The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-06
labor trouble IN S|GH
CARPENTERS NOTIFIED THAT
THEY MUST LEAVE BUILDING
TRADES COUNCIL
ULT1MATUM BY CONTRACTORS
Employers VIII Not Tolerate Gem
trial Body Which HAS Power
to Order sympathetic
Strike.

In anticipation Of having more trou-
BILE with the Building Trades council OF
st. Paul this season, the carpenter con-
tractors members of the Builders Ex-
change, adopted a set Of resolutions at
their meeting Saturday evening which
are likely to create trouble in the near
future. The contractors claim that THIS
action on their part is the outcome or
continuous acts of the Building Trades
council in declaring strikes on work OF
contractors Of this city.
The following is the arguments put up
by the contractors on their side of the
case:
The contractors are willing to enter
into agreements with the union, put IL
Building Trades council. The contractors
do not object to the unions belonging
to a central body, but such centra! pody
must not have the power to declare
Agreements which contractors are
ready to enter into concede union vases
and hours, but before these points
are agreed to the most vital one to cor
tractors-the calling Of sympatnetic
strikes-must be done away with. This
power lies in the Building Trades conn
Gil. hence the objection to that body:
Organizations Of similar character in
ether cities have paralyzed the puld-
ing business through the methods pur-
sued: that they have gone SO lar as TO
should be allowed on work, the amount
of work men should perform each day
the amount of machine power to be en-
pIoyed and In fact. that they have prac-
ticaIly taken the authority which should
be in the contractor and uSurped II TO
such an extent that contractors are driV-
en- to cease taking work The1r nght re :
suited in the disarmament OF the coun-
ell and the signing OF CONTRACTS with
the various unions whereby all d1Her-
ences are submitted to arbitration.
Following are the resolutions passed py
the contractors:
Whereas 1t has come to the attention
of the carpenter contractors, members
Of the Builders Exchange. that
sympathetic strike has been declared by
the Building Trades council OF St. Paul
on the work in charge of Mr.. VIM. Por-
ten at the corner of Summit avenue and
Wabasha street. and
Whereas 1t appears to be the 1nter-
ton of said council to cripple the work
of carpenter contractors, members of the
Builders Exchange, taking one contrac-
tor at a time, and
Whereas, Said contractors having SUI
fered from similar acts Of said council
during the season Of 1860, and said con-
tractors desiring to have an agreement
with the Carpenters union for the sea-
son Of 1901, whereby all differences aris-
ing between them would be settled by
arbitration, and with that end in view
have tried on numerous occasions since
January last to secure such an agree
ment with said union, and
Whereas, No settlement of differences
between said contractors and said union
whereby the sympathetic strike will be
done away with can be reached as long
as said union is connected with said
council, and
Whereas The said council has and AL
ways will be a menace to the building
interests of this city; therefore be it
Resolved, That the carpenters, members
Of union associated with said Building
Trades council employed by carpenter
contractors. members of the Builders
Exchange of st. Paul, be notified that
unless safd union withdraws from said
council by Monday, May 81, 1901, their
services will no longer be required by
said carpenter contractors Of the Build
ers' Exchange.