Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-17
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Fifteen Thousand Granite Cutters
Now Idle in the East.
NO ONE AT WORK BUT APPRENTICES
The Men Very Confident Of Defeating the
Manufacturers
FIRES, FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS

NEW YORK, May 16-Secretary James
Grant, of the Paving Cutters National
Union, whose headquarters are In this city,
to-day received dispatch from Secretary
Josiah B. Dyer, of the Granite Cutters
National Union, saying: Lockout oil along
the line" This means that $4,000 union
men have been locked out and that the only
quarries now in operation in the New Eng
land States are those of Swans Island, Me-,
and one company at Waterville, Conn, the
owners of which have withdrawn from the
New England Granite Manufacturers AS
sociation,
The following telegram was sent BY the
Central Labor Union of New York to Con-
cord, N. H., to the officers of the Granite
Cutters National Union:
1--WE, the Central Labor Union of the city
of New York, have this day Endorsed your
position, and hereby pledge to you our
moral support in your efforts to obtain JUS
tice at the hands Of unfair employers"
Operations are'suspended in all the Con-
cord sheds and quarries of the New England
Granite Works.
The whistles blew at the II quarries in
westerly, r. l., and vicinity this morning, but
only the helpers and men employed about
the yards responded. The total number of
men in Westerly and vicinity affected by
the lockout is about 200. The small quarry
at oakland, r. l.. Is rnnning as usual, non
union men having been employed there for
several years.
A Quincy. Mass, telegram says every
stoneyard in the city was opened for busi-
ness this morning, giving a chance to any
workman not recognizing organized labor
to resume work. Out Of the large body of
men employed last week, not one took ad-
vantage of the opportunity. In most Of the
yards apprentices were working. They do
not belong to the union. 1t Is said an effort
prentices join the unions, and IL this is ac-
complfshed there will be no work done ex-
cept by members of the firms. The men feel
confident that the present state of affairs
will not exist more than week.
At Rockport, Mass, visit to the granite
quarrfes this morning showed little change
in the situation from last week. The Rock
port Granite Company is running four
derrick gangs. In all, they have probably
80 men at work. The strikers are firm and
show no indication of weakening. Many of
them are making blocks on their own ac-
count, selling them readily to dealers not in
the association. The blacksmiths, who are
said to be the key to the situation, are also
some think the strike will become general if
not settled soon.
The general lockout of granite cutters
threatens to effect the erection of the Read
Ing Terminal depot in Philadelphia, in
which red granite from Stoney Creek Conn.,,
was to be used. Contractor McCaull this
afterno DON received q message from his rep
resentative at the quarries there, stating
chat the men had all quit work this morn
ing. The stonecutters' union of this city
will take action tonight to determine
whether they will assist the construction Of
The terminal by working. The contractor
has announced that the plans of the station
will be altered and other material used if it
becomes necessary