New-York tribune., 1903-03-08
MANY NAY |
INVOLVE 100000 MEN.
Strikes Likely to Bring on LABOR
Troubles Sooner. ...

| May I is the cate Wnen most OA AlAS N0N
| mands for higher wages by the unions in ouliolns
and other trades are TO go into enecf tns osisS1
| vas expressed yesterday that the epiosmac ~
| strikes now spreading through the country n1.@ -
force q fight on sogue Of these demands carrier
atg4les against the American Bridge Cornpszass -
ts+tzburg which have been extended 70 other Gasa
ana followed By strikes here, have eonKusse ~
situation, ana il ia thought not At ah ahnAe1 sas
beeSre the demands OF the various unions 80 Nss
erect many Of the contemplated stF1A@S nay %
f6esses of by Iockcuts on the part OF the Szsa-
/ ployers, t. ,..-u
AZ this is an unusually prosperous time for neaE
/ sy al branches Of industry, dsnsPas are i'Ae-F ~
be made over eli the country for higher Waee1s %
tSa rIea thst TIE workers have right te share n
/ the general prosperity. sS,r
] The Brotherne6d of BoileFnakeFs ana Hoh sHAp ~
builders which ordered the strike IN the SSE0S "
/ roupneDd 4 Downsy, at GhcoteTs Island, ~sS
| .S~"S ~,s-tar8av is trying 70 extend the strike
IN order to force recognition Of the demands Ae
eer5ing TO the brotherhood, the strike Ii ae@lnSt
/ the employment OF poh-unioS rnen ARo @SSStN.Le
| 20 the employers !t ia because the company E9
| FussS so siIoyy the union to control the yards
| THE Neu.york Metal Trades Association, WHICH
has headCusrters at No soS Broadway, ano h cons'
posed OF master shphusIders and employers IA ts
metal trades generally, has decided to take nno
| - 4b,r s+r5ke This body Is a branch, recently
created of the National Metal Trades Assoca4u uoo'
against which the International Association OF ma
chinists ordered general strike Tor eAe nine nouE
voFkday several years ago That stFlAe iSS'eU AOt
statement Yesterday in reference 10 tne suike'
saving that the walking delegate OF the 4Fon saIp
l builders and Boilermakers' Union aeTn&hoeS tA-s
the company discharge two non-union WoE EAIl9Il' ~
that only union labor be employed IN eFscuoS nUH
- :. ,,-e ,,,der construction; that the piece
Sz,r4r svsfar, be abolished, and that despite Re-
Guest to the union not to call sEaAe' utit st =
| ference could be had OF the members Oh the as9O
ciation three hundred and hIty men We -, ~ 49,
| out A synpathetic strike is threatened py All tne
| trades In the yard and many other shpyaros' lne
statement declares, and it continues
Perhaps the subject Of greatest ant interest con 50 tef @
business men ne .s ct Haessociaton and other firms en-
gagged in the shipbuilding and rePalrl@Es @ ~ {bs
axoTbitsnt demands and threatened strikes OF the
iron nfv Yards which heretofore did large
business in repairing and refttng vessels YlStlH6
| nave their work done abroad. Many firms are ar ar
ranging to have various pieces tnaE s6roaS and
brought to this port in their an@ntaGtubGG @ bvsIds
When the large sums Of money formerly dis3ursed
among the different trades at the sls ORR ON
foreign well as on domestic vessels are taken lhto
the G9pdS9n Hn9 tor % the aborer The
shipbuiidng industry is not alone suffering IN IN fns @
| uDon shipbuiIding being severely anecteo'
delegates of the Brotherhood Of BoiIermakers
and Iron Shipbuilders said yesterday that the EN-
pioyers wanted 70 force fight ana oeiloeI I 49,
xoiated agreements made by the union. The boiler
MAKERS struck first and the shipbuiders struck III
| sympathy. So far the machinists. pattern makers
| carpenters and others employed in the yards nave
| not struck but every effort VIII De Hlaue ~ Sc
| them out. ~ , ,,,,-- 4. So
IN conflict with the employers on May is tnat OF Oh
the structural iron workers VINO are orsahi~eu
throughout the country as the InterhaI'olla , [so
| citation of Bridge and Structural iron Workels'
THE various branches of the association were pre-
paring to make demands all over the country, u U
20 into effect on May l. when the strikes aealiSt ~
! the American Bridge Company starteo. me slLtAe
| against the company here were due 10 the FeAuSai
! Of tbe company TO continue paying hosting en-
| tireers s24 a week whether they worked or were
idle. A. Dot
| 4 strike for the same reason is on at the Bat
| tarv Park Building against the George "A. FulieE
| Cornnanv and IL the strike is lost other con-
tractors it is believed, will refuse to aoloe oy '
! rule to pay the engineers whether there Is "oIA
for them not. "a
| The brickIayers' unions several OF the unions Oh
| carpenters the painters and number OF other
unions will make demands for higher wages 10 30
/ into effect on May l. The bricklayers unions Iol
the last fifteen years have arranged the "ase sac ~
with the employers through the medium OF Jolht
board of arbitration composed of equal NUMBERS OF
employers and employees. The bricklayers' VINO are
| now paid 60 cents hour, are expected TO demand
| e5 cents this year.
| Edward A. Moffett editor of the official organ OF
the brickiayers' unions, is member OF the execu-
| tive committee Of the recently organized loca
branch of the National Civic Federations Industrla
| Committee. So IS Francis j. Mckay, VINO oIueIeu
the strike in the shipbuiIding yards OF Town
| send & Downey and several other labor leaders
whose organizations engaged in strikes.
| Mr. Moffctt said yesterday that the wages OF Inc
| brickIayers would be settled usual by the joint
! arbitration board of the master builders, who are
| organized as the Mason Builders Association, ano
! the unions He admitted that 1t looked incon'
| sstent for labor leaders who are engineering
| strikes to belong organization like the GiVlc
Federation whose main object Is to prevent strikeS
| He thought all the same, he said, that the local
branch OF the federation would aid in iessening the
! number of strikes.
| The organization of the conductors and guards OF
| the Manhattan Railway Company is expected to DC
| completed early this week. Though no strike Is
intended present. it is we'll known that when the
| men are thoroughly organized demands for higner
| wages and a shorter workday Will be formulated
| but 1t will be some time before this is done.
Demands for a shorter Workday are being made
by the best organized of the metal trades employe ed
i in machine and other shops. Some of the trades
which not organized are deferring their de-
j nandS.
| II is estimated that the coming demands Of the
| unions this year may involve i've hundred thou
| sand men, This does nOtSnccesSartly, in all cases
mean strikes or IockOuts, DIS in many cases the
/ demands may be granted, and In many other cases
| strikes of organization may throw idle thou