New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-28
HURT ON THE BIG BUILDING.
THREE wORKMEN MEET MIsHAPs AT THE
sIEGEL-COOPER STRUCTURE
ALL WILL PROBABLY Observation-Disclosures AND
EMPLOYERS BOTH CLAIM PARTIAL VIC
ToRY-ACTIvE WORK TO BEGIN
TOMORROW.


TIL. .,,usrIe between the two big firms OF the
Iron League and their former employees was con-
tinued Yesterday and at nghtfall both sides claimed
martial victory Milliken Brothers. who have the
contract on the Siege-Cooper BUILDING at Esn
tenth and Nineteenth SITS and Sixth-ave'' masseu
their entire force of non-union housesmiths al 'ha'
poin. while j. B. & ]. NJ Cornell did likewise a'
the Metropolitan Building. at Broadway and Prince
ST. Little structural work was attempted by ei'her
firm and that which was tried at the slegei-Ooop
err Building brought disaster. Calls for amouiahces
were frequent and the rumors that many men hao
heen killed and injured caused large crowds 10
gather There were three bad accidents and sew
eral minor ones. The names OF the men taken
away In ambulances are as follows:
ANDREWS ANDREW laborsr aged forty &sa Rowe ero
fell into cellar broken and other WOUNDS taKen
KIAY ye GEORGE laborer aged eighteen years. home No
waverley Place struck by an iron beam ;hs
from derrick leg crushed taken 10 the New '''"
Lane EDWARD home No. AZ West and Th sEu
thought be fractured taken 70 the New US men
Would recover Two OF them. however. were in a
critical condition.
Foster Miliken OF Mlliken Brothers, SAID ne co"'N
not understand how Andrews got hurt lie feii INTO
the cellar from the first floor. near the froh' Oh o
building Mr. MIl,iken said ne had no ousihe9s
there He added that he had about sixty men en-
Moved but that no structural work was being zone
The men were kept busy squaring up MT MnHne'
said that no work would be done to-day Out Una.
tomorrow he expected to have large NUMBER 'i
men. -
superintendent Second. Of J. B. & ]. M. Cornell
said that the firm had forty-fve men working on
the Metropolitan Building. including two engineers
Some structural work was done on TINS puiioihs'
and few iron beams were hoisted Into pace.
J. NJ Cornell, president of the Iron League ieit
the city last night Before going away he SAID: II
am slowly surely and reluctantly ming me piaces
OF the strikers Work on the contracts winch nave
been sublet will be started on FRIDAY. ~ .
There were runors yesterday that another A.
tenpt was quietly being made TO settle thS stIihe
nv arbitration. The bosses and the men ueci!ieu 40
discuss the subject, saying Il might deieat the ehuS
thsy had in view. - =, 1,.o,ao, Hall
at the strikers headquarters in CLARENDON Haii
everybody appeared to be in high spirits MI Lahy
satd thar neither the Cornells nor Millikens mad q
single capable ironworker. with the exception o.
sour forcinen whom Mr.. Cornell had sent TO worK
on the Metropolitan Building He said he dd not
see what the Miilkens would do when they attempt
- structural work. Many men Were injured whie
working on the first floor of the Siege-Cooper 6ul!d-
ing Yesterday aud Mr.. Lally SAID he could no.
imagine what would happen TO such incompetent
men II they were sent aloft ten or htteen stores.
There is a housesmith among mem me con IN
tinued Mr. I4aliy. land II is crime 10 put them OH
such dangerous work. IL, . ,. IN
The strikers sent eight housesnlths 10 WIN VIZ
the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday