New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-11
TT WILL BE 4 BIG STRIKE.
WAR DECLARED ON ANTIQUITIES.

THE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW
ENGLAND FORCES THE FIGHTING.
Tho most important and far.rcaching contest be-
tween labor and capital IN ue s'"e inuusu, - w..
country IN many wears will begin on saturday. On
the following Monday II Is estimated. that mny
90 900 worklngmen mostly In the Eastern states VIII
10 idle In consequence OF the attitude OF the Granite
anuacturers' Association OF New-England ""aru
its employees II was announced yesterday at the
headquarters Of tho National Paving Cutters Union'
No. q26 East Thirty nanthst, by James Grant. secre
tary OF the National Union and William McNar' both
of District Assembly 40, Knights OF Labor that the
Granite Manufacturers Association OF New-England
had nven notice that saturday afternoon all It's
EMPLOYEES would be "locked out" Following is the
letter from the association announcing its decision
Granite Manufacturers Association OF NewEngland'
Boston, May 5. 1892
Joah b. DYER ESQ, secretary Granite Cutters Nauonnl
Tniou Concord, ". II.
Dear eir am INSTRUCTED 70 inform you .t .Sss II
held yesterday II voted that the members OF TINS
a.:scaon sha stop work n all hr a. pe1 pro
vided they do not In the meantime make
for 1892, n sos an localities, which 'a terminate
'" Per order Of the Executive Committee.
c. W. ASBRAND, secretary pro tompore'
Tho Granite Cutters National Union has already
given Its answer evidenced by the lockout OF about
ao0O paving cutters and others last week. The
union has refused TO depart from the provisions OF It's
constitution concerning the annual agreement with
the association, which has always been signed on May
]. The lockout. which will take place on SATURDAY
will throw out Of employment about o'oVo granite
cutters. $500 quarrymen and large number OF TOOL
sharperers and others who depend Tor worK upon 'h
activity In the Quarries
The effects of this lockout will be felt particularly
throughout New England and TINS ciy brookiyh,
Jersey City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington ana
other Eastern cities where the Knights OF Labor are
preparing to order strikes against the use OF material
from the locked out QuarTes In all these cities build
Ing and paving operations will be greatly hampefeo
Not only In these branches OF Industry, out IN 'he
cemeteries also will work be stopped.
The New-YorlI branch Of the Granite Cutters Ma
uonal Union will be particularly active on Monday.
Headquarters have already been established at NO
81 Union Square. 1t is said that most OF
The granite used In the monument WORKS
at Greenwood. Calvary and Woodlawn cemeteries comes
from luarrcs controlled by the Granite Manufacturers
Association. Strikes will be ordered in these works
The strikes in this city will assume q serious aspect
for the reason that Booth Brothers the Hurricane
Isle Granite Company and John Pierce which firms.
It Is sad virtually control the granite market here,
are members OF the Manufacturers Association.
Following is a statement made yesterday By Knights
of Labor at the headquarters OF the National Paving
Cutters Union:
II Will be seen by the notification Of the Manu-,
facturers' Association that lockout Of our members
is to occur saturday In oil pieces where men n,
sting agreements, many OF which are IN iorVe hui
May Or June 1898. The alleged reason for Thu, I'M
Just action, stated IN newspaper interviews IS as
follows: II is impossible fox the granite trade 10 &c
lay knowing what the rate OF wages for lse3 Is - be
later than January /, because while not actively en-
gagged in quarrying cutting at that time they arc
busy with plans and architects arranging for work
and making prices that will begin In the spring
All practical men know that the above excuse Is not
correct. The work TO be done dos not depcna on
winter summer Us 1t is well known that atca'Tts
put their plans on The market a. soon a. trN eet
them ready. and the majority Of large lob, have tecn
from February until May u better knowledge Of the
ms for s s9ms sna cf@ @ as
building work. And In monumental work II r we'll
ments is not governed by the seasons. only f.r us
when they required to be erected on Decoration Day
S "s a' 5ns Close w OF the The demand
governed by the death rate of American citizens and
manufacturers consider that in December OF each year
the wOTkmen will be az their mercy but when fhey
made is IL reasonable to suppose that woIknen viii
have computations OF conscience against Violating
nv scH vIoatcrs Of agrecmcns~ior Of what nse will
1t be TO enter into agreements with persons who%
There are about 42s employers Of eranitccnters
In New England OF these forty belong to tho MANI
MARKET in many piaces The general Strikes that are
to follow t the lockout viii only be- directed against
members Of the association.
The PAYERS strike continued yesterday Early
in the day james Grant and william McNalr had an
Interview with Commissioner Thomas +. Gilroy Com
missioner Groy anxious that the strike should be
settled at once. lie said that he had received mum.
complaints about the condition VI Wcstst, and
lie asked that the PAYERS be allowed 70 coatlnne work
| there. The request refused. When asked what
he proposed TO do about the charges Of the PAYERS
Union that the contractors were laying Inferior pave
| ments he said that he would begin mn vcstlgauon
| Of their work at once and would Insist that the
| specifications be followed 10 the letter
| Several boats loaded with paving blocks were tied
| up" In BROOKLYN yesterday Thrtyhvc PAYERS en-
pioycd in seventh,st, Brooklyn. struck In The after.
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