The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-30
RIG LABOR WAR MAY COME.
MISTER sTEAMFI7TERS BE9N n
PRACTICAL LOCKOUT.

Into eject Yesterday morning. In all about l,5OO
men found the shops Of the association closed to
them except on the condition that they should
sirn and accept a new agreement, the old agree
ment having been declared null and void by the
employcrs. Very few steamftters appeared at
.,s shops yesterday morning and as far as could
N, learned none Of them accepted the new terms.
The new move OF the association left the
p,ari OF Walking Delegates without q pro-
,-amme. and the fact that the employers had
,nddenly turned the tables by their flank move
ment inspired the uncomfortable idea that tho
United Building Trades, taking in nearly all the
employing associations, might decide TO make
war upon the Board OF Walking Delegates. This
,ontInsencc has been hinted at by employer
several times in the recent strikes.
The lockout. or strike. as the men on their
pr refused to work except on tho old terms.
affected the shops and number Of men following:
Gnlts 4 Geogheuan. os7. $50 West Broadway. $50.
Baker. Smith 4 Co., Houston street and West Brood
q \ suter q Co. wooster street. between Spring
Bake 4 Williams. sss. ssS Is, Broadway. 90.
John.on q Morris, West Broadway. near Cana,
Msiis Z sss,pn, Ior,y.h street nee. IoS.ssD. $50.
E E':s: : s! s.$'s.s :: sy Deg ;ss' ::i. SO; s..-... ..se..
J.ns, cu. r. r.s M,snsr.sssrt%ss Company. Thirty
beSl0to THESE, inc men were IOCkCo OUT IN q
The steamdtters and helpers held /. meeting
Yesterday forenoon at lA7 West Thirty second
street and adjourned at noon without doing
anything in particular, to meet again to-day.
water Filters Association. which their late en-.
ployees are required to sign a. q condition OF oh
am. The working day shall consist of eight
hours. between the hours Of 9 O'clock a. n. and
So'clock T: NJ, With one hour tntermisSion for
known as regular time. and shall Be the time
sctnally employed at work
and at the standard rate q = per day for
the rate OF Asa cents per hour for steamdsterS
and IS cents per hour for helpers for regular
ms All work done S.twcen the hours Of 5
o'clock P. N. and 8 O'Clock A. NJ. or on Sunday
or o.lf Fl holiday iRdE les sSal hSS e PAID s at Sous sss the ss1 rass q
regular time. commencing at the hour which
york Is commenced and ending at the hour at
- All workmen shall be paid at 5 o'clock On
FFf eisTag previous. PAYMENTS may Sc made at { The
option OF the employer either at the job or ut
rs Workmen working outside Of the cities OF
New York. Brooklyn. Jersey City, Ho6oken. and
Long Island City shall receive their necessary
to and from their work daily, It being optional
with the employer to adopt either method.
from his III s SSFs to oG tine 'a shop paS a pdi g e Of. G'i more re
than one mile. the workmen shall receive from
q. No steSmdtter or sisamntter's helper
win be employed in this shop unless he agrees
The Executive mmit of the Master Steam
and Hot Water Filters Association mot yester-
Wool EIc6aDse 6uildinr, West srosdsay, nsas
North Moore street, and issued the following
aTae differences between master steamfttars
and iourneymon oteamftters and helpers in
tween TWO lsSor orTanisStions. the trades unions
OF the steamnttsrs and steamntters' helpers On
o oIs sid sid sad S Hn. iF1 1fsn Ini1 a. Of l PisT asir,y On ds sss
did not seriously involve the employers Of either.
certain work IN connection with automatic reg
ulation OF tempsrature AZ installed BY the John
properly he Worh Of pinmbsss or q stssamat-
tiers. As TO which Of these trades does the worn,
no ehotes,; and It is a matter. Of indidsreees e
such employers as to which trade finally 30
Enterp 11set A 3 o sssamnsssrs and The
trades notified master ssesmntters Who had
contracts with the johnson Temperature Regu-
were violating the agreement By employing non.
union men. In reply TO an inquiry as TO how
S union T maas the "a sss GcSnnt that .ne S sSs subIsssins
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES work TO parties who
was being violated.
The ma0;er steamfitters claim that the
hey are 50 reeoeniSsd By other unions. and this
is demonstrated by the fact that while doing
SeSuiarisy' Thus The QUESTION q union or nom.
union labor Is not involved, but simply the
question whether this particular kind Of work
belongs to the iourneymen Steamftters or to
AS to the settlement OF this question. the
master steamfttters have not taken part In any
way. considering it purely . matter TO be settled
be, ween unions
the Enterprise Association of Steamntrers has
broken the agreement BY causing q general
without hrst submitting the question at issue to
a eommitte of arbitration, IS provided in the
The facts in the case are that the delegate of
the Enterprise Association caused all OF the
steamntters OF this nrm to be taken away, eX-
cepting three men. claiming that BY leaving three
men he did not cause a general strike against
nicality. as all the objectionable methods Of .
RE were employed; BY the employers the
ing OF the terms Of the agreement. and after
publication to the Enterprise Association the
ton declared the agreement broken and at an
both sides to the controversy declare the
agreement broken there can be no doubt as to
sae fa a and thern being no aSreement. each
10 its men a set Of new rules, in no way objec-
n!er the rules so proposed. the members Of the
Enterprise Association have gone ON strike.
There Is no question of wages or hours OF
labor involved in the controversy. neither Is
Steam and Hot Water Filters Association are
ready to employ any of their old men who are
willing to go 10 work and not subject their em-
ployers to frequent annoyance and loss on &C
count Of petty squabbles between labor unions
over which they have no control"
: None Of the members OF the Executive Com
mittee cared to talk much on the subject.
Henry b. Gombers, secretary Of the committee.
was asked how many buildings wero likely to DO
involved in the trouble.
1T would not be an easy matter to say Just at
present. he replied.
At all events all the buildings where the
union steamhtters were at work will be In
volyedf asked the reporter.
Possibly a great many moro buildings" said
Mr.. Gombers.
Asked II the United Building Trades. which Is
might fn't Be in orSihn,ddA5MaG nD a 81 Sel,d aaId e ahpt yscs
thing was also among the possibilities. The
United Building Trades takes in nearly all the
associations OF building employers, including
the Mason Builders Association. the Electrical
Contractors Association, the Master Plumbers
association, the Master Steam and Hot Water
Fttters' ASSOCIATION. and several union trades.