Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-23
STRIKERS ARE WARNED
Master Plumbers Will Resist
Interference.
WILL APPLY TO COURT
SITUATION IN LOCAL LABOR CIR
Giles UNCHANGED.
Four Unions Out and No Prospect of
Early Adjustment Of
Difference.

ASoPOStiSciy III dDOut lie same D0SIL10n tney
were yesterday. The plumbers, the car
rage workers, the carpenters and the work.
ers on leather goods present an unbroken
front, no concession having been made or
received, and from appearances the settle
ment of the differences is yet a long way
off.
AT a meeting of the journeymen plumbers
held last evening at Typographical Temple
PRESIDENT William M. Merrick Of the
Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Filters
International Union addressed the strikers
He made brief mention of the fact that
the master plumbers had appropriated
$1,000 with which to bring the men to
terms.
He said he had recently come from the
international headquarters in Chicago and
assured all present that everything there
was in first-class condition. He made ref
erence to the strike of journeymen at
Newark, N. j., where the men made de-
nand for an increase of pay from 81 to
a:o0 per day, with half day on Saturday.
Which he said they won after being on
strike five days. He made special men
ton of the fact that the plumbers in Pits
burg will go out the first Of next month
in case helpers are not done away with.
He said with all these facts in view there
is little likelihood that the plumbers of
Washington will lose their present fight.
View of Master Plumbers.
The master plumbers stated this after
noon that there was practically no change
IN the situation, and expressed confidence
that they would win the fight. In reference
to inserting advertisements in out-of-town
papers for help member of the press
committee said they had so far advertised
In only one outside paper, and from that
had received about sixty applications for
positions at the old rate, and each man to
have helper He said the association will
az trnrt $50 IN, ptt =,
try. The press committee this afternoon
gave out the following statement:
we have notified our attorney to insti-
tute injunction proceedings against any
man or any body of men interfering with
the conduct of our business or coercing
non-unlon men into quitting our employ.
me. law is very specific on the point of
conspiracy, and we propose to take full adj
vantage of 1t. The Master Plumbers Asso-
cation still present solid front in the
stand it has taken, and is going to fight on
these lines If it takes all summer
Carriage and Wagon Makers.
The journeymen carriage and wagon
makers are not disposed at present to
meet their employers in conference, as they
take the ground that as the men have
been idle for nearly three weeks they can
not afford to give "a single inch" and,
therefore, conference would be productive
of little good.
Thls was the unanimous sentiment as ex-
pressed at the regular meeting held last
eV ening, which indicates the stand the or
sanization will take in the future. 1t is
not denied that if a conference had been
requested before the strike or a few days
after its inauguration some slight con-
cession might have been made In the inter-
est Of peace
A Star reporter was shown a clipping
from Baltimore paper advertising for car
riage makers, which, the strikers say
shows that no efficient men can be secured
from other cities to fill their places. They
state that many OF their men have re-
ce.ved letters from manufacturers in other
cities offering permanent positions with
better wages than those demanded by the
organization here. II settlement Of the
strike is not effected in a few days it Is
not improbable that many journeymen will
leave the city to work in other places.
The strikers seem to be in the best of
spirits, and unless the manufacturers re-
cede from the position they have taken a
settlement of the strike in the near future
seems improbable.
When questioned this afternoon Mr. Thos
Trazzare. president of the Carriage Man
ufacturers. Association, said there were no
new developments in the strike so far as
the manufacturers are concerned. He said
advertisements had been inserted in various
out-of-town newspapers for carriage and
wagon builders, from which they expect to
get enough men to open their shops. He
said the association would hold a meeting
Friday evening when further plans of pro-
cedure will be formulated.
Leather Workers and Carpenters.
One of the three leather firms against
which the Leather Workers Union has de-
cided to push its fight has acceded to the
demand Of the strikers. The firm in CUES
ton is that Of Mr.. S. D. Houch. The strik-
ers say that large number of the small
dealers who employ men declare that if the
| large establishments grant the demand of
the workers they will be only zoo glad to
| do so. The strikers held a meeting last
evening at Heare's Hall, sth and d streets.
| during which Mr.. John H. Brinkman, one
of the leaders of the carriage and wagon
| makers strike, delivered an address, In
which he told the leather workers how
| strikes had been won and lost and asked
them to stand together and be firm.
The carpenters say there is no probability
| Of conference between the bosses and the
| men, and add that they will continue to fight
all firms who employ other than brother
hood men. Since the George A. Fuller Com
| pany acceded to the demands Of the carpen-