Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-13
Brooklyn Builders and Contractors
Will Not Give In to Demands
of Labor Agitators.
NO INCREASE IN WAGES OF employees.
Telephone Workers in Gin c in n att De-
mand More Pay and Quit Work
and Their Places Are Filled with
Other Men-sympathetic Strike on
Pacific Coast.

organization was effected under the
name of the Builders Protective As
ISOLATION, of Brooklyn and COM
mittee was appointed to confer with
similar associations in Manhattan
and the Bronx.
The chairman of the meeting ex-
planned its object, and said: eve
will stand pat and will not give in to
the demands of labor agitators under
any circumstances. Whatever wages
are now being paid our employees will
stand, and will not be lifted. We
propose to fight to a finish, and, if
necessary, will cause complete tie
up of all the building operations IN
til we win"
Lockout Complete.
New York, May 9.-The lockout of
the lumber dealers and building ma
terial men against the United States
Building Material Drivers is more
complete than ever, according to the
dealers. They also said that the yard
men, who started sympathetic
strike, and closed the five lumber
yards in New York last week, have
returned to work ready to pile union
or non-union lumber.
Striker Shot Dead.
Greenwich, Conn, May 9.-During
strike row striking Italian laborer
was shot to death byone of his fellow
countrymen who was attacked by a
number of strikers in an effort to in
duce him to quit work. In self-defense
the man fired into the crowd, the bull
let hitting one of his assailants in the
stomach.
Demand More Wages.
Cincinnati, O., May 9.-All the line
men. foremen, inspectors and conduit
men of the local Bell Telephone COM
pany have struck for an increase in
wages. The manager of the COM
pany, Mr.. Bayard Kilgore, declined
to treat with the committee of the
union to which the men belonged, but
said that he would treat with the
men individually as employees, and
would pay wages corresponding to
the scale in such cities and towns.
This answer was unsatisfactory. The
manager says no embarrassment has
followed from the strike, and that
the places Of the strikers are being
filled with other men.
Sympath etic Strike.
San Francisco. May all of the
boilermakers of the Southern Pacific
company west Of Ell Paso and Ogden,
nj of -
work out of sympathy with the mem
bers of the International union, who
have been having trouble for the past
six months with the Union Pacific.
The number of men involved is about
420. The union machinists of the
Union Pacific are also along with the
bOilermakers. The Southern Pacific
machinists have not taken any action
looking to sympathetic movement.
Chdcnso's Laundry War.
Chicago, May 9.-Efforts are being
made to bring about settlement of
the laundry strike by next week.
President Schardt, of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, has been asked
to take hand in plans for peace in
this one of the numerous fights in
which trades unions are now en-
broiled. The public is beginning to
strike situation.
The Omaha Strike.
Omaha, Neb., May 9.-The first steps
toward the settlement of the industrial
Of vii in ri toll 49,
Gov. Mickey held an informal confer
ence with strike leaders and arranged.
to meet them, together with repre-
sentatives of the employers. The gov
ernor favors arbitration and will urge
that course. Conditions generally are
unchanged and but few wagons are
running.
Miners Strike.
Barton. O., May 9.-Five hundred
men employed at two mines of the
Youghioheny & Ohio Coal COM
pany have struck because two of
their men were discharged. Officials
of the miners and owners of the
mines have been called to the scene.
Seeks an Injunction.
St. Louis, May 9.-The Commercial
Telegraph Union of America has
filed petition in the United States
district court asking Judge Adams to
issue an injunction to restrain the
Western Union Telegraph company
from discharging men belonging to
the union. u
Long Strike Ended.
Buffalo, N. Y, May 9.-The strike
of journeymen tailors for an increase
of wages, which has been in progress
in this city for nine months, has
been declared off unconditionally.
Ranchers Drowned.
Anaconda, Mont, May 9.-John Fin
new and John Sul]ens nrominent