The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

Meeting.
Decided was the change which oc-
Cured yesterday in the strike situa-
tion. The change was the direct result
of the resolution adopted on Sunday by
the Building Trades Council as printed
in The Tribune yesterday.
Ten Jobs were tied up and every
branch of the building trades allied
with the council was affected. Also
iron workers and electricians, the for
mer already organized and the latter
practically so. This adds about 100
more men to the number now out.
Two more contractors, not members
of the Builders Exchange, have con-
ceded the carpenters demands, and
two Master Plasterers, also not affili-
ated with the Exchange, have granted
the plasterers' rules. The situation so
far as it concerns the tinsmiths and
their demands remains the same.
Several non-union men were reported
to have arrived here to go to work.
Some of these were seen and later left
the city. Others made application for
membership in the unions.
A rough estimate was made yester-
back at work on jobs being put up
under the new rules, and it was given
out that about 200 men were so work.
ing. Added to these, the tinsmiths and
plasterers bring it up to 225 at work
out Of about 200 who originally went
out.
ISSUING CARDS.
To protect the contractor and work.
men busy on jobs going forward under
the new rules, a big card bearing the
following inscription, Union job -
Issued to Contractor , by the
Carpenters executive committee, Alex
ander Glamer, chairman; Charles Cor
less, jr., secretary" will be posted in
a conspicuous place on each building.
Business Agent John NJ. Knowlton,
OF the carpenters, yesterday secured
six Jobs from various sources which
will be given today to union carpen-
ters to be done by them under their
own management. These jobs will In
all probability employ from thirty to
fifty men.
"The situation is just the same. The
members of the Exchange are stand.
ing Just as firm and do not, nor will
not, talk of settlement or compromise"
was the answer given yesterday at the
| Builders Exchange rooms in answer -
| a query by Tribune man concerning
| the condition of affairs.
At the carpenters'-t -tinsmiths'- plaster
ers' headquarters, 400 Lackawanna ave-
nue., rol-call was held as usual. The
| spirit of the men continues high, and
| if anything, they seem to grow mors
| enthusiastic. The same orderliness an6
! desire Of respecting the peace and
! rights of others Characterizes their ac-
| tiOns.
1t was an exceedingly busy day fol-
Business Agent John A. Price, of the
| Building Trades Council, upon whom
fell the task Of seeing that the direc'
tions of the council were carried out tc
the letter.
JOBS THAT ARE AFFECTED.
The jobs and men affected by tn,
| councils action are as follows:
Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposits
new bank building, Conrad Schroeder
contractor, the bricklayers, plumbers
stonecutters and iron workers.
Building on South Washington ave
nue.. Mulherin & Judge, contractors
|
ians.
Addition to the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western machine shops, f
S. Williams, contractor, the stone
masons.
Building in Dunmore, & Meyer
contractors, the bricklayel - md steam
filters.
Attorney Walter Briggs residence
Green Ridge, John Benore, contractor
the painters and plumbers.
Granite cutters in Carlucci's stone
yard stop work on stone for the Lacka
wanna Trust and Safe Deposit banl
building.
Building on Vine street, alterations
Charles N. Lord, contractor, the lath
ers and plumbers.
A. b. Williams residence, Gree
Ridge, Conrad Schroeder, contractor
the plasterers and painters.
Refitting at Select Councilman Simo
Thomas hotel, North Main avenue
West Scranton, John Benore, contrac
tor the woodworkers.
In addition to the above. a gang G
bricklayers refused to do the work o
a job at Crystal lake, for which Con
rad Schroeder is contractor.
MAKE A DENIAL.
J At carpenters headquarters, the eS
. ecutive committee discussed the itei
which appeared in Sunday paper
the effect that the carpenters woul
not confer with the Builders EXchanG
at any time or any circumstances. TIL
. committee branded the item as falls
stating that they are ready and vii
ing to meet the Exchange or its rel
resentatiVes on any fair basis an