New-York tribune., 1891-05-02
BUILDING At A STANDSIILL
uor;sEsu1rHs WANT SHORTER HOURS.
,,, sr,,rr GENERAL AND EMPLOYERS PRE-

rur sTRIKF GENERAL AND ENfLOhh hi'9 M
DARE TO sTAED FIRM. ,o
rho a,ht hv the labor unions OF the country WIN
ono do.,rons Of bestering their condition eithef Dy
shortening their hours Of labor or increasing tner ro
~ wages began yesterday In this cry py an a'lnoS'
totol suspension of building operations iie fious0
,i,,s, T,nion connected with Binding CONSTRUCTORS
1r,n,, Assembly No. 253 held a meeting In Clarendon
Hall in the morning, at whlch IL was lepolou VIZ
80, a single master ironworkcr has conceded the DO
,I 'o' ,or \ work day OF eight hours. Resolutions
mo tbap passcd to the effect that as the house
,itbs and kindred organizations are attempting "
socurs eight hours limit OF wOrAlhs ua', -, -
os certain employers in Plttsburg VIII supp
the nonwOrk 10 bosses III TINS III ~, nh
,,"rscsmiths will retaate by cooperating Win Su,"
,n this city as will grant their demands 10 ue
,o e attempt OF manufacturers to set possession oi
,Tc ironworS and contracts in New-fork'
rhis action by the union Is practically reso'o "
,oo,t all iron,yorl made by Carnegie, Phlpps " W
and other iron manufacturers oil the west 80, "
warner Master Workman of District hssono'y W. W.
. SCI. said yesterday that tho interests Oh "'o
and bousesmiths OF this city were the same anu "'a'
% ,o ors in sympathy with the contractors here'
~, ,.o s.d that the men were somewhat dssus'eu ~
o., with the urogress Of the strike, as ti'eS 'N %
nocted that some OF the large hrIu' "ola
rive in to-day, but none han' in0 - 80
naccs n tbc honsesms average for skilled men from
20 IS TO "a So derrickmen from " % 70 oo ~, ~
helpers from 81 to W oo u"S'
Brooklyn also went on strike 10 rron
meeting NJ the Executive Committee OF inc Ho.
,,,uf,c,urecs, Association was held in the ohces Vi
7 n & / NJ Cornell No. 141 Centrcst, yestor"'''
and Il was decided not to cOncede 10 inc uon'"o
the men for wOrkday OF eight houIs' ., ~ ,s
ras given 10 the reporters as DHo"s' We ~
tbis strike as very illadvsed on the part VI "o 't
and il vas ircitcd by small numoer VI "i ~,
yortmen. II may result in the breaking up ol 'o
|
toch,r, tbe work are not In harmony VITA inc ac.Io"
Of tho leading outside men who naugurated thl' s"o
A. there is great danger OF the manutcluic oi HV,'
work being driven out Of Ncw-fork ehufeD OS .,e ~
action of the IIousesmitls' Union, we lear tio 'i1
| mpn-who number about 3,5OO-will lose thci' oo'"t
ton and suffer greatly. The employers nave lor ''I
last FIVE years constant concessions 70 thcir h
and NOW believe the time has come TO take a hrih S0A'u
hcore being compelled to take their manufacturing o"'
| of New York"
over coo architectural iron workers and 700 cast
iron workers have decided to join with the mousse
| smiths in their demands The principal D''luiio'
where strikes began yesterday are tho Columbia LUNA
| Ing. No 30 Broadway; Western Union bmldihs' D'i
uopco,s new restaurant at Beaver and Hanover sI''
stokes Building Pine-st.; Bennett Building, Nassau
| and Fulton sts.; Leather Exchange, Ioh ana fc'ls
sts: The Clann C0mpanys new building west brOu'l,
vay and Thomas-st; Edison Building, Elm ana fc''i
! IS. Ncw-Yorl Hospital Annex, Duiiulngs "'
| hist.
,biri st and Ffth-acc. Manhattan storage NOnp'ii'
t,i,,v socond.t and Seventh-ave; Ncw-Jcrsey Oehra
| rt,ro,d buildings, Liberty and West st'.' Dusro
IIotcI Fify-ninth-st. and Ffthave' C'shesIe 1u',
| non Fifty -sevcnth-st. and SeventlaVe'' hooH''0'
uosnital brcwerics at Fifty-fourth-s'. anu -
and Twenty -ninthst. and FiStaNe'' 'a.NS'"
Iron Works J. B. and J. NJ. Corhen iron WIN
Mercantile Library, Pouiseh 4" hsci I'o" ,",t 0oC
| the Armour Beef Company's building. +Noo,'' I
| Lrsosmiths are on strike i'll this city. t " l"'C
| h,r Car,,re a IIass Nos. 331 and 333 Audh,S- S''
nrooklyn granted the demands OF their hou'tSiii''
accounts as TO the number Of trainers who are Oh
| strike in this city connicung' Az niooN"e
tr,mers in Clarendon Hall yesterday IL was
o five Of the boss trainers had given in' anu
'' ~ 90 t,o, r-ore now on strike At meeting OF
I Master Frar6ers' Association in tie IeuIoha 40
emily Rooms it was reported that no one OF OF 'i't
| sixrv-seven members OF the Association nao S'e"eo ~
contracts with Inc union and that l,ooo meh "eiN
| on strike. ,, -. oioh,
hours in some trades was hasco Inc nm.
handlers did not Insist upon their demands 'ei,o'
| dd Tho members of the LabOrcrs' General - rro %
tectve Union strike The foqnGrymen GeigsSu nS al:S
go ont and the Iron M9naerS Um,0i gcd 70 do so by
refused refused to t,,6nl Guit "o'A "''''"e"
KINDRED TaS narade and demonstration ast night in
prnGtIvn i'm favor OF the eghtrhOur movement. II
was under the auspices Of the Central Labor federaO
and the Central Labor Ini3n' On tro aTa divisions to tho
rand sond erected on Tie plaza at Fort Greene Park
SneeceS were made by Charles Il: Matchett Theodore
emo T. Barend, Franz Seubert Il. BrcucEinan' Henry
sevcnty-fv weavcrs employed at Levy Bros, Bros,
silk mill, in Paterson " j. went, went on S"H i%
ter so per cent The Gs1t "GyS below
ths standard, and that they fined At enormou:
raic for the least mperecton in their work, whether
" rho families of eight Of the insgatOrs and leaders
Of tie strike at Schlachers silk mill, at sterling ~ D.
we're eviccd Yesterday from their homes In that village
| hv sheriff Lndlcy and six deputies from Morrstown
some time ago ,Ir Schlachers lawyer served notice
on ihe eight families that they must leave the cottages
winch belong 10 Schlachtcr No attention was paid u
lie notice and the families have made no pr0visCt
for themselves The effects of the families were
placed out the road.
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