New-York tribune., 1891-05-14
FORCING ON THE BOYCOTT.
A CIRCULAR TO CONSUMERS OF LUMBER.
BOSS TRAINERS THEMSELVES DOING THE WORK
OF THEIR STRIKING MEN.

BOSS TRAINERS THEMSELVES DOlNU THE "ohh
OF THEIR STRIKING MEN.
The Lumber Trade Association is taking stringent
measures to enforce the boycott Of the building trades
Of this city, and although there are some dealers
whose yards are open and running full blast yet the
majority Of the dealers say that they are practically
out Of business for the present. and ali investigation
by The Tribune reporter showed that 1t was indeed
true that many lumber yards were not delivering any
lumber to customers.
Among the yards visited were those Of J. ~ Water
bury, George Hagemeyer Son, o. q. Dowd. A. I.
Buckout. Alfred Brumme Rapp Johnson, A. J.
Steers, w. II. Caldwell & Son. Sim0nson g. Son, G.. L.
schuyler A. d. Johnson, East River Lumber Company
A. T. Decker, Charles L. Buch and others, who are
altogether closed or only employing men to clean up
their yards. ID. G. Carroll, No. 5o5 West Fourteenth
ST.. is also closed but he has all his men at work In
the yard, and has only shut down on the building
trade Mr.. Carroll is out OF town, but his manager
said yesterday that he and many others already
tired OF the boycott, and did not particularly enjoy
being made catspaws OF for the benefit
of Mr.. Duck william Gibson, Tenth-ave. and
Fourteenthst., said he disguised with
the boycott and intended to send out trucks
and attend to business as usual to-day. Andrew
McGrath, No. 377 west-st., said he was delv;
ering lumber and willing to deliver to anybody as
much as wanted, and that he did not belong to
or intend to belong TO the dealers association. j. b.
Patterson Co. were also running at full blast yester
day with non-unon men. Other yards doing business
were Fischer Burnett Walter B. Starr and the Amer
lean Lumber Company.
At the meeting of the Lumber Dealers Association al
No. 1s broadway yesterday circular letter was draft
ed and sent to consumers Of lumber in NewYork and
vicinity saying: "Thc lumber dealers OF this city
and vicinity have closed their yards and refusing
TO deliver any material to builders The dealers wish
to explain to their customers the reason for this ex
traordinary action which has been forced upon them
An attempt is being made by the Board OF Walking
Delegates by using the boycott against one yard at
time to take on themselves the entire management OF
the labor necessary for running the lumber yards
of New-York. Besides establishing the rate OF
waQcs pay for overtime and the hours OF
labor. the walking delegates propose to dictate
who shall and who shall not be employed in every
yard in the CITY, With this state Of things before then
the lumber dealers have closed their yards until the
boycott is removed.
aThe lumber dealers are not fighting labor. They
have been paying and willing to pay the current
rate for labor We ask the builders and other con
sumers Of lumber who are friends and customers to
oin with the dealers and other trades and industries
in an effort to achieve our independence Of the in
olerable tyranny of the board Of walking delegates
Fourteen firms signed with the association yester
day. The association expects to have the signature
of every lumber dealer in the city by Saturday night
The housesmiths' strike continues. Nearly all
the bricklayers stopped work on the new buiid
ing being erected for the New-York Biscuit
Company yesterday because they had caught up with
the h0usesmiths 1t was reported that two-thrds oil
the bricklayers in the city would be compelled to stop
work before the end of the week. The iron manu- u
facturers open their shops to-day with non-unon men,
and at several OF them II Is feared that violence VIII
follow and police protection has been asked for Inc
strikers have formed their piccts on the military 81 8
tenn with captains and lieutenans. Work was Deguh
on Dugro's Hotel with union men yesterday.
The boss trainers have formed themselves into COM
mittees which go about 10 the various jobs and 90
the work of the striking trainers strikes were begun
Yesterday on the buildings at Forty tyeighthst. and
Nlnth-ave Thlrty-seventh-st and Nnthave, and Six
tyfOurthst and the BouIevard stEes s1g1 have 6een
huniredsand Ihirty fifth and Onehundred and thirty
sixth sts. and wllls-ave. and buildings at Pitt and
Grand sts.. and RvingtOn and Pitt stS
The situation in the labor field in this city is fast
becoming worse, and disastrous fight is imminent.