New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
CHICAGO STRIKE TO CONTINUE.
B1r11D1NG CONTRACTORS WILL NOT JOIN IN
ARBITRATION-WILL SUSPEND ALL
OPERATIONS FIRST.

Chicago March (special)-It will be a fight to
the finish here which means annihilation for one or
the other between the building contractors of Chi
cago, who have association Of their own, and
the worknen who belong 10 the various unions of
their trades for the contractors have made public
their resolve not 10 submit the matter to arbitra-
ton under any circumstances will they confer
with their workmen any of the points in dispute
The following statement, issued to-day by the Press
Committee of the Building Contractors Council
defines the attitude of the contractors:
No opportunity TO arbitrate will be afforded by the
pressurs may be brought to bear by the members
of the Industrial Commission, when 1t meets here.
There is nothing to arbitrate. We have locked no
one out and are willing 10 employ men regardless
OF their aTBlations' put We refuse TO be dictated
direct slap Mayor Harrison TO accept the good
fusing a similar proffer his part. When the
buildings under way are completed will
operations entirely for we have amply filed bread
jars whereas those of the workmen strike
are empty.
Most OF the striking artisans and workmen in the
employ of the building contractors have been san
guine of a settlement of the difficulty as they are
not prepared for long siege, but the ultima tum
Of their employers has shattered all their hopes
This determination of the contractors coupled with
the action of the material manufacturers in voting
10 SoSprnG opGrauIhS ~ qh{m the present conditions
head and the familiar spectacle of starving work
business VIII suffer to the extent of millions of
dollars month.
prospect Gf an 5 OF he differences be
the Deering and Mccormick Harvester works and
institutions employing brass and metal workers are
the only exceptions
ST. LOUIS STREETCAR MEN MAY STRIKE
st Louis March IA committee of five com
posed of members Of the Amalgamated Associat ton
of Street Railway Employees. to-day called on Cen
eral Manager Coleman of the St Louis Transit
Company representing all except one Of the street.
car lines in St Louis, and presented the resolu-
tions embodying the demands adopted at last
nights meeting OF the streetcar men.
Manager Coleman received the resolutions az
coming from employees and as from any organ
ization and promised TO give them his consdera-
ton Il is stated that II the demands are not ac-
ceded TO the three thousand employees of the COM
lowing the principal demands: That there be no
further discharge OF motormen and conductors be-
cause of their utilization with the local union the
Amalgamated Association OF Street Railway En-
have been discharged because OF such a1liation be
reinstated In their former places.
TUBE WORKERS GET WAGES INCREASED.
Pfttsburg. March -Four thousand employees OF
the National Tube Company. at McKeesport, Penn
were to-day informed OF 10 per cent advance In
wages. The tonnage will get their advance
next week, when the is fixed by the Amalga-
mated Association This Is the second increase OF
10 per that the day men OF the National Tube
Company have received within six months. and
makes the wases of common labor higher than
any tins in ths history ofthe works. The advance