The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-23
TO-DAY THE LOCKOUT BEGINS.
Union Housesmiths Say There Are Not
Many Working for the Iron League.


The Suns exclusive announcement Of the
threatened lockout OF the union housesmiths
to-day by the Iron League. unless tho strike
against tho Jackson Architectural Iron Works
is declared of. was total surprise to the
Knights OF Labor. Those who went to work
In the shops OF the members OF the Iron
League saw tho news confirmed BY notices
which were posted.
Among the shops In which the resolutions
passed by the League were put up were those
OF J. D. and J. NJ. Cornell. l41 Centre street;
jackson Architectural Iron Works. 3l5 East
Twenty eighth street: Central Iron Works.
Thirticth street and Third avenue; Dimond
Architectural Iron works. Thirty-third street
and Seventh avenue: Empire Iron Works. 51S
West Twenty-third street. and number OF
smaller concerns. Tho men will have little
time this morning TO consider whether or not
they will declare of the strike for the Execu-
tive Committee OF tho Iron League will not
meet until II o'clock. but II before that time
an answer Is not received from the men the
lockout will begin.
J. NJ Cornell. President OF tho Iron League,
said yesterday:
We gave tho men every chance. Not only
are tho notices posted on our shops. but they
arc distributed about tho benches and placed
l'fore the workmen to read. with weights on
them to keep them down so that the men can
resource by the exactons of the knights OF
Labor. During the attempted arbitration the
tive Of tie mem @oud hays BEEN Partial
insIon; . Knight i Labor. Another man was
paskins along labor Hills. what we wanted
was an unbiased man."
Asked how many. firms were represented in
the Iron League. Mr.. Cornell said:
About forty or 80. hut could not give a
the Executive BOARD. The members nro dis,
tributed throughout New York. BROOKLYN. and
Jersey City and our membership is constantly
Mr. Cornell said he did not believe there
than MI 20 union nov
asy wsu that e It leo !Ss IT.
full lockout might not get into effect for day
or two. a. 1t would require time to ascertain
the shops. There We're ' also a large number Of
h9usesmiths employed on buildings. some OF
whom Hs sbss rh nn0n Of District
Assembly 25s, known as tho building Con
structors, District. who was chosen by the
side when the last attempt was made to settle
I'VE shall wait to see what union men they
will find. As to the attem ut mt arbitration. the
men proposed by Mr.. Cornell to select a third
arbitrator from were men who were partial to
Hicks said that tn, district had copy OF the
constitution Of the Iron League. and WAS
going to get 1000 copies struck of TO dis.
tribute among the unions. He believed that
the matter might he taken to the courts under
the Con piracy law.
John Killoran. the delegate OF the House
smiths Union. said that the manufacturers
were playing uncunsciouslv into the hands OF
the union. He looked on the threatened lock-
out as a bis bluff. and did not see how they
could find out who were union and who were
non-union men.
that Cornell had 400 men in his shop. incud-
ing clippers. moulders. pattern makers. foun-
drymen. and flnishers. TIL, Jackson Company
had 700. These were exclusive of the men ut
work on buildings. How many men belnn ged
to the union could be found out only by a cen
sus He said that Superintendent Reid went
through CorneIrs shop to find how many union
men were there. and could find no one who
would admit that he was union man.