New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-21

IRON LEAGUE MEN MEET ARBITRATION
COMMISSIONERS.
NO DECISION REACHED HoUsEsMIrHs ISSUE
STATEMENT - PORTABLE ENGINEERS

No DECISION REACHED-THE HOUsEsM1THs Issue
STATEMENT - PORTABLE ENGINEERS
LEAVE WORK on TWO BUILDINGS.
The most important happening yesterday in the
strike Of the housesmiths and bridgemen was the
conference IN the evening between the State Board
of Arbitration and a committee Of the Iron League.
The conference was held at the Murray Hill Hotel.
Commissioners Feeney. Purcell and Robertson were
nresent and the committee of the Iron League con-
sisted of j. NJ Cornell, OF J. b. IL. }. ~ Cornell;
Iohn Cooper. of the Jackson Architectural Iron
Works: 3. f. j. Files. of the Heckler Iron Com
pany, and William j. Lyon jr. of William Lyon &
Son The proceedings behind closed doors.
After the conference was ended Commissioner Pur-
cell said that the strike had been talked over Dut
that no decision had been reached 1t was decided
that / NJ Cornell should confer with several mem
bers Of the League who were not present at the
meeting. and communicate with the Board again
this morning
throughout the day knots of the strikers gathered
in and about their headquarters at Clarendon Hall,
in East Thrteenth-st. and discussed the latest news
of the movements OF the Iron League Inc state
nent by the League published yesterday defining Its
postion and giving its reasons for refusing to &C
cede to the requests OF the strikers was severely
criticised Late in the day the Executive Commit
tee of the strikers issued a statement In reply TO
the Iron League which contained the following:
We have taken every means of presenting our case
TO the Iron League. Thirty-eieht members OF the
lea que expressed themselves in iaNo: or an agree
nent blt then referred us to j. NJ Cornt... At
two interviews he expressed himself In favor o. an
agreement when he shown Est OF the en-
movers who favored It, He Informed our commit tee
that he was regarded as the great oostructionist
We so regard him. He has shown himself to be
antagonistc to organized labor because he refused
TO treat with through Bishop Potter lie mo
behind the organization OF me iron League. ne
Ieague now claims that Il Will treat with It's men az
individuals. but not as pouy. NneI "a ,h, ~
OF three waited Mr.. Cornell he tod them that II
.tiI Ike
ing they could seek work elsewhere me WAGES o t
the men were reduced % cents day In the ia'i OF
understanding that It should be given back 10 mem
yhen business improved. In many cases. however,
the latter part of this agreement was ignored py .ne
,osses and many OF the men nave never receiver
the nromiyel increase. Incompetent men nave peeh
put to work and the competent have oeeh eNpeG.ea
10 teach them tho trade We believe this Is against
tho interest of the mechanics and also dangerous 10
the strikers received communication Yesterday
afternoon to the effect that Alilliken Brothers had
joined the iron League. They also received y1, a
from the drygCods heIi1 Of fba, sarH commit
tee be appointed to confer with the hri. hear , u
Brothers interested In the strike because "T TN
portable engineers at the buildings being erected AZ
Prncest and Br0adway and NariGk ani o Sp'hhe
had the contract for one Of the briidinss and j. D.
& J. NJ Cornell the contract for the otner -,
number OF iron workers who had come m from Sn
other cities seeking work received cards OF CIV
ton to other bosses from j. NJ. Cornell. "utn
they learned that a strike in progress IN TINS
city they refused to go to work ana turnea 'h tb
buildings on which the strike was declared on Mon
day last remained tied up" Yesterday c,,o, con,r
has issued an order directing section or patro.-
men to be on reserve duty in every station house
a precautionary measure SO far disorder. caused
by the strikers has been reported Ponce Coininls-
soner Andrews said that II the strike grew larger
so many policemen would have to be held in reserve
tina: it might delay the taking OF the school census