New-York tribune., 1903-03-15
STRIKERS TO RETURN.
CONCILIATION SUCCEEDS.
BoiZermakers in T7ounsend- DO1cns q
Yards Alone to Stay Ont.

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the exception OF the hoilernake Of the Town
send Downev Shipbuilding Company. will go
hack to work before Wednesday. This Is the
result Of conference held yesterday afternoon
between the executive committee of III" New
York Metal Trades Associat ton and committee
from tho Marine Trades council The confer
errSe which was held at tho headquarters 81 the
National civic Federation. TVenty-seCo 81
and Fourth ave and lasted three and onehalf
hours brought bout by an invitation OF
special committee of the Civi" Federatio
After long discussion an agreement was
reached whereby the sympathetic strike "f all
the botermakers and helpers in all the shops
Of the members of the New ork Metal Trades
Association. and If tho "arp@nferS' ~Jotf'"iS'
nainters machinists, bla"ksmiths and pattern
makers who went ont Al the Yards Of the Town
send -Downey Shiphuildins company. was to ne
declared off on before March IL
II was brought out that the orlginal mlSnn-
derstandtng was caused by the misinterpretati'n
of the meaning Of letters which passed between
the two organizations. When this m1snnoel
standing was cleared away a better relation
WAS at once established. and til" rest OF fne
conference was toward s"'tlement MI
Nackay and rho committee from inc Me''l
Trades Association. who had up 10 'h1' 'l't-
been unwilling TO meet. were "ongratul1'Hh ny
tho members Of the civic Federation on 'helr
n
an hnnora f.Ie settlement which they showed at
the conference
II was agreed that toint conference between
The conn7irrees Of both asSociatlons should hA
hold for the purpose o discussing the original
strike of the boiler makers and iron shirhn1ld-
ers At the Townsend DnwnoT Company. and I"
consi6er other matters relative TO trade ""ndi-
tions The Marine Trades council Will meet
tomorrow evening. and At that time steps VIII
ha taken have all the sympathat" strikers
return to work
The representatives Of the Civic Federatlnn
present at the conference on the part Of en-
plovers" were Lewis Nixon, chairman Of the
executive hoard Of the fedaraton Marcus NJ
Marks president of the National Assocat ton OF
Clothing Manufa aCturers: A. Beverly Smith. ana
Emerson Mcmillan. For the federation. "on the
part Of wage earners were William II. Farley.
SECRETARY Of tho Tinted Board Of the Building
Trades: Edward Kelly. of Electrical Workers
Union No. 3. ana Henry White. Of the Garment
Workers. Secretary Ralph NJ. Easley and Pro-
fessor John K. Commons were also present on
neh half of the National Civic Federation. The
committee representing the executive commit
tee of the employers organization. Of the New
York Metal Trades Association. was composed
Of Wallace Downey. II. n Covell. NJ. X. Pow
man w H. Atkinson and David Greenlie- The
Marine Trades Council was represented by
Richard Pattison. of the Amalgamated Sheet
Metal Workers Union. and the B1 1othNrhood Of
Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders, was rep
resented by Francis j. Mckay
While the conference Was in progress Jonn
Iundrgan. of the State Board of Mediation and
alton. with Thomas A. Branif. assistant
deputy commissioner In tn" bureau Of Factory
Inspection, We're waiting in an adjoining room
1t had been Mr.. Lund-igan's intention to seA-e
subpnnas upon the members Of the conference
representing the two parties in dispute, but
upon being Informed that settlement had been
arranged he said that there was nothing more
for him do.
The Marine Trade Council issued printed
statement yesterday in which they rehearsed
the whole matter and made public some of the
correspondence which had passed between them
and the Metal Trades Association The state
ment ends with:
The employers conscentiously believe that
they acting strictly within their rights. and
that their employees have been misinfCrmed and
misled by their delegates, either in error or
intentionally.
The present attempt of MFR. Mckay. repre-
senting the Iron Workers. 70 disrupt the En-
ployers Association. is directly opposite to the
principle OF orga nizaton, for which he stands
And his position is untena bic and ridiculous. and
cannot be Conscientiously or legally maintained.
II his hasty action results in loss and injury
alike to employers and employee the blame
should be placed where 1t rightfuly belongs
upon the man whose unwarranted and hasty
action brought bout the present trouble
District Lodge No OF the Sea board Brother
hood Of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders of
America has sent out a notice to the effect
that in the present dispute it will fine any
Der $50 who causes any disturbance around
the yards Of the firms involved.
There change In the shipyard strike
at the Townsend Downey Company's plant.
Shooters Island. OF the Buree plant, at Port
Richmond. There full complement of
non union workmen at the Townsend DoWney
yard; the Burlee strikers still The
Shooters Island strikers say that a very large
majority of the men who have been employed
in their places not skilled Workmen. Ac
cording to the strikers. not more than ten in
hundred Of the non union men skilled me-
cha MICS. and il is asserted that they would be
una bic to do the work.