MUSIC
Hall rIfty-seventhst and Seventh-ave, they loui'u
that the Jackson Iron Works Company ~hicl hs' vu'
contract for the architectural ironwork OH uHs 'i.D JIM
ing had secured two nonunion hou'esmilnS' ""o 49,.
AZ work The pickets at once posted uo"n " w
Board of Walking Delegates and reporteo tiio ee, "l
Tho ntlre poard proceeded IN body to the new MUSIC
Hall. where the representative Of the company was
seen and was at last persuaded to discharge 'ie noN
rnion housesmIths to avert general strihe OIL V''
huilding OF every other workman employed ulere'
This system Of ordering a general strike where Ha
unon men are employed will be followed all over Uhc
CITY, and the following trades have pedseu themselves
m strike Four carpenters unions Progressive fS'
r1riors Nos 3 and g. German Painters Italian Stone
German and English Trainers, Tin and Sheet Iron
woruers Furniture Workers Union No. T. and all
wood.workers Progressive Varnishers, United Wood
caryers Paper Hangers, Stair Builders, Bro"nStohe
Rubbers and Sawyers, DerT1ckmen, Caulkers, steam-
filters and Helpers, Cartmen, Ornamental Piasteers'
italian Mosaic Workers, Lumber Handlers, kooiers'
Gasdtters Cornice and skylight Makers Brickhanders
Foundrymen Granite Cutters, and Marble Cutters ana
Helpers.
Hardly had the Board returned 10 it's headquarters
in Fifteenthst. when pclets came in from the iron
works of the ]. p. & J. VI. Cornell Iron Com
many in Eleventhave. and reported that three non
union housesmiths were at work there Ihe BOau
at once sent committee OF delegates to attend to
the case with the result that the three non-nlo men
were left at work. but all the foundymen were ordered
on strike as we'll as every other union man in the
shop.
The effects Of the housesmiths' strike are ALREADY
beginning to be felt in the building trades, and among
the buildings named work stopped on the H. b.
Clahin Company's new building at West Broadway ana
ThOmasst the stone settlers and other trades quitting
work, and tomorrow the laborers and mas0ns VIII VIII
stop work. Work Will also stop on the western
Union Building, Dugros Hate and several other bil
ings and before the end of the week IL Is esumaleh
that over 30 900 men will be idle in this city 80
At tile headquarters Of the housesmths III Claren-
don Hall word was received from NOrcross Brothers,
OF Boston who are building a large church at Ninety
second ST. and Nintave., announcing that tney were
willing to concede eight hours. connnlttee was ap'
pointed to confer with the firm, ard If IL would agree
10 have all iron work and rough castings hnsheu
i'm this city instead OF In Boston, the men would re-
turn to work Another committee was also appointed
TO see representatives Of the firm Of Leverng and Garr
gues of Philadelphia who are at work on large con
tracts in this city, and make the same cOndlnons
Levrng & Garrigues are willing to grant the dght
hours. . A., :,
Among the firms which have given in TO the de-
mands OF their men are Carrere & Hass, Of BROOKLYN
NJ r. Beam Iron Works, Yreeland Iron Works, J. r.
smith 4 Coos. W. Scheeman Co., and several
small boss iron-wOrk contractors.
several boss trainers gave in Yesterday, and only
about 300 trainers are now on STRIKE
Three hundred sOnecutters In Newark and Harrison.
" j. who struck work on Friday for weekly vase
payments returned TO work yesterday, their demands
having been acceded to by the bosses.
AT a meeting of the carpenters and jOiners In New
ark last night action taken the refusal OF the
bosses association to grant the demand for eight
hours II was decided 10 go out on a general strike
TO morrow in Newark the Oranges and their vicinity.
The strike will involve about 900 carpenters, and
throw many other wOr1men in the building trades
out Of work. The bosses united in the determl-
nation not to concede eight hour day.