New-York tribune., 1902-12-10

Contractor and Wah9ng' Delegate
1Nir 7rifh the Plaster.

There was a dusty battle between two Irish
gentlemen at the City Hall yesterday morning. and
the Mayor heard the racket just outside his Office
door. John J. Donovan, short but brawny Celtic
American. and-what Is more importa nt-tfe walk
ing delegate for the Plain and Ornamental PIas-
terers Union gave singular object lesson yester-
day forenoon at the City Hall of how settle
labor disputes Mr. Donovan is one Of those men
who telieve in arbitraticn-even If he has to fight
for it He in arbitrating mood yesterday.
As plain and ornamental plasterer he tried to
put an ornamental polish the face of Matthew
r. Ryan. also something of brawny Celtic Amer
lean.
Mr.. Pyan is hcssing a lot of his plain and orna-
mental plastering employees at the City Hall Mr.
Ryan had a lot Of trouble with his plasterers
Monday. and Mr.. Donovan, as became a well regu-
lated walking delegate that all the trouble
was conducted according to the rules of the union
Donovan came again and again. and Ryan felt like
killing him just for fun. Donovan walked in again
yesterday morning and winked significantly at
scme of the plain and ornamental plasterers.
Ryan was the spot. and soon there was trouble
brewing. Fitzroy Fitzgibbon. one Of the eyewit
nesses. gave a Tribune reporter TIE following
count of the arbitration:
Donovan comes in an sez TO Ryan: Yer not
reg-lar wild yer min. an if 1 not squarer than
the likes Of youse I'd go [ maxim brick sez he.
Wan wurrud led TO another. an before I knew
what Passin' ia the arbitrashun. Ryan gives
Donovan tn wurrud. an Donovan springs at him.
Soak i'm Jawn.' Flaherty. an they of.
Sh1re there n4G bee1 pLlnty aE aust DeIOTe, Dut
they tn most bewchiful cloud ay IT whin these
two gintlernin laid down tn terms av sittlenint.
Ryan WIZ tn bigger. but Donovan had all tn SAN
walkin delegate, an lot more that get into
his eyes an neck.
Thin tn curtain hangin' fornist tn dure shot
out and big Billy Kennel, the Mayors guard,
rushes up an grabs Donovan an thries e extricate
him from Ryan, an bunch plaster. Afther
Kennel rushes Kunz the other COP at the Mayors
dure, an thin that foine gintinan. William J.
Moran the assistant engineer OF tn Mayors Office.
They tux hoT Ryan an extricaIed him from
Donovan tAh-h-h-h-r-r-r-h" Ryan ply tn
divil don't viz let the abitrashun go on? seq he.
Let me at tn blackguard an I'll ate him up seq
Donovan, taking several quarts av plain an orna-
mental plasther out av his ear
We'll the riot kim end thin an there
Ryan an Donovan TUX down sthairs to Cap
tain Copeland by a cop aY the City Han Han bunch,
Donovan tod az the paseIu a m @nGn h e w
out on Monday. whin they found that some non
10 tn City Hail on a mission peace an good
VII az wu1 eo1 6 ngFe M sd Ryan had al m handed him
out several hot vans. an in defnse av his sacred
hot vans Whin Ryan gifts chance to make his
spiel ne says that Donovan kim to make throqbie
yTurruk an that's why he spoke wild sternness to
who 6 at wsnsf a b Gegha go 10 a W,shf Il eud
have lasted half an hour. fur Donovan has a most
To take up Fitzgibbons narrative where he ended S
it is necessary to say that Captain Copeland with
read The law to Delegate Donovan.
when Mr.. Ryan got the contract for this work,
said the plain. he assumed responsibility. ana
he has as much. right to that portion Of me hall
as he has TO his home, and when you went in there
YOU were an intruder. and he had a right TO eject
YOU even if he had to use force-its been so held
by the Court Of Appeals"
Donovan however. thought the captains ruling
was in error but after a further talk, in which
Copeland acted peacenaker, the affair was
PATCHED up The rival complaints were not pressed,
and contractor and delegate left the station. Up
stairs awaiting the result the fifteen plaster
ers who went strike Monday, ana when
Donovan came upstairs and saw them he hurried
over to the group and said: so long as got
rested over this, yen had better take to the tal
grass" The promptly took their delegates
advice and they left the hall IN different directions