New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
BUILDING STRIKE TO END.
RESUME WORK THIS WEEK.
REPRESENTATIVES of Employers and
Labor Get Together.


AZ. conference yesterday attended by repre-
-.nrst,ves Of the lumber dealers. the building
material dealers. the drivers formerly employed
hx them and the United Board OF bullolns
Trades agreements were reached for an early
nd o< the strike which has tied ND all building
or,a-s+ions II this city for weeks. The agree
s-+s VIII have TO be ratified by the various or
rsnizatioas represented at the conference ana
+bese organizations viii hold meetings to-day
for that purpose Then the representatives VIII
-,ae+ again tomorrow morning. and il is eH-
r.ac1ed that building operations viii be resumed
before the end OF the week
The conference began at p m yesterday
in the rooms of the Lumber Dealers Assooia-
t,, ., No IL Broadway. and lasted over four
hours With the committee OF the LUMBER men
a- d. committee Of the Building Material
Dealers, Association. e committee OF the Build
+nr Material Drivers Union and a committee
Of the United Board OF Building Trades.
A. the close Of the meeting Michael
Stanton. chairman Of the committee from the
United Board of Building Trades. SAID mat
although no settlement had been dehhltely
reached it was safe 10 say that the yards would
all be open by Friday.
THE MEETING SATISFACTORY.
: Sherlock Davis. first vice-president Of the
T.,n7ber Dealers Association, said after the
meeting had been a pleasant and satisfactory
one. and that 10 further statement could be
z-e7 ou-. To him was shown q copy Of the
,a-+e- written bv District Attorney Jerome TO
samuel 3. DonneIlv. the purpose Of which was
"a hiring : bout resumption Of work on the pub
lic schools.
oh. 7 have seen q copy Of that" said Nj
Davis but that Is al old matter now
Do YOU mean that the strike has been settled
st the conference just held?' was asked
.rYo-. viii have TO draw your own conclusions.
he answered 7 am sorry can't give you
definite reply"
One man who vas present at the meerng
said: You may safely say that everything Will
"a settled and that the men viii be at work by
Thursday"
otto NJ Eidlitz. chairman Of the governing
hoard Of the Building Trades Employers As
zoctatfon, said. when told that the yards would
g7e opened on Thursday: Good! I knew 1t
would come"
Mr.. JEROMES LETTER
Mr.. Jerore's letter TO Nj. Donnelly, which
,-as made public yesterday, contained the fol-
lowing proposition for an agreement regarding
the work or public school buildings:
Nv chief difficulty has been in the lack Of an
entirely definite proposition IF you can obtain
he assent of the building trades TO the propo-
sitions herein following. can then approach
he material men formally. ana from "hat
have learned am very hopeful that an IN
mediate settlement OF the difficulties may De
had far the public school bullolngs aIS
concerned What I want is TO be definitely au-
'horized TO make the following proposition:
In view Of the great public need the United
s.FIrst-To resume work on all public school
buildings in the city Of Newly York now under
construction. or being repaired. and where
definite contracts have been entered znto for the
construction Of such buildings 70 begin such
work Of construction when the contractor IS
ready and n this Work they VIII ha1dle al
material necessary IN construction and repair
which may be delivered upon the job without
raising any question IN regard thereto as 10
zhere i comes from. or BY whom i may be
delivered. or in brief without raising any labor
question whatever in regard 20 it
'Second-That they viii n every way in their
power discourage any violence or disorder Of
every nature whatsoever on the part Of those
Who may be disposed to prevent or eulbarrass
such deliveries Of material cooperating loyalty
for the public gpoE n bringing about Tesump-
tion and continuance OF work on the public
school buildings IN this city and their speedy
completion
Tttrd-sThat upon commencement Of work they
7ill proceed continuously TO a completion Of the
--ork without raising any labor question in re-
gard thereto. provided that the conditions
zach sob as 10 the character Of the persons en-
rloyed hours Of work and rate Of wages shall
remain The same as al the commencement OF
ne present disagreement
Before noon yesterday three hundred men at
work on q new twelve story hotel building At
Fffth-ave- and Fifty-ffth-st. went on strike BE-
cause some structural iron for use in the build
ing had been taken 10 the building by non-union
drivers in the employ Of the contractor. Samuel
Parks. the walking delegate Of the House
smiths and Bridgenner's Union, ordered the
strike, on the demand Of Michael J. Rogan,
walking delegate Of the United Building Ma
serial Drivers Union. Work on the new hotel
Vas stopped completely
The contractors issued statement that the
strike was a purely sympathetic one, and was IN
violation oT the agreement entered into by the
FTousesmiths' and Bridgemen's Union on May /
The statement continued:
This agreement provided among other things
rfaI there should be sympathetic strikes nor
discrimination the part 0f the vorkrnen as
% tCe handling of any materials
In view OF This action n repudiatirg an agreement
entered INTO 50 recently. and by virtue Of which
me rne1 received advance ~ 12-- per cent in
their wages. Il is uncertain what action viii be
taken ny the National Association Of Employers.
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