Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-14
TROUBLE AHEAD.
Central Labor Union May Take
 a Hand in Strike
IMPORTANT MEETING TONIGHT

odCh Cp SlrlkluS dOu CarrlerS-- Contractors Think They Should Not
 Do So-One of the Contractors Says
 Some of the Strikers Are at Work
 Now Carrying Brick to Non Union
 Men at the North End.
 There is nothing new in the hod car- riers' strike to-day, and it is not likely that there will be until Wednesdays when it is thought there will be some thing doing. Things are at standstilI all over town where union men are ejn7 ployed, but considerable work is being done in places where the union is not recognized.
 Il see the Democrat" said one of the contractors to a representative of this paper to-day, talks as if it wanted to back up these fellows, who want us to employ none but union hod carriers and at the same time reserve the right to themselves to work for anybody they please. What kind of deal do yoT call that? If you call up the north end way to-day you'll find fifty of these Jokers passing stuff to non-union brick layers, and yet they think the union bricklayers should remain out all sum- mer in order to help them carry their point. If a contractor can't employ non-union bod carrier, why is it that q union bod carrier can go to work for scab boss? This is asking for both ends of the stick and the middle. Un- der such an arrangement, where do you suppose the bosses are going to get off The bricklayers and masons gave tha bod carriers two weeks to sett'e tIis nnQCfinn wi hn TIT, THT1n day night, and think the masops anG bricklayers have had their eyes opened since. They have gone to work and gathered practically all the common Ia, bOrerS in Waterbury into a union and then demanded q uniform rate of wages for the whole of them. We ara not going to give in to this, and if the bricklayers and masons cut loose from the bod carriers Tuesday night and des eide to go to work, we'll find lots of helpers to pass them the stuff Il would be safer for us to go out of busis ness than yield to the demands that have been made upon us. Unions are all right under proper management but when crowd of fellows get tos gether and pledge themselves not i'd work for certain men unless their sos ciety is recognized and an agra smeu{ signed not to hire anybody outsid{ themselves, why is it that men whG belong to the union can accept iobt from bosses who never had any usd for unions and tend masons and brick layers who wouldn't have anything to do with it? The bricklayers won't work on an unfair building, but it seems the bod carriers want to be q privileged class"
 The reporter informed the contractor that he was not aware that the Demo- crat had expressed an opinion on the question one way or the other, but had printed such statements as the bosses and the men had seen fit to make from time to time since the strike started. One of the bod carriers was seen later and said that he was not aware that any of the union men had secured jobs. But" he added, "supposing they have. don't see what this has to do with the question. Some of them are obliged to work, and if they try to earn dol lar until the difference is adjusted be- tween the bosses and themselves, this is no argument against their position. The bosses are not idle. They have sypaII jobs here and there that they are at- tending to, so that I don't believe they are suffering half as much as the men, Several of the bod carriers left town last week in the hope of securing eIn- ployment elsewhere, and I know many of them could have gone to work for non-union bosses if they so desired"
 The present indications point to n parting of the ways between the brick layers and the bod carriers, and if this happens operations will be resumed Wednesday. If this does not happen and the bosses and the bod carriers de- tN Grl1+ ot,f Na+ +,,t.Ia. may bid good bye to the building busi- ness for the present. All hope to see the case settled this week and wdrIS started on the different jobs about town. Things are in q bad mess and there is no use denying the facs that something should be done without fur ther delay to end this strike aud lro- ceed with the work of finishing the diff ferent buildings now in course of con- struction.
 The following is from Ahe press agent of the Central Labor union and explains itself:
 c. L.. U. AND HOD CARRIERS. At the regular meeting of the c. l.. U. tonight the strike of the bod car- riers will in all probability be endorsed There is a very strong feeling to that effect. Union men believe that if the bricklayers. rescind their former ac- ton and refuse to stand by the bod carriers it would be black eye to un- ionism in Waterbury. If the c. L. U- endorses the bod carriers it will com plicate matters, as other members of the building trades may take up the fight of the bod carriers and refuse to work after the bricklayers if they go back on their helpers. There is. also another question which is serious one By endorsing the bod carriers the c. l.. U. may declare the building unfair if the hod carriers lose their strike on account of the bricklayers returning to work.
 O. l.. U. PRESS AGENT.
 RELIEF SHIP TO START.
 New York July 1.-The Peary relieh