The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-19
THE GREAT STRIKE.
The Struggle Shows No Signs Of
Abatement.
TWO RAILROADS MAY BE TIED UP.

The Strike and Lockout of the Paw
ing Cutters National Union Now
e Affecting Over O5,OoO Men, with
a Prospect That Many More Will
Join in the Fight.
New YORK, May 19.-The strike Of
the Paving Cutters National union in
retaliation for the lockout of granite
workers in tho New England quarries
shows no signs of abatipg. The union
is persevering in the work of ordering
out men employed on buildings where
stone from the blacklisted quarries is
being used. 1t is calculated that nearly
1000 men are idle in this city and
Brooklyn. The strike committee re-
ports that work is rapidly being stopped
on all the buildings where boycotted
stone is being used, although the task is
rather difficult, as the contractors are
trying to battle the committee.
No Quarter Given.
Some of the contractors on monu-
mental work appealed to the committee
not to order strike in cases where
stone from the syndicate quarries had
been purchased before the lockout. AL
though the matter was under consider
alton, it was decided to give no quarter,
So that the fight against non-union stone
will be pushed without regard as to
when it had been bought.
An approximate estimate of the num-
Der of men who were idle through the
lockout or resulting strike in the differ
ent states is as follows: Maine, 5000;
Massachusetts, IL 600; New Hampshire,
ant
5000; New York city, 1000; Brooklyn,
5000; New York state and western
cities, 10000. Total, 65, 200.
or these 50, 900 men about $4,000 were
locked out; the remaining 1000 have
been ordered out on strike. These hS-
ures include also the paving cutters,
though the number of their strikers is
but II small proportion of the whole.
Not over 5000 of paving stone cutters
and handlers are out at the most.
There are indications that the strike
Will result i'll general struggle of
members of labor organizations against
their employers. Already many unions
which are in no way connected, or even
affiliated, with the granite unions have
taken advantage of the present strike to
present their grievances to their em-
ployers.
Where work Is Stopped.
Following is list of prominent struc-
lures in New York and Brooklyn where
the granite cutters have quit work:
Mutual Life building, on Nassau street;
Museum of Art in Central Park Third
Avenue Gable power house, Bowery and
Bayard street; Broadway Cable power
house, near Houston street; Gate mouse,
Washington bridge; Black building,
lower Broadway; the aqucduct; Brook
lyn water tower; Brooklyn memorial
arch
The advisability Of ordering a strike
on the North river docks is being con-
sidered.
Strenuous efforts are being made by
the granite strikers to involve the train
hands Of the New England roads, over
which large percentage of granite is
hauled, in the strike. The trainmen are
known to be in sympathy with the
strikers, and the latter declare they can
win the fight in two or three days if New
England trainmen will organize Il SYM
pathetic strike. If the strikers should
succeed III organizing strike of the
trainmen mt least two New England rail-
roads would be tied up.
CONCORD, N. H., May 10.-The execu-
tive committee of the Granite Cutters
National union has issued circular adj
dressed to the worlingmen of the United
States, stating at length their position
and the present status of the lockout by
the manufacturers.