New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-10
BIG FIGHT or GRANITE CUTTERS.
HUNDREDS or MEN REFUSE TO HANDLE LOCK
OFT" PAVING BLOCKS.


OFT" PAVING BLOCKS.
The KNIGHTS ~ Labor I'm this city and Brooklyn
resumed in cnrncs yesterday their fight for the
ont7 rrrnitc cutters of the Nc" England ''''0'
Early Yesterday morning about LOO PAYERS r'n''
stone handlers. cic.. stopped work, reinsnE ~ ''1
paving block, from the quarIie' where IocNon''
CURED la,t wcc.L Matthew lni.d l. th' ohN 'o"'
,rs,cflnc payer IN this city whose VorA was ho' ''
r.etclv sopp-d 40 lockout occurred In the quarry
,r,, rhl.h he receives his paving blocks. Work III
mi. city was stopped In East AID West onc-hunnrel
andthlrty cghl>t West one hundred and'hity cls't-
a, We.t.t Third ave, broadway, PARK fLice ahu
km.teri.ms,vr.
The strike ha, already assumed several interesting
,.,,ur.s Trona, f. Groy, Commissioner OF Pubic
Works say. that the work Of laying the granite pave
menis must BE- hastcncd ,o completion no oei''s VI
any kind he avs will be tolerated II the worN i
mot continued tie contracts Will be fori'l'eu 'r'
Gilroy has nothing 10 say about thc merits VI '"'
,,,c h. simply Insist, that tn" contractors must com
rletc their work In tnc shortest rNib' time' l'r
contractor, >ly that they are pow'rc>' as 'l'y INc
hucht all their granite paving blocks from the New
rncl,ud quarics whcrr The "lockout'' occurred Inc
only WAY In which the strike In this city and Brooklyn
can lo .ctilci /, through surrender by the quarry
owners In New England. In this city the firms Whlch
virtually control thc paving block market mere "''
Booth Brother, and the Hurricane Isle "rihhc 'oh'
pauv and John Pcircc Booth br)ih'rs ana Nr'
trnc,n who are LAYING pavcmcuN in this city These
u, firms have II In their power to >cttlc the STRIKE
william Booth. Of Booth Brothers ard tho Hurricane
Isle Granite Company, said ycSteray u refuse 10
say what the attitude Of this firm ana Mr.. Fcir'c
will be- toward the strikers
Tho National Paving CATERS Union has taken up
rho 6rht and has plans for a campaign against the
,,,,,o,, Of lhI, city The charges Of James Grant,
.,crctary Of the National Paving CATERS Union that
,h. .ucclrraticn, Of tie paving contracts are being
,in,t,d have already been printed I'm The Tribune.
These charges accompanied by copies o the apccihca
lion, and ether documentary evidence, have been
placcd I'm the hand, Of the city improvement society,
,,ich Ia, promised 70 make thorough investigations
The COMMITTEES which has charge Of th" strike has e'
f,l ,hcd headquarters AZ No. - l'nDn square. Dis
matches wen, received there yesterday saying tint the
Mayors had struck In the following cities Philadelphia.
baltimore. Boston, Albany Troy, ProvdcUcc ana New
London
William McNalr. member Of the COMMITTEES which
has clarc. of the STRIKE. said yesterday that II the
c-nIttc, were forced to continue the fight IN appll
cation would BE- mad" for an injunction restraining tue
Controller from ALLOWING money 10 be- PAID to the con
trnctors. VIII, It Is alleged have vlolaed the tcrrls OF
their contract, by layirS inferior pavemcn''. DIS
patches were received yesterday from Eo't,n and Other
nI,c. i'm New England giving the names Of scAooncrs
AIDED with paving blocks for this city and brooklyn
from the objectionable quarrirs. These boats VIII be
tied up" when they reach this city. TWO boats In
uroolyn and one In this city tied up yesterday
I-tecn new contracts fpr granite block paving ar''
to be awarded by the city on May IL.
About fifty men employed on the building OF me
ncIoworc Laclawanna and Western Railroad strucl,
Yesterday because OF grievance OF the Architectural
Iran WORKERS Inion against David II. King. r, wh)
/, erecting the building. The material handlers en-
ploy,.I I'm Mr. Kings house In one huldr.slhhl
thirty ninth also struck throwing about 100 bIlch
lalcrs out Of work. , f.,
IN IN, urion carpenters at Newburg have struck for
cght ,ur,' work on saturdays. They now work min"
hours one hundred and hfty men are out. MI the
tLr large conccrn of Thomas Saws sons, which Is a
non union shop.