The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-31
THAT ETHICAL TEN PER CENT.
CAN THE Law BE AFTER TINE Al
TRUISTIC STONECgTTERS.
0Umasrs That the Grand Jur, May Oct
lsek-lW-n the Grand Jurers Are OnlS
Csilege Men They'll Understand
Net, Academicians May Go 20 jail.

LNOk.e0-0 the Grand JurOrt are Oh'N
Csilege Men They'll Undrrstznd-I
Net, AcademicianS May Go 20 jail.
Members Of the executive committee
q the Employing Stonecutters' Association,
In the academic shade of the associations
rooms In the ST. James Building, made a
supreme effort yesterday 10 Justify their
10 per cent. rake-of alliance with the Jour
ueymsn Stonecuttsrs' Union on chico
altruistic grounds.
When a representative OF THE Sun broke
IN on this very modern gathering of present
day atheists they were weighing the qles-
ton az to the ACCESSIBILITY of giving writ
tan statement to the press which would
explain, ito the satisfaction OF everybody.
the Just and equitable methods by which
their organization conducts its business,
both with the world at large and with the
journeymens union. They were wroth
st the utter lack of consideration with which
the press seems to regard them.
The greatest academician OF them all.
whose ;s.sn.:.y Vas only partly rev"a lad
In the statement that he was graduate
Of Yale, held conversation with THE Sun
reporter.
a., you a college bred mani" he asked
with precision.
The reporter had been fortunate enough
60 persuade university faculty TO give
him q sheepskin. The altruistic employer
II stonecutters from Yale was glad Of it.
you can appreciate. them" said he.
swhat Is the exact nature OF the question at
issue in all this talk about our association.
The question 10 not one OF loot. rs some
papers suggest; 1t is question OF ethics
. question OF supreme academic interest
and Importance.
The purpose OF the Employing stone
cutters Association. this member OF the
college declared. Was not TO line the pockets
Of its members, not to fleece the public.
not to corrupt the Stoneoutters' Union.
lts aim was -altruistic, not egostic."
It wanted to lift the stonecutters trade
from the 'slums of prostitution" into which
IL had fallen in recent years, back to the
glorious pinnacle which IL occupied IN
Msdi val days. 1t had done more In this
last year toward this end than any other
organization Of stonecutters employees.
Arguments were advanced by the Yale
member in support OF this assertion which
would make the average college man think
he was attending q lecture on the COM
hined principles Of Hedonism and Rants
Transcendentalism.
The Yale employer said further that the
association Would be delighted TO have
any unbiased student Of labor conditions
he would be able to see for himself just
what sort of work the association was
carrying on in the way OF solving the prob
lem OF cordial and friendly relations be-
tween employer and employee
Other members OF the executive COM
hat tha H,a
glad also to submit it's books and It's records
TO q review OF anybody who was Interested
enough to look them through.
They said that statement was in prepar-
alton for the press, which might or might
not b given out. II it was gwen OUT,
clsar the association of any stigma that
might have become attached TO it through
the Developments Of the last few days.
Just at present they didn't care TO 60
Into any details about tho altruistic features
Of the 10 per cont. clause IN their Dy-la avs
That would be treated fully, they said, In
The statement TO the press, if any state
ment was issued
All ths methods OF the organization, they
assented, would be shown satisfact orily
there-just as satisfactorily as they were
citation little while ago:
Some members Of the Employer Assoa-
alton regard the showdown which the
6tonecutfers' employees made to them 10 q
somewhat different light from the employ.
ins stonecutten themselves. Members OF
the Employers Association say that the
Employfng Stonecutters' Association
wanted to Join the big organization: but
that when they came to show their methods,
on demand, they couldn't get passport
and were turned down.
we told them, said q member OF tho
Employers Association, that they would
have to break their unholy alliance with
the Journeymen Stonecutters Union or
keep away from us altogether
Charles l. Editz. president Of the En-
ployers' Association, when asked about
the employing stoneoutters' turn-down,
said that al he wanted to say was that
he wished itedistinctly understood. that
the Employing Stonecutters Association
was connected in no way with the En-
ployers' Association.
II was reported yesterday that the Dis
trict Attorneys Office already has under
consideration two or three cases in which
involved. Assistant District Attorney
Rand. who has charge Of the cases. refused
to discuss the Employing Stoneoutters
Association as such, but he did say he said,
that there would probably be some inter-
estinR legal proceedings in the etonecutting
line In December.
He said that there were several instances
before him in which employers Of labor
he would not say employers Of stonecut-
ters-had attempted, by combining, to
collect money from their competitors out
side the combination through the agency
Of walking delegates