The age-herald., 1899-09-23
ARE NOW FURTHER
 APART THAN EVER
Breach Widening Between Car
 penterS and Contractors.
ALL NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF
Both Sides Are Apparently Prepared to Fight It Out-Strikers Roundly --a Condemn the Builders and
 Traders Exchange

All negotiations between the contractors and the carpenters for settlement of the existing strike are off, and both sides are apparently prepared to fight it out to the bitter end
 The carpenters claim that they offered to meet the contractors half way by splitting the difference between September 16 and October l, while the contractors claim that the carpenters refused to make any con- sessions to time.
 A special meeting of the Builders and Traders Exchange was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock to hear the report of the. conference committee. The commit tee reported that conference had been held with a committee from the Carpen- ters' union and that all propositions looking to d settlement had been rejected. It was reported that a proposition had been made to the carpenters conceding the nine hours per day at the same wages heretofore paid for ten hours, to become effective October 1, and that same was rejected.
 The report was received and after some discussion the committee was discharged and further negotiations broken off.
 Carpenters Endorse Committee
 An adjourned meeting of the Carpenters union was held last night in Brickayers hall at which the report of the conference committee from that body was made and unanimously approved.
 The committee, through its chairman, re- ported that a long conference had been held with a committee from the Builders and Traders Exchange at the Morris hotel frl,A fbO agreement The chairman stated propo- sition from the contractors that the new scale as originally demanded by the car penters for a 9-hour day and minimum wage of s2 for journeymen become effective October 1 had been met with counter proposition from the carpenters to split the difference in time between September l6 and October 1 and that same was rejected and negotiations broken off.
 The action of the contractors was se- verely criticised, and the following reso- luton was adopted
 Conemned The Exhange.
 "Whereas, We have good reason for be lieving that the Builders Exchange is working to the detriment of organized la Dor, and
 "Whereas, The interest of the enure building trades of the district is al stake; therefore be it resolyed
 'grhat Carpenters and Joiners Union No 75 denounces the action of said body in the present strike, and will hold every business man who is a member of said exchange personally responsible for its ac- tion.''
 It was also decided to open a union ex- change to bid on all new work it being the concensus of opinion that the carpen- ters can successfully compete with the con- tractors.
 The exchange will be opened in a few days, and will be in charge of some of the leading members of the union, who have had experience in that line.
 After a general discussion of the situa- tion the meeting adjourned until Monday night.
 The report that the members of the union were blaclllegging was denied last night by President Wollenhaupt, who states that so far only six cases have been reported by the vigilance committee, which has been actively at work since the strike was declared.