New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-22
A REFUSAL TO ARBITRATE.
THE IRON LEAGUES STAND sPOILs THE
HOPE OF PEACE
xs RESULT THE HoUsEsMITHs AND BRIDGE
MAKERS STRIKE Is LIKELY TO BECOME
A CAUSE OF SERIOUS TRouBLE-THE


CAUSE or SERIOUS TRouBLE-THE
SITUATION LAST NIGHT.
The strike OF the Housesmiths' and Bridgemen S
Union against the iron hrms Of J. b. j. Nj. Cor
nell OF this city and Milliken Brothers. of Brook
lyn Is likely TO extend and become cause OF
eerious trouble. now that the Iron League mas
thrown down the gauntlet TO the strikers by buht'y
refusing to into negotiations for arbitrator
Such refusal was addressed yesterday to the
State Board OF Mediation and Arbitration IN ses-
sion at the Murray HI Hotel.
J. NJ Cornell. the president OF the Iron League.
went to the hotel Wednesday evening with other
members OF the Executive Committee ana listened
10 appeal to arbitra,e. but the conference hau
no result except that Mr.. Cornell and his colleagues
said that they would talk the matter over
with other members of the League ana give
q definite answer yesterday. The answer was de-
lNered yesterday at noon, and was as follows;
The Honorable Board OF Mediation and Arbitration.
Messrs. Purce! Robertson and Feeney Murray
Dear Srs At ule conference with your Honorable
Eoard held by your request last evening" at me me
MURRAY AN hote! you ursshuY uesieu NJ, Ia. viii
Executive Committee Of the Iron League me- MN
the Committee OF the United Housesm.ths anu
a commronise ~ the demands OF the latter body
and terminate the prcsen; strike - ,,
given very careful consideration 10 your requesi,
this committee believe that such nerrns wo tne
present strike very unfair. uncaIed for ana WIN
ated to YOU verbally last evening our members are
at all times willing TO meet our employees ana dis,
cuss any real or fancied grievance rrespeclvS Di
the question whether they be union or non union
ThapkIs Y9T IIF E Spy SHTrTTgE iRoT IENGuE
y. T. Ellis. Secretary
Shortly after receiving the foregoing communi-
cation the Board of Arbitration adjourned for the
day No more meetings vii be held for some time.
Commissioner Feeney said: II think it is de-
plorable that the Iron League cannot see its way
toward treating with its late employees. Their re-
fusal to recognize the union is RIGHT which
cannot be questioned. But it is fact that the
union Is generally recognized among the building
trades proper. The justice OF the position taken by
the Iron League in refusing TO arbitate is. in
my opinion. doubtful. IN View Of the vast public
Interests involved in the strike"
Commissioner Feeney also said that he thought
the public misunderstood the powers Of the state
Board Of Arbitration. The Board could not COM
Eel employer and employe to arbTate 1t was
probably a good thing that it could not. although
workmen were generally not Of that opinion.
Commissioner Feeney said that he had seen Otto
NJ. Eidltz president of the Master Builders Asso-
citation. and had asked him TO use his influence
10 settle strike but Mr. Eidl!tz said it was too
late. He also saw committee OF the house
smiths. and said that they We're willing to arb u.
trate and make concessions. But the REFUSAL OF
the Iron League to treat with the housesmiths'
union, the Commissioner said, spoiled all chances
one OF the largest OF the structures delayed by
the strike Is that Of Siege. Cooper o. AT hisii,
architects are De Lemos & Cordes. MIR Cordes
said yesterday that ii was true that the grahite
men had a.sO gone strike. through sympathy
with the hoUscsmiths The bricklayeIs were sun
working. hut he did not know what minute they
might strike. Nj. C0rdes thought the strike " ull
be over soon. because he said the men ala not nave
much money. He said further that the loss result,
ing from the large structure not being competen
when expect Z would fail on the owners because OF
a strike cause in the contract superintendent Al
len. of the building. went to Newark Yesterday 10
engage. L. pOss bic granite mon 10 take the pace
OF those who had gone strike.
A member OF the firm of Siegel Bros. dry GOODS
Nos 65 and 81 WO)stef-st., said that the erectl9h
Of the new building entirely in the hanus OF ne
architects. The building Is to be completed next
fall. ,,.-.,, -.
II was learned that Mr.. Hearn was not the man
who had called tor a conference with the stflhrrS
The Hearn structure is finished. -,
The portable engineers on the new annex - tiie
Waldorf Hotel joined the strikers yesterday oil ther
accord. ,,, .:,,oo
aaid All the buildings from which the men had Deth
called were still tied up. and as long as they le-
rnained so no sympathetic strikes would be OrNeel
Al the Board OF Walking Delegates II was Saii
that no further action would be taken IN the hsht
against the unless the latter forced u Dy a.
fempting to put non-union men 10 work W. de-
fecfives tried get into meeting of the BOAR OF
Marking Delegates, but they were prevented. .he
delegates said the detectives Were in the pay Il the
Iron League. ,,.. e.. ~ o,ho~ =
make move. The men say they can hght a. VIII
fer