Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-27
FIVE AGENTS NAMED
To Succeed the One Who Was Bounced
by the Carpenters Council.
sWARTz SURPRISED HIS FRIENDS.
Miners of N. D. A. 135 Will Be Attached
to the K. Of L. Hereafter.
DOINGS OF A DAY IN LABOR CIRCLES

The Carpenters District Council made an
important move last night which will pre-
vent a repetition in the future of such a sem
| sation as was created within the past week.
instead OF the entire district being under
the control of one man there will
hereafter be five special agents. each
having sub-district to look after.
The meeting last night was a lively one,
lasting until midnight. The Irwin case was
was rehearsed from beginning to end. He
was not present himself and no one offered
TO defend his action in relation to the posi-
tion OF the planning mill owners The action
OF the Strike Committee In suspending Mr..
Irwin was sustained, and he was finally dis
charged from further service as special
agent.
The matter of filing the vacancy then
came up and Mr.. Swartz was at once named
1or the position. but he promptly refused to
accept the Office. This was complete sur
prise to every one of the delegates, as he had
been regarded certainty ever since the
present difficulty commenced.
Five Districts Where There Was One.
Someone suggested the idea of dividing
the district into five districts and placing q
man in each, and the plan was adopted
unanimously. The election followed, re-
sulting in the selection of j. G. Snyder and
Robert Davis for Allegheny; John Flattery
Tor the lower section of the city; Theodore
Stonerod for Iawrenceville and the East
End, and William Ritchey for the Southside.
Mr.. Swartz was continued as Chairman of
the Strike Committee and given power to
appoint, temporarily, any additional agents
that may benecessary to transact the busf-
Under the new order of things, the corps Of
special agents will begin to-day, as Mr.. Sny-
der put it after the meeting last night, "to
undo what has been done in the last month"
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not hurt the eight-hour fight, but the busi-
ness of the District Council will need some
Strengthening out before they can proceed.
Mr.. Swartz was seen after the meeting.
He said the new agents would take charge
at once and that for the present he will have
general supervision over the district and
not state his reason for refusing the position
himself, further than to say that he did not
want to have anything to do with the job.
"What effect will this furry have on the
striker" was asked of Mr.. Swartz.
No Effect on the Present Strike.
'None at all. 1t is all over now, and with
but very few exceptions our ranks are more
solid than they were before this occurred.
We are gradually winning, and the fallacy of
the argument of planning mill owners is be-
ginning to dawnupon the public. With but
about three exceptions the planning mill peo-
pie do not make any pretense at competing
with outside cities. A majority of them
handle the outside material and make the
profits ON it themselves"
Mr.. Irwin was defended yesterday by
members of the Master Builders Associa-
ton. Secretary Hamilton said the views ex-
pressed by the ex-agent tailed exactly with
the sentiment conveyed by the General
Secretary, P. J. Mcclure, during his recent
conference with the contractors.
e. A. Holmes, prominent member of local
union No. 230, which is said to be upholding
Irwin, said yesterday afternoon that the lat
1.-THE only fault have to find with Mr.. If
win, he continued, sis that he did not come
out like the man he is and make the state
ment before the strike commenced. Itwould
have saved great deal of energy and the
strike would have been settled"
"What effect will it have on the planning
mill hands?"
"Why, every man would go back to work
but for one thing. As long as the mill
owners keep their present rules posted up
we cannot go back except as non-union
men.
A Lively Meeting Anticipated.
sIet them take down those rules and we
will be back at work There will be lively |
meeting of our union on Friday night, and |
will not be surprised If the union supports
Mr.. Irwin"
Mr. Swartz said yesterday the report that |
the employees of Murphy & Diebold's mill |
firm stated that two of the five who quit |
are now back at work and four new hands |
are on duty.
Three non-union bricklayers were brought |
to the city yesterday, but were promptly in |
duced to leave the city again. Work was |
continued on the new Davis Theater and the |
King building on Liberty street. |
The first break in the ranks of the master |
plumbers has occurred. James burning & |
Co. Withdrew the new working rules, and !