The evening world., 1903-06-18
Chairman of State Board Of Ar
blration Says Prospects Are
Bright for Settlement Of the
Lockout.
LOOKS FOR ARBITRATION.
Believes Each Side VIII Make Con.
ssions-Employers Issue state.
.nent that They Oppose Only Ar
bltrary Action Of Delegates.

The controversy between the employ
ers and workmen in the building trades
may be ended by members of the State
Board OF Concilia ton and Arbitration.
who have come to the city to investigate
the existing lockout.
After hearing the history of the local
situation from both sides. Chairman
Landrigan. of the Board. said to-day
that the prospect for the employers and
the workmen reaching an agreement
was bright. He said that though
there were points OF difference be-
tween them over the employers plan
for a board OF arbitration. both sides
were willing to make concessions.
He thought hat through the good
ofices Of his board the delegates OF the
skilled trades and the governors {. the
Employers Association would get to-
gether for the purpose of reaching a
common ground of agreement.
VIII Remain Here.
The State Board will remain In town
for several days in the hope Of effectins
q settlement. or, at least. bringing
about the initial steps to that end.
Mr.. Lundrigan. Agent Stevens and
Secretary Arthur Branic, OF the State
Board. have seen the leading employers
Of the city and found them all willing to
accept their Offices looking to a settle
msnt OF the war. The laboring men, too.
expressed their readiness to come to
reasonable terms, blu declared they
would not submit abjectly to the condi-
ttons hru on them " the Employers
Association.
l. K Prince, of the Employers Assoc
ntataon. said this afternoon that there
would be an important meeting of en-
pioyera and working men next Monday
evening. The employers will meet rep
resentatives from every trade union In
the city to discuss peace terms. They
say they will insist on the wlping out
d the walking delegate.
Leading employers have been persuad-
ID not to insist IN forcing the terms Of
their association on the workingmen.
They stand ready now to aot as individ-
uais, and it is on this basis that they
vii meet the agents of their employees.
The Building Trades Employers AS
ISOLATION. to mako Its position moro
plain TO the LEO, 900 mon u OF employ
THE Building Trades Employers AS.
ISOLATION - not intmtcal to organised
labor. ? It does not say to organized
labor how It shall run Its business.
There u nc disposition to object to the
business agent. except to remove from
him the power of arbitrary action or
the ordering OF o cessation OF work. The
union shall run Its affairs for the best
1nterestS Of It's members, but questions
which lead to a sympathetic strike,
lochouts or q Jurisdiction OF trades are
% be settled by a court OF arbitration
IN euGgcsbed by the plan submitted
{4noEa She Association OF employers"
q Hears the Unions' Side.
1--WE are not committed to the arbitra-
ton plan IN all It's details" said L. r.
Prince to a World reporter.
I'VE admit 1T calls for slight changes
and improvements, and will mak them
at the request of any three %organiza-
tons after work has been resumed"
Tho members of the State Board here
are Chairman John Londrlgan and Sec
rotary w. ]. Brannig and Agent Stew
ems. OF the State Board Of Labor.
Besides trying to bring about a settle
ment Of the lockout, the board members
will collect facts n figures regarding
the loss in wages for presentation in a
report to the State Department OF
Labor.