New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
TO ACT ON TUNNEL STRIKE
MANY CENTRAL FEDERATED UNION
LEADERS OPPOSE IT-COUNSEL
AGAINST VIOLENCE.

The heavy rain and the dscontented rock
ylrillers engineers and holsters combined to make
the construction work on the rapid transit tuh-
mel a scene Of desolation yesterday. Whlle the
actual strikers only few hundred IN num-
ber their labor is so intimately connected with
ahat of others that perhaps five thousand or SIX
Thousand men are thrown out Of work
The Central Federated Union at its meeting
This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the UnlVersltS
Settlement Building. in Rivington-st-' may '"Ae
action which will have powerful influence on
The strike. Many of the leaders Of the Ceh'iai
Federated Union are opposed 10 the strike IN
asmuch as the men were receiving union wages
A proposition will be brought forward at the
meeting Of the union to-day TO indorse the
strike. When asked about the probable action
OF the union, President Pallas said yesterday;
T can't saw what action the union will take.
The committee which had been In conference nee
with the tunnel contractors for the last TWO
months will meet just prior TO the meeting OF
the union. or course / shall have TO act In ac-
cordance with the desire OF the union, fegaruless
of my own opinions.
AS it is known. from Mr.. Pallass own utter
ances. that he was opposed to the tunnel strike.
he was asked if he would oppose Endorsement
of the strike by the union. He refused TO an
swer. It is considered probable that he will
1t is said at the headquarters Of the rock drill
sers and tool sharpeners No. 80 East one-hun-
dred-and-twenty-ff -ffth-st, yesterday. that a
strike of the teamsters employed by the con-
tractors Of the tunnel impending, and that
something might develop before Monday TO place
the contractors at a still greater disadvantage
than they now.
Mr.. Mcdonald the general contractor, was at
his Office for a while yesterday. but declined to
make any comment on the strike situation. The
action of the contractors on Friday in deciding
not 10 meet the demands OF the strikers has had
the effect of making the rock drillers more de-
termined and they declare that they will never
give in.
Patrick NJ Mahon. president OF the Eccentrlc
Engineers Association. said yesterday that the
stone n7asons and ironworkers employed In the
rapid transit tunnel had been called out rms,
he said would add about five hundred men TO
The number of those strike. This actlon, ne
said was the result of the decision the con-
tractors had arrived at at their meeting on Fiji
<aav night to fight the demands of the men.
According TO Mr.. Mcmahon. the central REQ
Grated Union at its meeting to-day will take
acrion 10 cali out all the trades represented in
the tunnel work, as a means of bringing the
contractors to terms
The rock drfllers and tool sharpeners assocla-
grion held meeting in hall at One-hundred-
nd-twenty-ffth-st. and LeXington-aVe: yester-
dav morning The principal action taken was
regarding the conduct of the men on strike III
was ordered on pain of expulsion from the as
sociatfon that man on strike go near the
work speak to any man employed or use or en-
courage violence. All possible means Tor peace
were advocated.