The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-05
STRIKERS FIRM.
Barnes Company's Employees
Promised Help by National
Union.
CONTRACTORS ASSISTING
Builders Refuse to Handle
Material From the
Mills.

The locked out employees of the Barnes
Manufacturing Company's sash and blind
factory on West Side avenue feel more
sanguine of success today than at any
time since the strike against working ten
hours for nine hours wages was inau-
gurated over two weeks ago.
This is due in part to the fact that
yesterday a communication was received
from General President Huber of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America instructing Mill Wood Work
ers' Union No. lis, to which the locked
out men belong, to continue the strike
without deviation fro mthe original lines
and the National organization would lend
its support This means the official sane
ton of the National body and is prac-
tically a pledge that no matter where
material from the Barnes mill is received
the Brotherhood Carpenters of the place
will refuse to work on the job on which
it is to be used.
Another reason for belief in the sue
cessful outcome of the strike was fur
nished by the action of several local
contractors in refusing to use stuff from
Barnes's mill. Business Agent R. E.
Edwards of the Carpenters District
Council, reported yesterday that Contrac-
tor r. H. Hayes, of No. 19 Clendenny
avenue, who has twelve houses in course
of construction, refuses to accept the
window frames made at the Barnes mill.
1t was also reported that Contractor Jas.
Vernon of Clendenny avenue, who is
building two houses on Lexington avenue
and two on Clinton avenue, refused to
handle any stuff from Barness until the
trouble was Strengthened out, and that
Contractor John Nelson of Astor place
had stopped work on the building at the
corner of the Boulevard and Bentley ave-
nue. sooner than allow Barnes's stuff to
be used until the mill was declared fair
The locked out men regard as a bluff
the advertisement published in the public
press recently by the owners of the mill
ordering them to call for their tools be-
tween and o'clock this afternoon, ami
Stating that the mill now had all the
men needed. Said one of them:-
"Only three or four of US have any tools
in the mill and the advertisement is SIM
ply a bluff" to make the general public
believe that the strike is practically ait
al end as far as they are concerned. The
truth is that it has but begun They have
tried in vain to get some of the men to
come back and thus break our ranks. but
have been unsuccessful and now seek to
mislead the public into the belief thar
our futrue actions will cost them no con-
ceTn as they have no further use for
us.
All told there are not over twenty men
at work in the MILL in fact our pickets
reported that only thirteen of tire
'tscabs" wehe seen to go in yesterday
morning. A majority OF these are nom
residents, Over 300 have come here in
response to advertisements published in
outside papers. They were from Newark,
Long Branch, Long Island City, Stam-
ford, Conn, and even from Philadelphia
All but those now at work refused to take
the places of the lecked-Cpt men when the
cause of the trouble was explained to
them"
The strikers and many residents of the
setcion in which the Barnes mill is To-
Gated are indignant at the action of the
police. Said one of the men yesterday
"Our pickets have been driven as far
back as Tonnele avenue by the police,
who now prevent us from intercepting
strangers looking for work and explain
ing to them the cause of the trouble.
conducted in most orderly manner, and
aside from the eight doing piket duty,
none Of our men put in an appearance
in the vicinity OIL the mill, it was deem
ed necessary yesterday to have thirty-five
policemen on duty. The principal work
of these guardians of the peace seems to
be to prevent us from talking to stran-
gers, who. knowing nothing of the
trouble, apply for work at the miIl''
When Business Agent Edwards ap-
preached Newark man on his way to
the mill yesterday morning he was re-
pulsed by a policeman, who ordered him
bak to West Newark avenue The pole
continue to escort the '.scabs'' to the cars
at the conclusion of the days work.
The strikers have not in the last few
days made any overtures for the settle