The sun., 1900-05-04

tlvpS of the Brotherhood of Carpenters
and the Building Trades Council failed
20 effect Il settlement of the differences.
The latest action materially compl-
oates the strike situation. as in many ill.,
stances employers who had signed the
scale of the Allied Building Trades
Council and also the brotherhood OF
Carpenters scale have been forced to
suspend operation because of the order
from the Trades Council headquarters.
Statement by Holt.
business Agent Holt of the Brother
hood of Carpenters made this statement:
1T is discouragiiis to have to take the
step we do, but this organization cannnt
he used aS Il catspaw to draw the chest
nuts of 0the: unions out of the lire. We
appealed to some Of the other unions Ia
insist upon the eight hour worlitlay ana
not 10 he too inSistcnt upon wlgGs which
may he considered vXorhtunt.
''Our wages were only increased 10
cents Il day along with the eight hour de-
mands. Other trades jumped their wages
schedule from S2.22l and $3.50 to $500
and $3.15 day. Now. then. the sym
pathetic strike clause of the allied build
ing trades will compel all the unions to
uphold even the most radical demands.
Why should we jeopardize our position
Y when we have no control over the de-
/ naIldS of people we must support
Joseph II. Allen. secretary of the Allied
. Building Trades Council. said
1T is unfortunate that we are com
PEELED to take this. .postion, hut we have
no alternative. We have carpenters in
our organization who are paying their
dues and also who demand protection.
They must he protected. Our whole
X movement Is summed mp in one express
siun-'One for all. and all for one We
sink or swim together. One building
trade cannot maintain the eight hour
N workday unless all get it. hope the
brotherhood will listen to reason. 1t has
forced our hand"
sN Among the 3S trades composing the
council are two org; nizations of carppn-
tcrs the Philadelphia Carpenters asso-
Z citation and the Amagamatpd Society of
Carpenters.
8D Councils Agents Busy.
iAf The councils agents were inducing the
Brotherhood of Carpenters men to drop
their union and join either Of the other
two at a nominal initiation fee of 81
iFccnts. after which they might continue nj
fwork provided no Brotherhood of Car
n pcnters' men or nonunion men were on
- gagged on the same operations. lJUflnS
n the carly hours of the day reports from
y the councils agents said that many men
were joining the carpenters organization
!, allied with the council.
v34 Beyond the statement given out by
Business Agent Holt the Brotherhood of
Carpenters leaders will make no state
ment regarding the situation or the num-
ber of men composing their organization.
but it is known there are several thou
sand members of the order here.
The admitted efforts of the Allied
Building Trades Council from now on,
unless the coming conference will effect
settlement, will be directed toward
the disruption of the Brotherhood of
carpenters in addition to carrying ON the
fight against employers refusing to sign
the agreement for higher wages and
shorter hours.
Secretary Allen of the Allied Council
said that the action of the brotherhood
OF Carpenters here was similar to lis
action in Chicago and that its apparent
purpose in withholding from afiliation
with the council was simply to acquire
the support of the latter until the broth
erhood had gained its ends, after which
! it proposed to maintain its separate or
GaLizatiou.