New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-27
MEN WORKING.
TAKING THE PLACES OF SOME OF THE
STRIKING HoUsEsMITHs.
A FEW INDUCED TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THE
sTRIKERs-IT is SAID THAT MANY MORE
WILL BE EMPLOYED To-DAY-sTATE-
MENTs FOR EACH SIDE OF


WILL BE EMPLOYED To-DAY-sTATE-
MENTs FOR EACH SIDE OF
THE CONTEST.
J. B. ]. NJ Cornell and the Milliken bro'herS
made their FIST attempt yesterday to resume WORK
with non-union housesmi;hs The housesmitns ana
bridgemen formerly employed by these firms went
on strike a week ago for recognition OF their uiio'
and an increase in wages Milhken Brothers nave
the contract for the iron work siegel, Cooper q
Co.'S big building at Eighteenth and Nineteenth s's'
ard Slxth-ave. and they said that they wouiu pun
a large number OF non-unon housesmiths 10 worA
ther. CAPTAIN Pickett, OF the West Thirtietn-s'.
station sent squad of police 10 the building yestef-
day morniae 10 guard the workmen. MiiAKeh
Brothers pu; about forty men al work Ihe ma
jorl,y Of them appeared TO be inexperienced Many
strikers gathered in the neighborhood Out erea'eu
disturbance .,
Dalevate Ienahan. of the Housesmths and Bridge
mems Union entered the building and persuaded
some Of the men to stop work. The foreman
made him leave the place. calling on policeman ~
follow Lerahan out. -,
The now men were provided with dinner in the
building obtained from nearby restaurant inc
strikers said thar two Of the new men were III.
,urad that one OF them had his fingers crushed
and the other was badly hurt about the oooy ines
asserted that the accidents were due to the men ;
iroompetency The story was denied Ds inc
"bosses.' - -,
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said that he had not put many new men al WORK,
because he was waiting for the old worKneh ~
come back He said he preferred the old men anu
wculd wait a reasonable for them 10 go
He added that most of the new men ne hau ~
came from Brooklyn and not from i tbe men
Mr.. Cornell declared that he could get al ''e ~
The Cornells had about twenty non-uni9n men y,
work in the morning on the ouiulISs Wefropolitan
Hotel. The strikers pickets were hot re- ni Tho
the building Little work was accompiism eu were
strikers pickets said that seventynNe Imam n as
serted that ne could get along with nifty. ,r,ar.
At Clarendon Hall, the strikers headauar. ers
President Larry said Shet roibers had sent to
work Segel. Cooper q Co oui.u!i.s n m q nd a.
10 the hall Among them we're t%o ioTemehh am besn
engineer He said further that 100 pickets nau pev
set out IN the morning and that all the ferries ana
galway stations were guarded 70 I dpecared
housesniths coming from other cities ne , as
enough capable housesmiths 10 carry on then woih,
Most OF the new who were persuaded 10 ieaxe
their work and join the strikers yesterday "eie
Foster Milliken of the firm OF Milken Brothers.
last nlsht said. I'VE put about sixty men an toiu
al work to-day. We would have had a great many
newspapers until last night and TO-DAY ineii, asai,
AZ looked so stormy this morning thai many iien
did not come to work. Delegate Lenahan toid me
al the Siege, Cooper Co building To-Day tids
he would put all back to work II we wouIu
recognize the union. He said he would waive the
question of wages and all other questions we are
less than s. day. and most of them got = - We
always paid the union wages ana never ma. any
whether our men belong to the union or ho' Inc
strikers got only ten or twelve men away rom Us
yesterday. They paid them - eacn. lnese men
NAV go to work for the COrnels tomorrow ana
Inuict tho union out of another S each We shall
have great many more men at work tomorrow