New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-05
STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK.
DEFYING THE WALKING DELEGATES.
MANY woRKMEN, WEARY oE LIVING oN
PROMISES. PREFER wAGES-BUTLD-


ING RESUMED.
The first important break In the great bundihg
trades strike OF Il 900 occurred yesterday "heh
a large number OF union men, against the orders
~ the walking delegates gave up the fight ana sought
for work on the buildings they left few weeks ago.
The unon men Obliged To return TO "orh io'
self-protecton as the number OF non-unloh c"'P'"
tors stcamhtters etc, at work throughout the CIT,
l. constantly increasing. The strikers have lost ABOUT
$500 600 I'm wages since the strike began ana 'h'S
have nothing 10 show for It. Many workers have
been dissatisfied from the first. because no questions oi
wages or hours OF work have been involved III 'he
strike Probably 200 men returned to work yes'er
day in the various building material yards tnal hau
hecn tied up." ON many buildings in which no
work OF any consequence had been done Ior i"hs
weeks work was resumed yesterday, with fui oroe
~ mon OF all building trades. Among these ouilohgs
were the Hotel Waldorf, at Thirty -third-st. ana rn
ove: the New Netherlands, Fifty nlntlst. ana run
ave-: the Metropolitan Life Insurance Coihpan'
building Twenty-third st. and MadlsonaVe'' oh'''"
Charities Building Twenty-second-st ana four'n-Ne
and the buildings ut Nos. az brodo"As ""N ~ ~
way and Broomest.
,ro all these buildings the strikers came In large
Numbers and applied for work. There were car
penters tin and sheetron VOORHEES, lrsueis' ~
filters material handlers, plasterers ana P''''.'
Iaborers More than $4,000 men have oeeh OH o.''"0
Not loss than 900 returned to work Yesterday Every
who returned u WoTh ""S S"P'''N
dlyidual and not as a union man. moreover he ne
| wers told that I'm the future they must pay no az
| tention 10 walking delegates. Every man aereeu "
work with non-union and obey no oruers VI
walking delegates. A. ,ua,ro
tho member, ~ the Iron League and the building
material dealers were we'll pleased by the suuuen 'u
the struggle had taken I'm their favor Jonh 'oolu'
NJ tho Jackson Architectural Iron Works, said We
ara fired of the everlasting and tyrannicai dc"s VI
walking delegates The skilled workers are ueser"'o
| the ranks OF the strikers every DAY ana re'ie
work For example ninety Of the nincty-t"o nois1.
| smiths who struck J. B. d j. NJ 'oI'ie'e W..
about ten DAYS ago applied for reinstatement.
Most of them were taken back. ereaV m"J"ii'y VI
the mon struck against their own Judgment Du' '"e'
were obliged to obey the commands OF the'r ue' '
| whose will was law with them They were ho' "e
| Ing for higher wages The strike was largely ''"
| pathetic one After weeks Of idleness ana 'he 'Vn
ouent suffering they have determined TO go to work IN
spc Of the threats Of the walking delegates co"l-
plete victory been on the new Crimlnai 'oui
! house in Centre-st where the fight really Deeah'
Thcre are working there twenty four Carpenters
| areproof workers. housesmths, masons anu e'o"0
| cutters Sixty-seven masons are working on u'e .''
sctt Building at No. 49J Broadway. Bnch anu o"'
building material are being delivered there IN hrse
quantities. There are engineers aC "oiA VII " ~
| buildings al, .
J. NJ Cornell, president Of the Iron League, said :
"rhe strike Is broken up. The delegates know IT, anu
are becoming excited. l have all the men heed
now and Will have many more in a few days, to de-
| liver material"
At the headquarters Of the Board OF Walking Dee
gates OF the Building Trades, No. Il East fhteehi-
st. there was Il feeling OF uneasncs'. All the state
ments OF Mr.. Cooper and Mr.. Cornell about iheh to
turning to work were fatty denied. An Inspection
az the buildings named. however. verified tine slae-
d ments Of both men. An attempt j. beng nade u,
the delegates induce builders To buy brlck, cent
and other building material from certain hrnlS whlei
employ union men and obey the orders OF the dee-
| gates II a builder will buy from these dealers the
| Strikes on his buildings will be declared OIL "a,
ward Mclaughlin. walking delegate for Progressive
Painters Union No. Il, Is managing this new move
! ment which has not been brilliant success, al,
| though he says that builder came to nm ana
ordered a large quantity Of brick and cement wherc-
upon the strikes his buildings were declared on
| NcLoughIn has told all builders to call ut Room .
No IL Fnst tiftcenthst where they can buy cement
| etc and settle the strikes against them at me
| same time There has not been a stampede VI
! builders to McLoughln's Office.