The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
TO BREAK CARPENTRY STRIKE
BUILDERS WILL HIRE AMALGA-
MATED MEN ONLY.

W
How the striking Brotherhood Men
Violated Their Agreement - MANY
Carpenter Expected - Leave he
Drotherheod for the Amalgamated.
The building contractors affected BY the
strike OF the Brotherhood Of Carpenters
against the Amalgamated Carpenter so-
ciety made an informal agreement yester-
day to hire only Amalgamated carpenters'
They will meet tomorrow at the Building
Trades Club and formally adopt the agree
ment
The contractors who have signifed their
intention to take the step proposed COM
prise practically all the big building Arms
in the city. Among them are the Thomp'
son-Stsrrett Company. The George A.
Fuller Construction Company. the Rem
ington Construction Company, Andrew d.
Robbins, j, v. Hadden 4 Sons, Charles
T. Wells, Norcroes Bros. George Vassar
and Charles Cowan.
When the striking brotherhood men re-
fused to go back 70 work the builders hustled
around to f!l the places and hired Anal
gamated men.
The George A. Fuller Company, which
needed $50 workmen, got 1926; the Thompson
Starrett Company needed 50 and got -,
and most Of the other firms. it was said.
secured men in about the same proportion.
The companies yesterday drew up letter
TO their employees which will be signed
by all tomorrow. II explains their attitude
and reads as follows:
We. the undersigned firms. wish to call the
attention of our employees. and particularly
the carpenters who have been employed by
yAh tRh nnw ray
The situation Is this: Last September we
made a. solemn agreement with the. United
America, the purport OF which was the hiring
OF only members of that union at 80 per
day. on their part. the brotherhood agreed
one year, and all differences which might
arise were 70 be submitted 20 arbitration;
warning. and without so much as ga a notiics-
ton. all the carpenters in our employ were
This violated the spirit and letter Of our
agreement and. without so much as calling
on us or sugg sting a remedy, the strike
has NAME In iorcs from that dase n nn[
.isew here for H. In. and we have expressed
our desire TO the Amalgamated Society of
Carpcnt r. TO hire th ir men.
We b. II, ve the men themselves had nothing
TO do with this outrageous proceeding: We
also b. II, We that last Sspte nper. VIII. n ne
a great many men left the Amal2amated
sou ty TO profit by the agretme Mt with
IT,,
notice 10 all such me n that we arc now pre-
pared TO hire only meinbers OF the Anal
gamapd Soci-ty. and We .sxpr, IS our firm
Society viii BE- the principal factor In the
carp inter- ndu stry In this city
We ask them all to consid r the fore going
and upon their Judgment, and our Assurance.
to come out or My and support the ANAL
gamated Soci " and also tn"ir employers
OF thu BT SS| mood dS %non The breach Of
contract and bad faith on the ir part are nough
TO condemn them, aud thalr bad methods
esp cially to oil union men who are concern ID
in che fair tr.atm mt OF both employer ana
and ThO Ies lie ,hs
into which they have entered
An officer of the Thompson-Starrett
Company said yesterday afternoon that
he thought the proposed action would end
men would leave the Brotherhood for the
Amalgamated and feared no sympathetic
strikes, because. he said. the other unions
favored the Amalgamated and were not
In sympathy with the strike.
NO SETTLEMENT REACHED AT CONFERENCE.
No settlement Of the strike vas reached
yeste, day and the negc tiatit ms which began
&C mmittees Of the two unit ns and were
Ct ntinued yesterday were abruptly called
tH.
President Gompers Of the American
Federation Of Labor. who suggested the
negt tiations, made statement in which
he said:
The subcommittee appointed yesterday.
consisting Of n representative Of each union
and Vice. President Duncan NJ the hmeri-
can Federation Of Labor to try and form .
plan Of settlement to present to the commit
tees to-day failed 10 agree on plan The
to-day took UP the matter In Q
sentative Of the American Federation Of
.abor was rejected outrig ht by the Representa-
tives Of the AnalgaInated Society. though
the Brotherhood men were willing to accept
IL. This proposition was that in view Of the
hood should declare he s,rike on the %ma
Society should withdraw its claim
for given percentage Of the carpenter work.
that all jobs should be open indiscriminatcly
to me mbers OF other unions and that the status 1
Of affairs before the strike should be- re stored
Mr.. Gompers said that the Amalgamated
representatives told him that they
could not accept the plan offered without
the consent of the Board OF Building Trades |
and that he might hear from them on Mon |
day or Tuesday. He thought this might |
mean at least chance OF settlement.
While the peace negotiations were going
on the business agents" of the brother J
hood invaded the Wall Street district In a |
body and called out the men who were still |
NJ work on Office buildings. The delegates /
and the men who went out formed a crowd |
Of 800 or 400.
The delegates said they were going to !
extend the strikes against the George A. |
Fuller company to Pittsburg, Philadelphia |
and other cities.
vice-President Duncan OF the American |
Federation Of Labor had conferences In
he Ashland House yesterday afternoon |
md evening with W. n. Farley and Samuel |
B. Donnelly, members of tho New York |
-ivic Federation.