The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
The Idleness Of Builders and Labor
ers Yesterday Cost Them More
Than $4,000.
Some Tradesmen Work With Non
Union Helpers Strikers Places
Partially Filled.

The strike declared by the Building
Laborers union yesterday morning cost
the members Of the union and those who
had to stop work on their account, over
$4,000 for one days idleness. This morn
ing most Of the stonemasons and brick
layers who could not work yesterday be-
cause of the absence Of helpers were work
ing with non-union men.
The contractors believe that the strike
will be broken before the week is out I'M
less the members Of the Building Labor
ers' union succeed In bringing on a gen
eral sympathetic strike. Then the con-
tractors will face the possibility Of f1nan-
cial loss.
At strike headquarters this morning it
was claimed that between $50 and 700
bricklayers' and stonemasons' helpers
were out. Yesterday an equal number
Of stonemasons and bricklayers were out,
of necessity. AS the latter get $3.50 day
and the laborers $3.50, the total loss to the
strikers was about 1900 times the average
pay Of $3.50, or S4,560.
This morning, without consulting the
union men in his employ, John Wunder
continued the work on the Minneapolis
Street Railway company's power plants at
the Tenth avenue bridge and at Hen
nepin avenue and Eleventh street From
the street railway company he secured
the employees who have been working on
the company's track repairs. H. N. Leigh
ton & Co., the firm which has the con-
tract for the remodeling of the federal
building and the erection of the North
western bank building, advertised yester-
day for laborers to take the strikers
places. Thirty-three men left the federal
building yesterday and twenty-four have
already been found to take their places.
Some Work Laid Up.
Altho stone masons reported for work
at the Deering building, Second avenue
and Sixth street, this morning there were
no helpers in sight and the stone masons
went back home. No attempt was made
to continue the remodeling of the A. D.
T. building, at Fourth street and Ntcollet
avenue. The rough work on the Glass
Block addition is practically completed and
the strike has not interfered with the
finishing Of that contract. c. F. Haglin
who has the contract for all three Of these
jobs, went out to Minnetonka last night
and sent word to his fellow contractors
that he was entitled to a few days rest
anyway, and that he would let matters
take their course for a week or so. He
was in no hurry. -. $-
Work is going forward on the Phaum
and Kingman buildings, on First avenue
N, altho only about half crews are being
worked.
So far the stonemasons, bricklayers,
carpenters and men Of other unions have
protest.
Cray Injunction Ignored.
"Since the Judge Kelly decision in ST.
Paul, giving strikers authority to picket
local labor men haven't paid any atten-
ton to the Cray injunction against the
Building Trades Council said prornin-
ent contractor this morning. Several
Of them have been around the federal
building trying to get the non-union men
to quit work and one Of them actually
went into the mortar box after one of the
new men, He was thrown ont, of course.
They were also after the new men work.
ing on the Kingman building, but they
didn't get any satisfaction there
Work on the new athletic field at the
university has been delayed by the
strike. The helpers working on the new
brick wall about the field went out yes.
terday morning. With them went thir-
teen laborers who were digging q ditch for
the new heating tunnel on the campus
| The vacancies are being filed.
S. M. Klarquist and Joseph Knablaugh
contractors, signed the union scale this
| morning.
"New Fall Hats So, So, 81; Youman's S.
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