The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-09
EMPLOYERS Firm.
They Resolve to Grant Nc
Part Of the Striking
Bricklayers' De-
m3ndS.
HELP FROM TIE TRADE SCHOOL
Three Hundred New York Lads Il
Start Work Tomorrow Under
Police Protection.

Auo tWtuty-tWO uo8S mdsOus VINO E{f
fighting the striking bricklayers held
secret session last night in st. Bridzst5
Hall on Mercer street. They decided
unanimously TO fight the Union and II ths
bricklayers do not accept forfy-five cent
an hour they intend to postpone the max
ing Of any more contracts indefinitely.
The contractors who have work under
way have nit upon a plan which the,
claim will break the backbone Of ths
strike and compel the bricklayers to re
turn to work at the old rates The bosi
masons intend advertising for bricklayers
They viii pay forty-five cents an hour sn<
will not recognize Union men. ''5cabs'
are to De secured ana arrangements navt
been made with tue Trade School Of New
York for the furnishing of hundred o.
more bricklayers If required.
READY TO RESUME
Mr.. f. Edwards, the authorized spokes-
msn OF the boss masons, was Interviewed
By reporter this afternoon. He said the
contractors would all resume work on the
different buildings In this city tomorrow
morning. The New York Trade Schoo.
has agreed to furnish young men at Il so
day VINO will lay from seven hundred 10
eight hundred bricks a day in work
manlike manner, and Chief Of Police
Murphy has guaranteed them police pro
lection
Contractor Whelahan, who is doing the
Pennsylvania Railroad work. viii put on
full force OF non-uniou men tomorrow
morning The railway company has
agreed 10 furnish free transportation for
out-of-town men. so that the work may
be nnished at the time agreed upon In the
contract In all parts OF the city work Is
at a standstiil today. but the Contractors
say there will be q complete resumption
of work tomorrow.
I'VE are not compelled to proceed with
our work." said one OF the contractors to
the reporter. "The firms for whom we
are now working have all agreed 10 ex-
tend the time for the completion Of the
work statement appeared in the
EUeHEng Journal few days ago that we
paid our men but $500 day. This
is not SO; we are now and always
have been paying our men $40 day. We
can't afford to pay any more than 81 D5 q
day aDd we will not do SO. II il comes to
point of necessity the contractors them
selves will turn in and do the work. The
eighteen outstanding firms represent
thirty competent workmen. and should
We be pushed for men we viii turn
ia and do the work ourselves. The New
York Trade School has notified us that it
will furnish 800 competent young men
who can lay 40 to 800 bricks day in
thorough workman-like manner AZ 81 so
q day. We appointed COMMITTEES at our
inspect their work IL 1t Is satisfactory
they will be engaged The COMMITTEES
viii report at the meeting tonight aud
final action VIII be taken. !"
THE FIGHTING FIRMS.
The eighteen firms who are fighting the
strikers are:-P. J. Condon. Richard
English, Bellings Sc Phoenix. Edwards
Bros, Michsei Brennan, John Whelshan
q Sons, NJ. T. Connely. y. Campbell M.
Keller, ]. Macarthur. NJ Brannigan. Geo.
II. WelIes, James Higgins, Coleman ~
Ross, w. c. White. J. Cutley, ]. Bogert,
and E. Kenney.
How many boss masons have acceded
to the demands of the bricklayersYs I
asked one Of the wealthiest contractors in
the city.
''As far as we can ascertain, Robinson.
Maxens'and the firm of TIetjen & DENIM.
These three firms have but little work
They have Jobs they are compelled 10
finish within q certain time and this
forced them to give In.
SPECULATION KILLED.
There is very litrle WORK going on in
Jersey City at the present time and only
four contractors have work to do We
are not going 10 give in to these men
There is no reason why We should. Since
the day this strike was ordered Building
Inspector Clarke has not issued build
ing permit. No man is going to invest
money in buildings now. II he did he
would be compelled to charge higher
rents than people near him, and to make
sale and realize any profit would be an
utter impossibility.
''.-rhe bricklayers could not have struck
at better time tor US. We have no work
to do, and we can afford 70 loaf much
better than the average bricklayer. Since
the organization Of our association we
have raised fund of &, 900. Our object in
doing SO was TO help out any member who
had work to complete in a short lime We
have received offers from a number Of
brIcklayers, besides the men we can get
from the trade schools in New York. To-
day We intend hiring men, and worK will
undoubtedly be resumed as If no trouble
had occurred.
''The bricklayers, in my opinion, made
a very foolish move. They have killed
speculation and we have decided not 10
bid on any more work until they give IN.
They will either have 10 give ia or more
out Of Jersey City. Their demand for
higher wages stops building entirely. IL
they wonld work for $3.50 day they
would make more money in a year, be-
cause then there would be some induce
ment TOR specnlator to invest his money
and that would mean for them steady
work the year round
'.We can't pay fifty cents an hour and
we don't intend to. That increase In pay
would eat up the ten per cent. we make
and would virtually compel us TO waste
our time for nothing. II they think We
are taking contracts FOR the purpose OF
keeping them in WORK they viii learn
differently 20 their sorrow in a very sAort
time"
THE STRIKERS SIDE.
The striking masons feel confident Of
victory. They say that fourteen or If
teen boss masons have acceded to their
request, and most of the men are at
work "The bosses" said one man,
''were notified on the 1st OF February Of
our demand. and with a few exceptions
the work now in progress was estimated
since that time, so that they have esti-
mated on the Increase OF wages A few
of the larger concerns are trying to keep
this fight up. but they won't succeed
Oar demands are just. aud the bosses had
over ten weeks time IN which 10 consider
our propositions aud protect them
selves"
Only about twenty-five men were
around humboldt Hall this mor1inR,
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