The evening world., 1891-05-26
Lumber Dealers Executive Chairman
Opens His Yard for Business.
He Pays Union Wages and His
Men Return TO Work.
He Writes Sharp Letter of Protest
Against the Associations Course.

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Walking Delegates on questions arising out OF
the strike or boycott on the yards OF Charles
L. Bucki, occurred to-day.
1t is In the yards OF Aionzo r. Decker foot
of Bethunc street.
Rumors were anoat yesterday afternoon that
Mr.. Decker would open his lumber yard this
morning. Ills men heard the rumor and
nearly oil OF them came to the yard this
morning. apparently ready to go to work.
Mr.. Decker was not there, and his foreman
asked the men II they wanted to go to work.
The men replied in the affirmative, providing
that Mr.. Decker would adhere in the future to
the union scale OF wages.
Mr.. Decker now pays his double-truck
drivers sl2 week. The new Union scale calls
for $la 30. The foreman rejected the propo-
sitlon, and the men vanished.
The men returned at 10 O'Clock, and were
put to work on the basis OF the agreement made
by Mr.. Decker and President Rogers Of the
Board of Walking Delegates.
MIR. Decker said that he would deliver lum-
ber for export outside OF New York city. but
for the present will not deliver to carpenters or
builders in the city.
a long printed letter was was sent to-day by
Mr.. Decker to the Advisory Committee and to
every New York lumber dealer. fully explain
ing his course in making the agreements with
the Walking Delegates which had been rejected
by the dealers.
lie says plainly that the Association has been
placed in the attitude OF refusing to accept or
consider Reasonable and fair plans for settle
ment.
MIR. Decker wrote this letter because the
Association had ignored his report and refused |
to even consider the reasons which led 10 his |
action.
The Advisory Committee Of the Lumber |
Trade Association and the Special Strike COM |
mittee OF the Board OF Walking Delegates con. |
tinue their arduous wait to-day 1t the point
where they left OF yesterday.
The Association has voted that nothing can
be done towards q settlement in the present
war with the delegates Of the building trades
unless the latter are willing TO cali of me-
strike and boycott on Buckrs yard and give up |
the tight on an unconditional surrender |
basis.
The Associations Advisory Committee has
been waiting for the delegates to make move
of this kind since yesterday morning. Thus
far that committee has waited in vain.
On the other hand. the delegates say that
they are perfectly satisfied with the arrange
ment made by MIR. Decker, of the Associations
Executive Committee, and President Rogers,
of the Board OF Delegates, and they will con-
cede nothing more than they have already
done. They say: II the dealers want 10 do
anything they musi come to us"
The lumber yarGs OF this city that have been
virtually TIED up for nearly three weeks pre-
sented the same appearance this morning as
usual with the exception OF MIR. Decker's.
No bad breaks have thus far been made by
any dealer openly sending lumber to buildings.
That come lumber has leaked out is certainty,
but that building operations in this city remain
practically paralyzed is equally true.
Apparently wel-authenticated rumors are
snoat to-day that several firms have become
sick of the lumber ne-up, and Will open their
yards tomorrow morning.
II Is generally expected that a break OF this
kind on the part OF four or i've firms would be
to bring the AssocistioLs embargo to
a sudden close.
The firms OF Norton Il Chrisman, Twenty
second street and Eleventh avenue, and An
drew McGrath, on West street. have already
written to the Association that unless some
thing is done at once to settle the existing
trouble they will open their yards,
Brooklyn lumber dealers have about COM
peted their plans TO shut down their yards to-
morrow. The effect on the general result will
be watched with interest
The German trainers and their bosses, who
have been al odds since May ], thought yester-
lay that their struggle was about ended.
Committees from both organizations have
,aon In o,n,aron,a 10. ,r,o "a, a., .s.,.., | I
:. ,o' wv ~ u"1S' Anu A't'eu ,
yesterday ~ ""a' 'heS thouRnt was salls-
actOry settlement OF the difticultieA
The arrangement apreed unon was ,ha,tno
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men shouid "orN eight hourS hVe days OF Inc
week, and seven hours on Saturday. In
" NV. 'no ooSeo oOu'U SUN 'eN '"0 u"' '"e'
The men were to yet 4b ce nts an hour eXcebt
,rinnl.a anu men who have not hean In mo
-. - - So 'NN
'ouuTy year, "no coulu MAKE speclal ar
angements with the bosses. Foremen were =,
o receive 80 cents An hour. :
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All employees were 10 DC union men and the b
men were to refuse TO work for builders who