Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-29

other organizations or by self-constituted
committees. and 1t will only involve the
brewers in fresh difficulties to attempt 20
treat with any parties not recognized by
the Federation Of Labor and District As
sembly No. GO.
Drfcklayers' Union.
The executive committee of the Bricklay-
ers' Union decided at a meeting held last
evening at the headquarters of the union,
corner of 7th and L streets northwest,
that the brick work on the ten unfinished
houses at the corner of Z and I'd streets
southeast, to which reference has hereto
fore been made in The Star, cannot be fin
ished by union men until the men who
We're employed on the job at the time of
its abandonment by Charles HI. Hanback,,
are paid in full, while Mr.. Charles H. Ruth,
who Is the contractor for the brick work,
has decided that as the union has taken
the course as above stated, and will not
allow union men to work for him on the
houses. he shall complete them with nom
union labor.
The meeting Of the executive committee
was called to consider a request made by
MIR. Ruth, in a lengthy communication to
the BricklayerS' Union, which was received
at its meeting Friday evening last, in
which MIR. Ruth stated the circumstances
surrounding the uncompieted houses and
the necessity for their early completion,
also asking that pending the settlement of
the claims of the men against Hanback, he
(Mr. Ruth be given the opportunity to re-
employ the men who We're ON the work al
the time Of it's abandonment by Hanback,.
Mr. Ruth appeared before the committee
and urged that he be allowed to employ
union men TO finish the work, and tried to
Snow that as there would be about 5000 to
be received for wages before the houses
Will be ready for transferring to the car
penters it would be better for union brick
layers and laborers to get the amount than
to have u go TO men who are not connected
with organized labor. Mr.. Ruth explained
that he had always been a friend to or
gsn1zed labor, and that If he employed
outsiders to do the work on the houses in
question, they alone would be the losers as
they could not stop the work by an in
1unctlon-the courts here having decided
mat the only way claim for wages could
be collected was by suit at law.
1t was also explained that unless the
bondsman for Hanback, shall voluntarily
pay the men their overdue wages a settle
ment with the bondsman is not likely to
De reached through the courts before next
June at the earliest and that more likely IL
Will be six or seven months before the men
are paid what is now due them.
Men Insist on Back Wages.
Several Of the men who We're employed
by Hanback, were present, and they urged
strongly that the houses should continue to
be kept on the unfair or boycotted list
until all interested shall receive their
money for wages. They were, they said,
wiling to concede that Mr.. Ruth has al
ways been an employer of union labor, but
they did not think that the union ought to
allow the houses to be finished by union
men unless they were first paid the
amounts due them. 1t was also stated that
Mr.. Brooke Kason, the owner of the
houses, has on several occasions since Han
Dacks disappearance stated to men who
have called upon him in reference to their
wages that he is ready to pay the ndebt-
edness whenever the bondsman for Ham
D3ch snail order
to do so.
After considering the question in all its
details the executive committee decided
that under the terms of the cons titut!on
of the Bricklayers' Union they could not
consent TO union bricklayerS completing the
work.
Pending the discussion 1t was developed
that the real general contractor for the
construction of the houses was not Charles
IL. Hanback,, but brother of his, Mr.
Barney Hanback,, who since the departure
OF the former has relinQuished the con-
tract, which has been let by Mr. Kascn to
Mr.. Boyle, and the latter has contracted
for the brickwork with Mr.. Ruth.
After the adjournment of the meeting
the members of the committee stated to
Mr.. Ruth and a Star reporter that they
hoped there would yet be an amicable set
Element of the affair, and that the houses
would not be finished by non-union men,
but Mr.. Ruth replied that he feared that it
was now too late for an arrangement of
that sort to be made, and that he will be
compelled to employ non-union hands for
the rest of the job.
Mr.. Ruth further said that he especially
regretted to be compelled to adopt this
men at work for him in various parts of
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