New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-26
ANSWERING THE STRIKERS.
STATEMENT OF GRANITE MANUFACTURERS
QUESTION OF DATES FOR MAKING CONTRACTS
THE REAL ISSUE.

A QUESTION OF DATES FOR MAKING CONTRACTS
THE REAL ISSUE.
The indications are that the granite strike will be
prolonged for months II the employers and men
remain as firm as they seemed TO be YESTERDAY
The results of the meeting OF the me'hoera
Of the Granite Manufacturers Association OF New
England. held in Boston Tuesday. and the present
position OF the association clearly shown In the
following statement to the public. issued YESTERDAY
by the Executive Committee of the association:
The Granite Manufacturers Association has no.
hoaght II best to make any p9oh r cas and it was
known what action would be taken by animated 'r'u's
The Quarrymen's Local Union at Westerly H. l., Oh
ers and dcrrickmcn should be paid 30 less that -,
cents per hour. The employers were paving ohpaDie
soe - psi G ad cI good men paid
more willie inexperienced and less capable men nui re-
ceiycd Is cents and upward. according 10 their aplnN
The union. however, determined that there wyre
none other thun capable men at WORK III H W. cnn,
and that no man should receive less tpal 70 Genus
rer hour This demand not agreed TO- ana me
men struck, since which time no q'niryihs mas oeo"
in this in many other the . 'To" e69, hG
and most capable men should all receive the same
wages while the employers desired TO pay Caom
al Quncy and other points struck work TO promote promote
their own demands ami aid ne western IG'iai I ~
The employers In many oalitles not beng aDe 20 u"
the Granite Manufacturer Association to consider
the situation. 1t evident that the qnarrymen
strike would become general. and lnt they would
be supported by tho National unions, for al some
many places the cutters were demandnS Increase Tsnr
Of wages and the signing Of new bin for the year, r
until a settlement could be male There was;
Indeed n alternative for, ms the quarrynlon ana
critters were acting together. nothing could be d'h"
until the strike had mn lis full course. ,,,.o,no
with the ca.endar year, but und Instructions ii0m
the National unions this offer was refused The
men,s should begin, and from that dat, would not
recede. -
employers and at various points Terminated
at different dates according to the une Whcn '"'I9
order tat the wOrAmcn might act simultaneously ara
together moIe wa CAV eg se Win 1he yomc
should hereafter terminate on the last Gay OF APlL
wrrc Willing TO have ali agreements begin and
end with the first If the year. regarding Nav a.
var us points the agrecm nts hal alrcay bean mel
by both parc, terminating with IN" calendar year!
bat Tie unions permptory ordered these agreements
TO be Withdrawn ad cancelled s1bs titutinG May for
January 1, but the employers refused to make the
RE unions reasons for Insisting on May and
the employers reasons for insisting on January
and may be stated In few words. The employers.
when closing thcir books and making the usual
desire TO know for Il ceTtdnty the rate OF wages,
hours of labor eG w ,bc snr " Gnrd d oSd
thrown into confusion by possible di'aslccncn'S IN
ne b P sS %0s tc on ne o' Nav relieving
that they can more easily dc'ae terms t. The en-,
beginning. and this reason has been openly aoknowE
edged. ~
that the employer had tue right To- ny time be- |
yond which he would not be bound, ard refuse TO
accept the dctum Of the unions that each employer
should be bound un,if MAY !, or he would not be
ao Sss %, lave amy er rp " c and the
men begin with The calendar or in The middle of the
seaSonl
ers Association has compelled its member, to break
existing agreements with their wOTkmen IS denied ana
X ntIp his l. uaed
localities The agreements contained clause that
sixty or ninety day notice honG DE- v' ba o. AMY not
proposed change in the bill OF prizes The changes
ge s0 o and de tho c emp9 S av P ON
forced In localities to suspend work for want of
have become general. The present situation has been
forced by the unions. and not by the employers or the
iii were that the employer had In any instance
made demand for reduction OF wages or for an IN,
pices. under existing agreements. there woul1 have
been some ground for the chaTgc but as Is The there is
tended not only 70 January l. is93 bnt even 70
em % S .otn.. ,.v. ,,o rrn, to refuse any
agreements which do not begin and end with the Y
calendar wear and sound proper reason has been
offered for any other dale
disposed to 20 into the business on their own account
for ther, is no ether rmsdy 80 g9c1 IS that 70 cure
New England Manufacturers. Association.
The striking PAYERS were thoroughly surprised YES
terday when William kclly. who has n contract for .
paving Thildave from Twenty third st TO Fifty ninth
st. put sever. gangs OF italians work ing the
old pavements accordance with the order issued by
Commissioner Gilroy last week. when the order
ISSUED by Mr.. Croy the officers Of the PAYERS Union
said that they would not even allow the to relay
the old pavements pending settlement OF the strike
on Tuesday however. they reco1sldered their de
cision and It'd Mr. Cir0y that they would offer No
objections RELAXING the Old pavements They fully
believed that union would he employed 10 do the
work, but the contractors refused to employ the
strikers unless they would T. continue work
at once the Iavcments.
At the headquarters Of the National Paving Cutters
Union No. orc Eat Thirty ninh-s 1t was said that
there feet Of schooners loaded with black /
listed" granite lying opposite City Island. The
sch0oners being watched by the men, ana the
as 1t would probably he tied up" The men who !
have charge of the strike that tley quietly
collecting evidence which they believe will enable 4
them to secure indictments against members Of the
spiracy law. james Grant to District Attorney
Nicol Yesterday saying that tic evidence would
be ready to present to the Grand jury.
II was said in the Offices Of members ot the asso-
Granite Company, Of Barre, VI. had withdrawn from .
the association dispatch to this effect
received from Barre yesterday by member |
OF the association
A dispatch was received yesterday BY the strike |
committee from Friendship. Me-, saying that the May /
agreement had been signed there, and tho men would
rstirn u work for the Union Granite Company, which
has contracts FOR furnish Z granite for the Grant |
Monument in this city and the memorial arch in
Brooklyn
Defeating A sEMINIRY BUILDING.
The dedication NJ tho ne1r homo az the Jcyish |