The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-02
LsB0RERS QUIT THEIR JOBS.
LOCKOUT OF THE BUILDING
TRADES UNIONS GENERAL.

Leaders of the Strike Claim 500 Men
Are Out Contractors Say That
While They Are Temporarily In
convenienced They VIII Have No
Difficulty in Filling the Strikers
Places Building Exchange Adj
heres to Its Refusal to Grant the
Schedule Demanded by Unions.
A general strike of the building trades
unions Went into effect yesterday, as fore
told by the Morning News. The officers of
the unions estimate that there are about
800 men out. None of the union men went
to work for those contractors who had re-
fused to sign the scale of wages and hours
demanded. nor would they work on the
same jobs on which were employed nom
union men. On one building aone where
seventeen men were employed, fifteen
stopped work because the other two were
non-union workmen.
At the Weed building Superintendent
Steinacker stated that he had all of the
carpenters that he wanted, and though he
had no bricklayers it was because he was
not ready for them and would not be for
probably two days. When the work was
ready he anticipated no difficulty in Sc
curing them.
The union men claim that Supt. Stein
acker has not acted in good faith toward
them. Mr.. ]. NJ. Wnbon, business agent
Of the unions, said that last Friday he
saw Mr.. Weed personally regarding the
demands of the workmeu, and that Mt.
Weed had referred him to MIR. Schumacher
stating that he was his agent and had full
power to act in the matter, but that when
he was approached he fatty refused to
grant the hours demanded TO all of the
trades represented on the building though
! he offered the bricklayers TO comply with
! their demands provided they would work
on the same building with non-union car
penters. This proposition President Num-
gazer of the bricklayers refused 20 con-
| slider. D.
| meeting of the union of white carpeSl-
| ters was held at Labor Hail last night.
| The meeting was private, but 1t was after
ward stated by one of the officers that
| they had initiated into membership three
| of the men who until then had been non
| union, but who, 1t was stated, would not
| return to work this morning.
The meeting was also notified through
Mr.. Wilbon that he had been notified by
| the Oglethorpe Real Estate Company,
through it's foreman, Mr.. T. J. Reese.
! that it had granted the demands of all of
! the unions represented in the building
! trades. This company has now In con-
struction and in contemplation a number
of houses east of the Plant System tracks.
The strike so far has been character
| lied with little violence. Yesterday
| morning a colored man, who approached
| Supt. SieInacker with the object of buy
| ing some brick, was taken by one of the
| white strikers in the vicinity 10 be a scab
| applying for work and he attacked him.
| The negro was not badly hurt, and his
! assalant got away before the police ar
! rived. AS there was a number of the
| strikers and their sympathizers In the vi
cinity il was thought that some violence
| might be intended, and so for precaution' S
sake two policemen were stationed in the
vicinity, but no further trouble occurred.
The strikers claim that they have had
| numerous offers of financial assistance,
both locally and from other organiza-
| tons.
The Builders Exchange held two meet
ings during the day. Its members sdhere
to their refusal to grant the demands OF
! the unions. One leading contra ctor said
| that the strikers places will be filed per-
| manently with non-union labor. "Of course
we shall suffer some temporary inconven-
fence. and people who are building houses
or who contemplate building will ais.
suffer some delay. but we expect to have
all our work under way in a short time