New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-14
THE BIG GRANITE STRIKE.
woRKMEN ANTICIPATE TIE LOCKOUT.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND LABoRERs WILL ,ooN

IN cIT OF EMlLof NrNl'
When the great qunrres controlled by the Granite |
Manufacturers Association Of New England Close thi'
afternoon the entrances to the yards viii be boarded
up the toolshops will be locked. and from 1900 10 |
1000 qunrrymcn. grnnItecutters. toolsharpchefs'
blacksmitls and banker-men will begin an eh'orce"
term OF dleness which may last week. SIX months or
even longer Tho final action Of the Granite Manu- |
facturcrs Association last week and OF the Qaryehs
and Granted Cutters unions Thursday has left no
for doubt that the threatened ockout VIII occur
today Thousands Of building and paving contractors
and propnetors Of monument works began 10 nhhho
yesterday the seriousness OF the situation that con-
fronts them. In consequence Of today's "locRoht'
probably not less than % 900 men will 30 on strike on
Monday, and before the week closes the number OF
men on strike may reach 100000.
The New York branch OF the Granite Cutters Ma
tlonal Union s meeting Clarendon Hail. No III
Eat Thr'ecnih-st. Thursday evening. decided 10
begin ordering strikes Yesterday morning instead OF
waiting until Monday. The uni0n ordered strikes yes
tcrday the addition TO the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art, where the eccentric engineers aud derrlckHen
Joined the strikers strikes ordered in the yards
Of Booth Brothers and Hurricane Isle Granite Company
at nc-hnndred and thrccnth-st and Pleasant ave.
on the brooklyn water tower and on the memorial
arch In Prospect Park. Several other smaller strikes
ordered. and the granite for the extension That
Is to he built on the Mutual Life Building WIS tiled
up On Monday the nnlon will probably order
strikes on tie Monument and the new granite
wall which IS building In front Of the house Of william
Foster. the glove manufacturer, at one urdrd-and-
and Riverside Drive. The granite for tn"
foundations Of the Grant Monument Is being furnished
by the Union Granite Company of Friendship, Me-
Strikes will also he ordered Monday on the new
state Capitol at Albany where $50 men will stop
WORK, on tho new Congressional Library Building in
Washington. where 500 men working on the new
Reading Terminal Building and on ire BOZ bnld-
ing In Philadelphia. This Is ony partial
list Of important buildings where work VIII
be stopped The result OF the "lockort" will be felt
also In Kansas City. where several strikes Will I've
ordered. In Chicago largo quantities Of granite from
the quarrles OF members Of the Granite Manufacturers
Association Is being used In many new business build
ings. The strikes will practically be boycott on
almost every quarry In England, for the assoca-
ton Is strong enough to compel the smaller quarry
owners 10 sell their prdnct 70 them.
II Is estimated that fully 10000 Will strike In
this city and In brooklyn. Every building trade viii
involved. The decision OF the dcrricknen and &C.
centric engineers % strike with the granite cutters
will compel hundreds OF plastcrers. brcklaycs and
others depending the activity Of the eccentric en-
Gneers 10 stop work.
The strike committee Of the National PAYERS
Union was considerably excited yesterday By tie state
ncnts Of members Of the Granite Manufacturers As
ISOLATION that German PAYERS would take the places
Of the strikers on Monday. Members OF the committee
refused 10 believe It, but the statement was epented
by members Of the nssociation. William McNair OF
the strike committee" said TINT If the places
filed BY nonunion men, the public need have no fear
~ violence on the part of the strikers.
At the Offices OF the Department Of Public Works
there Is considerable speculation TO what will be
done with the contracts which are to BE-
awarded a, noon on Tuesday for granite block paving
In the following streets Bcavcrst from Pearl 81 10
whii.lnl-st. Corand ST.. from broadway TO Green
wichst. Churchst. from Vcscy-st 10 Fulton st.. FIJI
on.st. from broadway 10 Pearlst; Duanest. from
Washington st. 10 West-st. canals from Washington
I, to Gr,envfch-st.: Rcaic-st.. from Elm -. to
Ccntre-s Fourte-nth-st. from Thirdave. 20 Fourth
ave-; D-opivr,y frpm Thirty -s-cond-St. 10 Thirty
nfth-s,; Fory.sccond st.. from Thirfave 10 Eighth
ave-. and Fourth-avc, from Eowery 10 ThiTy-s'c""-
t. Il WIS aid yesterday that Commissioner GilrUy
yonld .. the contractors today and Insist that they
complete their work at once.
II Is probable that most OF the work In the monu-
mont works near the large cemeteries OF many OF the
Eastern otb~ Including NcwYork and Brooklyn. Will
~ at a siands, after Monday.
The granite cutters 81 this city Will bold mass
meeting Monday morning ut ClarcndoS Hall. The
nem,grs o, the Granite Manufactures Association
say hat they will hold out all summct n necessary
Worcester Mass May l3.-The grntltc cutters IN
all the yard, Of this dty quit work today on their
demands for Is cents hour. About 100 men arr
ont The yarl owners anno'lnc" their ihtehioh 10
c,i, the last and any Of them eoir ,E ~ 1se
Dom any Of the New England quarriest ,
Norridge wrk Me-. May 10 IN accordance aitn
Orders from headquarters. the l'ra quarry men uhon
has owen notice 10 tho Dodln Company that, unless
wnc,, an, advanced 30 pr cent and eight hSurs con
.ti,ut. a days work, the quarry men VIII seVhe ~
mnrr,w The company refuses to grant athf>u'
mand.
PROBABLE STRIKE OF STREETCAR EMPLOYED
BnGalo May ~ SpccaD.-Every indi'a'oh poh's
% a stiike by the Buffalo street car EN-
n,ovcs In n few days. Locked in safe are
,hro large hallo, boxes which filed with bal
lots by the drivers and conductors last hienO
and each ballot IS vote for or against a s.rihc'
81 the meeting tomorrow night the boxes VIII DC
opcned and the votes counted by commune Oh
thirteen There are $50 men employed as driVc's