The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-03

pleted at a meeting in the Reardon block
yesterday, and there vii be another meet
ing at the same place this afternoon, at
which time the pending difficulty with
the union plasterers will be taken up,
The method of dealing with the plasterecs
will be the same as with other trades
when grievances are presented.
One of the employers of plasterers in
the council will state that an advance
in pay has been demanded and will be
permitted to hand in a written state
ment of his views and determination
on the request. Before a vote on the
question is taken a committee from the
Building Trades council will be asked
for in order that the men may have
the benefit of the advice and protection
of their leaders. If the Building Trades
council decides to confer with the coun-
ell of employers the committee will have
the opportunity to present the case of
the men. majority vote of the men,
bers of the employers council, exclusive
of the members who are interested di
rectly as employers, will decide the atti-
tude Of the employers. If this is not
satisfactory a plan Of arbitration has
been adopted whereby the dispute shall
be settled arbitrarily by the decision
of a board made up of one disinterested
member selected by each party, the two
to select a third disinterested mem
Der.
After a meeting of the employers
council held yesterday it was announced
that the demand OF the plasterers for
an advance of pay would be taken up
at the meeting today 1t is believed
the employers may grant the demand
and thus avoid the possibility of a
clash with the Building Trades council.
The Building Trades coupncil met last
ioI,t MIA SfnrArS' de-
mands, as well as other strike prob
lens.
At the conclusion of the meeting 1t was
stated that the council had no informa-
ton for the public In the questions that
had been under consideration.
The situation between the Master Plas-
terers' association and the Plasterers'
union In Minneapolis was not changed
In any respect yesterday. Both sides
are emphatic in their claims that they
have no differences, yet the fact remains
that no journeyman @plasterers worked
yesterday, at least for members of the
Master Plasterers association. The jour
neymen plasterers claim that there was
no work to do, and, to a certain extent,
the master plasterers agree with them
in this respect.
1t is nevertheless fact that one jour
neyman plasterer was told by a member
of the Master Plasterers' association that
he could not work yesterday, as the
master pIasterer would be fined, even If
he worked himself.
committee for the Master Plasterers
association called on the Plasterers'
union last night in an effort to come to
an agreement The meeting was eXecu-
tive, and nothing could be learned, ex-
cept that committee Of five from both
the cruiser st. Paul and the Texas, al
hall at 10 o'clock this morning to try to
reach an adjustment
The master plasterers take decided
objection to the statement of an evening
paper to the effect that there were but II
of the forty master plasterers In the as
ISOLATION. At q meeting held last night
IN the Eastman block there were twenty
eight master plasterers present, with two
of the members absent. The masters
claim that they have every master plas-
terer of any note in their organization.
1t is improbable that today's conference
will settle matters between the union and
the masters. The masters object to the
schedule of work and the union men
state emphatically that it will stand OF
they will not work