The Saint Paul globe., 1902-05-08
Trades Council Plans to Fight
Builders Exchange in
Earnest
TRANSFERS WILL HELP
Will Pull On All Men Employed in
Hauling Construction Material
III Contractors Do Not Grant
All Requests.

Unless the Builders Exchange comes. to
terms, the Building Trades Council will
spring new coup in the strike situation
that may prove decidedly embarrassing to
the contractors. They have asked the
teamsters to pull off all men employed in
hauling construction material for the con-
tractors, and the Teamsters' union has
decided to comply with the request if con-
tractors do not grant the requests of the
Trades council.
The Transfers union held a meeting
last evening, and it was decided to aid
their brother workers in their fight
against the Builders Exchange, but the
union will wait a few days more, before
calling off the men, in hopes that an
agreement can be reached
Business Agent Morrison, Of the car
penters, says that out of the 75O car
penters in the city, there are only 15O still
out of employment, and they are receiv-
ing a strike benefit of 81 per week, SO
that they will not be greatly incon-
venienced by the situation.
All the other unions comprising the
Trades Council stubbornly refuse to yield
their point, and the men continue idle,
and the work remains untouched. The
bricklayers, the hosting engineers. and
the masons are still on a strike and will
not go back before a general reconciIia-
tion is effected.
1t is evident that the Trades Council is
willing that the Builders Exchange
should strike the first blow. They do not
intend to make any radical move as long
as there is hope of a settlement. But as
soon as the contractors strike the first
blow, the council will get busy.
I'VE are willing that the Builders Ex-
change should spend $500 in advertising
for non-unon men, or $1,000 if they want
to- said member of the Trades Coun-
Gil, last night but when they start that
why we have a little surplus coin to spend
also. When they commence to advertise
for men out of the city, we will insert
contradictory advertisements in the same
papers.
'They cannot get any men from cities
or towns where there is organized labor,
and they cannot get many from the
smaller towns, because carpenters and
bricklayers can get all the work they
want there without coming to the city,
where living expenses are nearly double"
Effect of General Strike.
If a general strike should be ordered
by the Trades Council 1t would mean that
hundreds Of men, both union and non
union, would be out of employment
In addition to the carpenters, bricklay-
ers, stone masons, mason tenders, hoist
ing engineers, already out, it would affect
mean, III round figures that 1900 to 1000
men would be out of employment, except
ing what they could get on small jobs.
All the organizations affected by the
strike are in good standing with the in
ternational organization, and will receive
strike benefits after their own reserve
funds are exhausted. Each union is con-
fident, however. that it will not be
obliged to call on the International for
aid.
The differences between the coremakers
and the fOundrymen remain unadjusted.
President O'Leary, of the International
union, and a committee of core
makers were comforting with the
foundry men yesterday, but no
agreement was effected. The commit
tee intended to report the outcome of
the conference to the union last night,
but failed to do so, being closeted with
the foundrymen until a late hour 1t is
anticipated that an agreement will be eff
fected today.
The Labor league met last evening and
it was decided to ask all labor organiza-
tions to request members to be more care
full about purchasing non-union articles
when articles of the same kind are manu-
factured by union labor. The society ex-
poets to adopt novel measures to carry
out this idea