The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-17
IT is WAR TO THE KNIFE.
ABOUT 10000 GRANITE WORKERS SAID
10 he OUT ON sTRIKE.

snd to Prostrate the Entire Building
T,ade--Work stopped In This City and
B~ookiyn On Ali BIaektisteA Buildings
and Public WORMS s3oth sides Talk OF u
Long Fight Over May Contracts.
II Is now war to the knife between the
Granite Manufacturers Association Of New
England and tho different branches OF tho
granite industry In New York and the New
England statea Whatever hone existed
yesterday morning OF an amicablo adjustment
Of the trouble was dissipated by the attitude
both OF the members OF the New England
com! nation OF man ufacturers and ofthe m zen.
Neither will recede from the position they
took ut The arst The manufacturers say they
are determined to begin the contracts every
year with the men on JAN !. and the
unions are equally determined to compel
them to agree to begin the year on May ].
when work Is plenty and they can make IL con-
tract for bettcr wages. 1t was believed yester-
day that about Sc. 900 men were ont altogether
hcre and throughout New England. owing to
the lockout which threw - Geo men out OF
work at the first aud to che retaliatorv strikes
which have been going on since. 1t Is esti-
mated that In few days the number OF peo-
pie will be increased to 100000.
Just how many people ara out in New York
and BROOKLYN It would be difficult to estimate
Granite from 50 many sources is used on dit
folont buildings that it will take time to locute
nil tho buildings on which tho stone Ut the
New England Manufacturers Association Is
being nsnL. 1t was believed last night that
about 5000 granite w3rScra. dcrrickincn. ind
engineers were out and tho strike list was
still leng!hening. In two or three days 1t is
expected that the number Will swell tn I.OOO
or 5000. a. all the yards ut tho different COM
;,,,, ,Ant all In
shops. and strikes will be ordered In every
case where the bIacklisted stone is being used.
&c. IeGer. delegate OF the Public Cart
mems Union. reportedt to the lonrd Of Walking
Delegates that he hal succeeded In stopping
tho unloading Of three large srhoohcrs at
Ninety sixth street and tho East Eiver loadud
with granite blocks from the tLuarrics "f John
Psirce Chairman OF tho Executive Commit
tse OF the New England syndicate OF
quarry owners. He said that barry
Penn. who employs union men and keeps
. floating derrick for unloading stone.
was told By him not to unload the stone. and
he obeyed the order. An attempt WAS made to
unload the schooners by horse power, but it
was fuurc. as only the smaller LOCKS coull
he moved and most o; the blocks weic he'd
from six to ten tons each.
Delegate IieSler said TINT John Mc(iinnis. 4
boss truclman. Who cattel stons for Feiyce.
on failing to find men who would handle the
material came to him and toll him that he
was under $3.50 bonds to Mr.. Peirce to carry
out his contract. and wanted tho union to lIclp
him out ZieCer told him that hu could get
no help from tho union.
1t was reported at the headquarters Of tho
strike committee. 22b Fast Thirty .ninth
street. that in addition to the list OF buildings
already published In The SuH whore st,!kes
were ordered tEc granite men were ordered
Xauedact Which, is neinv Built T at hisn Bulge.
SPdss r. rsM Tae "a us
at the Hayen,eyer mansion. ,sixty;;seventh
supplying the stone: ut II large Dwelling house
In sixty-n!nth street. between Madison ind
sss unG D1ns s
ct Nassau and Fulton 4 erts where the old
dwn md vbsrs ras HdtaS y1f Ean sra
supplying part o, the granite Tue two last
ff% n al "ms tie 1sS ,rr ws til ear NsT
thhr tue men were olderrn out on the
broadway ALE roni mower house on Houston
Ailistrr .uirl " tne stone. and on the power
hntno Of the rhirl avenue cure road " the
I''wrry and eaynti street. where John ieirce
a'"' sni'' that ths strike was er! atty exaK-
hill: Sii ar"nn,i." '"' Wv" " ""'' VI "''
John Eo:t Of the nr% Ct RoGtH BFGthers
causing cGnsuc!n;ie trouble. Tho whole
thing. lio said. was y question ~ to whether or
The threat uf!L manufacturers Association
tnIrriHce tho Loo lavers WIG urs now on
in. uii. Not u man could be seen ut work
rGvin: rxcert low men at work IN West
e; warSs Tisy DS Ws sS.n dss 9ns
tie "iI l'@v!;;g LOCKS should Ce relaid tenn.
-, ~ .,,., r,o, +o,a , S,> ro,,r,or.h,.
the. { was nct ~ ,aver ut work in New York OK.
cra' wv men who were rtIailing broken
In. a. experiment was failure. some Of the
IHvrrs. II WAS sud. wyrrc offered treble wages
t. - to work hut refused.
National Union received dispatches al dry
from HE vnr GUS cities affected. Early tn the
day MS rrceivrd the following despatch from
Josiah y. Dyer. secretary OF the Grnnite Cut.
:ers' National Union at Concord. y. H.:
iossou alt A.on. The line. Further particulars b.
Secretary Grnnt said he was receiving the
He VIZ; also IN recclpt Of letters inrlosing
yarrd, ,T"m ten cents !" sio ana several hune
, ,,s 9aFS were received in this way during
SUN "y,y w 'h: Isht to VIM" be said toa
M IL, Sr i ne an al sSe paana
M SH ns the engineers Sas p snd az
war .stsGr was sent to Commissioner OF Public
which. amor: other things. he snys: 0N'' 49,
IN order IT, end the rcNdin. l;llicul,los wo f,
Wiiin@ren 70 gave the employers ninety days
no'cs previous to the itst q May Of any IN
.rn"TM cians" ~ asrc"mtnts. It In to lie |
stu ulnteI, ~ "fGcr prevent further troufin |
our l lhhaHsfry IN New York city. TINT paving
Mr.. Gilroy INTENDS TO rut hi, lefor. John
Peirce ana Eooth Brothers Co.. and viii
Iiotahly hold conference with them on tLn
subject '1''' WI ''e
Secretary Grant asserted that n num,or .,
the manufacturers signed an AGREEMENT 70 |
besin the wage scale Tor the year on May i
Joined u the lockout, Among these arm" h Hs
named the Maine and NeW hampshire Grants
Ne Ne, Whiting 4 Allen Mount Desert NJ. All
also assorted that the engagement OF tha WehhSS
Granit- Companyof M4rlborouEh. n. h.. with
the 'lrm locked ont the men, aud he says tlat
lawsuit, Will probably be tho outcome OF ali
these cases.
James Maume. r. Williams. and F. Devlin OF
thn tiranite Cutters were appointed as Il com.
mttee to act with Delegate OBrien OF that