The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-04
WAR ON BUMPERS"
Union Carpenters Begin Their Fight
for Regulation Wages.

The union carpenters began their or
ganized battle this morning against the
pernicious dumping or sub-cOntract
system, whereby the workmen employed
by sub-contractors. or middle are
deprived of the prevailing rate of wages.
$3.50 day.
Delegates had been appointed from the
different unions AS follows:
John Hart and A. Schultze. Brother
hood of American Carpenters and Join
crs; James w Rogers, Amalgamated
Society of Carpenters; Benjamin Hart,
Progressive Carpenters Union, and
Dennis Cavanagh. United order of Car
penters and Joiners. William Coombs
was appointed secretary and general
manager of the strike, and headquarters
was established in Progress Hall. $40
Third avenue. between Fifty-flrst and
Fifty-second streets.
The carpenters unions are managing
the strike. but have the active support of
the Board Of Delegates OF the Building
Trades. which represents all the unions
of the various trades engaged In erect
ing buildings in this "ity.
The delegates OF the carpenters unions
began operations at s o'clock by max
ing tom about he city and visiting
al the Jobs whera the Jumping sys-
tenn is in vogue AS a result several hun
dred carpenters and joiners were called
out and began to assemble In Progress
Hall.
bumpers" who have jobs In all parts
of the city. but the larger number are
above Forty second street
Among the Jobs that were struck this
forenoon were those Of Charles Lennon,
sub contractor, who has the carpen-
ter work on nine private residences in
West Eighty-eighth street, near River
side Drive. and also IN twelve houses on
the east side.
Lennox employed about twenty-five or
thirty carpenters, and paid them 1875 Il
day.
on new buildings In Sixtyseventh
street. between First and Second ave-
nucs. and paid a less rate tnann, $3.50 a
day; The delegat.s requested the car,
expected to strike at noon.
stephen Ball was reported by the
delegates to be another bumper" who
penters In eight private houses at
| East Elghty-ninth street and Third
| avenue, and paid them from $3.50 TO
s3.?h day A strike was ordered on the
! buildings. and the men were expected
Sub-Contractor Selfridge employs forty
or nifty carpenters on jobs In Sixty,
eighth street, between Eighth and
Ninth avenues, and in Charles street.
near Bleecker. paying some OF his men
500, the ur ion rate, but the majority
/ receive Dut 30 uHy. ne urltsdtts,
requested the men to come out. ana
they promise to do 80.
! Charles thinner had twenty-five car
penters at work on four houses In East
! Eighty ninth street. east OF TIL rd ave
nue., at 81 a day EACH and also In nat
building mt Eighty-fourth street. near
Avenue a. All the men were expected
to stop wor! at noon and report AT
| Progress Hall
! The union carpenters were quite san
guine OF winning the fight. for the rea-
son that the carpenters employed or
/ these lump" Jobs are DESTROYS OF OBJ
/ tanning the union rate of wages. and only
want the support of the unions to en-
! courage them In the event OF their leav'
Ing their work. Then. in all cases where
union men Of other trades are employed
in building whore bumpers" have con
tracts. tho unon carpenters expected e
force matters by calling upon the Boarc
/ OF Delegates OF the Building Trades to
. order strikes on all such Jobs.
! The work of visiting the numerou.
Jump Jobs being necessarily slow, tht
delegates did not expect any large mum
Der OF carpenters to strike before night
hut the men were coming to Progress,
Hall In small SQUADS. and II was though
fully loo would he out before 6 o'clock
md others would quit work tomorrow
II was estimated that fully $500 car
pcrters In all are or were, engaged OF
lump" jobs.