The evening world., 1891-05-13
TIE-UP FOR T|E-UP
Unions Flank the Movements OF Two
Big Lumber Dealers.
Mills Shall Not Run While the
Yard Men Are Idle.
Few New Developments In the Lum-
Der Dealers Labor War.

There are no signs to-day that the New York
Lumber Trade Association has weakened In
Its determination to wage relentless war
against the labor upions. The lines OF battle
have not yet been Nc rig dly drawn Nc is IN
tended In the near future, the dealers say.
They viii resort to tterner measures next
week II the Building Trades Sections boycott
is not lifted of Charles l. BucEi's yards.
That there is plenty of lumber in the hands
OF builders and contractors in this city and Its
vicinity is sure; but that the supply vii. give
out IN a short time II the yards cut OF delivery
10 equally true.
All OF the eighty nrms who have signed the
agreement" have not closet their ytrds
tightly, as the document does not require them
to DO 30 yet. During the present week dealers
With contracts are allowed to deliver lumber
enough 10 fulnl their obligations, but next
week, the dealers claim, the gates will be
closed In earnest unless he unions yield, and
most stringent efforts Will be made to prevent
| the de livery of single load OF lumber.
Atie-up OF the yards cannot become COM
plete inside Of two weeks as such q course
carries with It q multitude of details.
The dealers seem very determined, and vow
mat they have signed the agreement for all 1t
is worth. This feeling does not exist alone
with the members OF their Execu-
live Comm who st day after
day in their headquarters at IS Broadway and
talk themselves into q state OF mind In which
they can see nothing but success; hut the men
who stay at the yards and receive orders are
apparently as enthusiastic as the committee
men, and they tell all applicants for lumber
that they will deliver none on new orders until
he Association votes permisnsn to d. SO.
The Association has certainly laid Its plans
we'll
L. Il Eccleston, of the nrm Of Parmalee d
Ercleston, at l Broadway, to-day said TO an
EVENING WORLD reporter:
ave are wholesalers, and our mills are at
Weldon, n. c.
WILL CUT OFF YELLOW PINE SUPPLY.
1--we deal solely In North Carolina pine. and
we won't sell load to carpenters or nuilders.
We sell to the yard men and to them alone. II
II ougn them we make our living, and now
| that they are engaged 10 war with organized
labor we intend to stand by them. We have
no ready lumber here any way; but II We had
plenty We would not put 1t on the market in
| opposition to the Dealers"
RoOert p. Chandler, PrsBldent OF the Build
ing Mater tls Exchange, and OF the nrm Of
Chandler. Sutton Co., 10 South street, said: (:
"Our irm deals exclusively in spruor, and
| at wholesale. We are not IN position to iur-
nish lumber to any one but to dealers We
| would not furnish lumber to carpenters and
,Iealers II We could, as our sympathies are
with tue yard men in their nght."
81 have looked over the list OF men who
have signed the agr emeni, said Mr.. Sutton
II the same firm. "and nnd that the Asso-
citation has secured the sign ilurea Of almost all
yard men In thus vicinity. Tney include all the
large spruce dealers, and that Is an important
point. Is very little building can be done With
out spruce umGer.
"1he few small y rds that are not repre-
-euted in the agreement cannot do much harm,
rs their stock 10 limited in variety and would
not go a great ways with men who have large
contracts on their nands."
Conversation with the heads of several other
wholesale houses developed similar lines of ar.
gu.ment.
VERY FEW YARDS CLOSED.
A tour Of the lumber yards along the East
and North Rivers showed that very few OF
them are closed this morning. They presented
very much the same appearance as usual.
Men are at work clearing up and putting things
to rightS the large lumoer trucks are, how
ever. most OF them hauled 70 one side, and
the horses are In the stables.
Notwithstanding this fact, lumber does 20
out OF some OF The yards; but the dealers In
each case claim that 1t Is contract lum er.
PLANS AND FORCES OF THE UNIONS.
The Board OF Walking Delegates is far from
die these warm May days The Delegates