New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-09
PAYERS GIVE UP 4 ,STRIhE.
THEY YIELD TO THE CONTRACTORS.
GRANITE MANUFACTURERs NAY NOW wlS-CAD-'
.,r,,.,-rre .,co co p,cv IN WORK.

GRANITE, M,NUFACTURERs NAY NOW wIN-CAB-'
yErM,KERs ALSO GO BACK TO WORK.
The first decisive victory in the great granite strike
occurred Yesterday The employers were the Vi'to''
and they are highly pleased with tho result WIN"
they believe will cause a speedy termination oi 'io
granite strike in favor of the Granite Manufacturers
Association OF New England. Yesterdays NC'oIS
consisted of complete unconditional surrender ol .''o
striking union plvers, who stopped work nj the oe
ginning OF the granite strike. refusing to handle paw
ing blocks from Quarres owned operated by inc
Granite Manufacturers Association OF New-EhEahl
About 300 PAYERS stopped work at the time, leaving
Third-ave., between Forty-second and fihieth s'''
west-st. and Park Place In an almost
impsssablc cordltion. since MAY D. the
fight has been continued with varying success ON both
sides. Commissioner Gllroy has tried to bring the
strike TO end. that the work Of laying new pave
ments could be continued. small number OF non
union PAYERS have taken the places of the stkers' ou
they have made little progress.
The first intmation that the strikers willing to
compromise and return to work came on wednesday,
when conference between the contracting PAYERS and
n committee from the strikers held In the offcc ot
Commissioner Groy. After the conference another
meeting was held, al which the strikers siu
that they anxious to return 10 "orA
and expressed their willingness 10 cnsider any
proposition which tho contractors might MAKE ~"
cordingly a committee from the strikers met the con-
Guidet in the Broadway Bank building, at Broadway
and Park Place The conference lasted three and one
half hours The discussion was lively at times ino
contractors insisted on complete surrender OF the
strikers The men felt kccniy the loss whch they
had sustained during their long dlcnes'. The non
union men all thi, time have been earning ~ % dly
of eight hours while tho strikers received only ~. %
a week from the strike fund. Even this small all)"
ance was cu; of three weeks ago.
II suggested by the contractors that the strikers
take III" non-union men into the union without pay
mcnt Of initiation fees. The refused 20 do thi'
and asked the contractors discharge the nonunion
PAYERS. which request not granted. Mlcr long
discussion the following demand and agreement was
drawn MP and WI, signed by Charlc, Guidot ana
Charles Ferguson for the contractors and by Patrick
-rr.lman and rnona, Collins Tor tire PAYERS ami ram
mcrmcn
We demand that all PAYERS. who In orr opinion
are practical pavcr-. who apply for work shall bc
cnpoycd bv II, II We require their services and they
shall receive the rate Of pay FOR working time. which
shall remain the same for the remainder of IN" year
a, 1t is at present. And the men shall work Win
nny PAYERS or rammcrmen that are now in our en-
plov or may hereafter be employed by IL. rr"-
.prctIvc of any objection they may feel. For any
overtime or sunday work the payment for the same
shall Doe accordlrc 10 mutual agreement. Each payer
shall furnish hi, own hammer and each rnmet
man ~haH furnish hi, Tmmcr. MI PAYERS anf
rimmcrmcn and such other m"l that WORK on sion
shall give us thirty DAYS notice OF any intention on
their part T. leave work IN body. And we on
our part agree to Give the men thirty days notice OF
ony intention TO make any change in the rate Of pay
or the hour, Of work"
The striker. signed these demands with unfelrned
disappointment for # j. one Of their Cardinal principles
not 10 work with non-urion men. IN" questions oi
remunc, ion and hour Of work have not been In s-u"
during the .trke. which purely sympathetic one
After ihc agreement was .igned Mr. Guidet turned
70 the men and said Men, don't strike for sympathy
any more II does not pay The contract tors con
graduated tho men who In spite of their surrend"r
seemed pleased with the prospect o. returning to wrk
for good wages again. They will begin work IN earnest
on Monday.
James Grant. secretary oi the Nationr Paving
Cutters rnon when seen in his office yesterday SAID
There ho, been good deal Of di--at,iiciion cA-
pressed by TIC striking payer, recently concerning
nv actions. | have done the bo-t could. W"
have paid ont I'm benefits 70 the payer, S2ooop since
the beginning ~ the strc This money dld not conn
from their union. Their strike wa, the result ~ an
agreement between the grant" cutter, of New England
and the Knights 4 Labor. They agreed 20 help each
Other II necessary by ordering sympathetic strike
Tho PAYERS kept their agreement and we voluntarily
maid 10000 10 them They asked 10 b. released from
thclr agreement rcccntl, and agreed 10 rclcl>"
them. houcc the settlement of their strike
The settlement Of the PAYERS strike will rc.nii
bcncGcally - a largo number % worhlngmcn "hp
have been thrown lnc lul''lf@n DN lF ~ttlA' t'''
ably 5ocO men have been Affected directly and In
directly by the strike. All these will resume work on
Monday.
The calinctmahcr~ who went on strike fourteen
week, ago for wOrlday Of "sht hOui> have decided
to return 10 work. This decision reached ~ a
| ma. meeting held In Clarendon Hall on Thursday
night The meeting lasted until early yc, crday morn
ing when. by an almost unanimous vote. II wa, de-
oicd that strike had been failure. Tie contest
ha- been bitter one. and has cost the union -JOVW
paid t. about 1000 strikers during the last fourteen
weeks. Committees waited the vafou- linn, Of
cablnatmakor, and informed them OF the decision II
ne nnIou The Gus ON Nlrn>hcrS and IOilsi,ro
Trlon when struck with thr cabnctmanc,,. ha, ala
| giycu NJ the igii.
lb0ut twenty messenger boy, employed hy Dow-
lone a COS news agency. IN Broad ST., went ON
! strike Yesterday morning. The strike caused by 4
fine Imposed ono " thc boys. The place. OF the
striker were lily hllcl.
strike yesterday at Tire yard Of Canda q smith. a
| TwontvsiNth-~t. and North River. Ninctrcu men
struck and about forty will be- ordered ont TO-DAY
Other strike were ordered on now building, agan-f
Jordan l.. Mott. Altogether, abou' 800 mcr were
ordered Strike yc~trriny.